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The transition toward competency-based assessment in anesthesiology residency programs requires reliable tools to evaluate the six core competencies mandated by the ACGME Outcome Project.
Discusses approaches to assessing competency in anesthesiology residency programs in response to ACGME mandates.
Highlights need for validated tools amid ACGME mandates; leaves open their development and testing in anesthesiology training.
Assessment of competency in traditional graduate medical education has been based on observation of clinical care and classroom teaching. In anesthesiology, this has been relatively easy because of the high volume of care provided by residents under the direct observation of faculty in the operating room. With the movement to create accountability for graduate medical education, there is pressure to move toward assessment of competency. The Outcome Project of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has mandated that residency programs teach six core competencies, create reliable tools to assess learning of the competencies, and use the data for program improvement. General approaches to assessment and how these approaches fit into the context of anesthesiology are highly relevant for academic physicians.
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Tetzlaff et al. (2007) conducted a review in Anesthesiology graduate medical education. Competency assessment was evaluated. The transition toward competency-based assessment in anesthesiology residency programs requires reliable tools to evaluate the six core competencies mandated by the ACGME Outcome Project.
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