title: The milestones for psychosomatic medicine subspecialty training.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education Milestones project is a key element in the Next Accreditation System for graduate medical education. On completing the general psychiatry milestones in 2013, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education began the process of creating milestones for the accredited psychiatric subspecialties.
  
  
  METHODS
  With consultation from the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education appointed a working group to create the psychosomatic medicine milestones, using the general psychiatry milestones as a starting point.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This article represents a record of the work of this committee. It describes the history and rationale behind the milestones, the development process used by the working group, and the implications of these milestones on psychosomatic medicine fellowship training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The milestones, as presented in this article, will have an important influence on psychosomatic medicine training programs. The implications of these include changes in how fellowship programs will be reviewed and accredited by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education and changes in the process of assessment and feedback for fellows.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (RJB). Electronic address: rjboland@partners.org.
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Boland
authors: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (MB).
authors: Madeleine
authors: M
authors: Becker
authors: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (JLL).
authors: James L
authors: JL
authors: Levenson
authors: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA (MS).
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Servis
authors: George Washington University, Washington, DC (CCC).
authors: Catherine C
authors: CC
authors: Crone
authors: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, IL (LE).
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Edgar
authors: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX (CRT).
authors: Christopher R
authors: CR
authors: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships; D006801:Humans; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000193:education*