title: Assessment of Competence: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education/Residency Review Committee Perspective.
abstract: Competency is an individual trait. As an agency that accredits programs and institutions, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) does not define or access competency. However, in the past 15 years the ACGME has promulgated several initiatives to aid programs in the assessment of the competence of their residents and fellows. Those initiatives include the Outcomes Project (which codified the competencies), the Milestones, and the Clinical Learning Environment Review Program. In the near future, the ACGME will implement an initiative by which programs can develop and study the results of competency-based residency curricula.
authors.affiliation: ACGME, 515 N. State Street, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60654, USA; Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 808 S. Wood Street, M/C 591, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Electronic address: jpotts@acgme.org.
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Potts
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
keywords: Clinical Learning Environment Review; Competencies; Competency-based resident education; Milestones; Outcomes project