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Resources Relevant to the Implementation
of Core ACGME-Required Competencies
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Resources Relevant to the Implementation
of Core ACGME-Required Competencies
Module I Interpersonal & communication skills Resources |
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| Additional Resources |
Rich and extensive resources are available concerning interpersonal and communication skills. For those wanting more information on the subject, some selected additional resources are presented. |
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| ACGME | The ACGME has compiled references covering many aspects of interpersonal and communication skills. Most titles listed have links to the article abstract. |
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| ACP Journal Club | The ACP Journal Club identifies evidence-based articles about communication skills . As with most strategies used to search the literature, citations retrieved as a result of a search of key words will produce articles that may or may not be relevant to the question at hand. |
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| CultureMed | CulturedMed, a web site ‘promoting culturally-competent health care for refugees and immigrants,‘ is sponsored by the SUNY Institute of Technology library. The site contains extensive bibliographies on a number of cultural groups and issues and may be used by faculty and fellows either for reference or to stimulate discussion. For example, a bibliography on culturally competent care for Bosnians provides one example of the resources available from CultureMed. |
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| Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) |
The AAMC has composed a Graduate Medical Education Core Curriculum to assist programs in meeting the ACGME requirements. The Core Curriculum consists of five domains that map to the ACGME core competencies, including interpersonal and communication skills. |
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| Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM) |
The Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine offer a curriculum guide that focuses on general clinical core competencies. One of these competencies, communication and relationships with patients and colleagues, includes specific objectives that are related to the ACGME competency of interpersonal and communication skills. While these objectives were written primarily for use in undergraduate medical education, they may be useful in pinpointing specific skills for fellows needing remedial work on this competency. www.im.org/CDIM |
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| American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) |
The ACP-ASIM offers a Resource Guide to Curriculum Development. In it, they identify a number of competencies for the medical interview that may be useful for defining more specific elements of interpersonal and communication skills. |
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