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The Need for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education

The Need for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education The Need for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education E. Stephen Amis Jr , MD Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, New York 10467 e-mail: amis@aecom.yu.edu Editor: In the August 2009 issue of Radiology ( 1 ), Dr Gunderman suggests that educational requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) adversely affect graduate medical education. He asserts that the effort to comply with these requirements—focusing on the competencies, preparing for accreditation site visits, gathering and submitting data (eg, resident case logs)—inhibits creativity on the part of program directors and thus arrests the growth of residents at an intermediate learning level defined as competence ( 2 ). As an alternative, he advocates replacement of rigorous oversight of training programs with trust, thus freeing “educators and learners to take risks and innovate.” Our profession has an obligation to ensure the fitness of our graduates for future practice. In fact, a social contract exists between medicine and society, which entails many reciprocal obligations and rights. … Full Text of this Article http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radiology Radiological Society of North America, Inc.

The Need for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education

Amis, E. Stephen
Radiology , Volume 253 (3): 898 – Dec 1, 2009
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Radiological Society of North America, Inc.
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Copyright © 2009 by Radiological Society of North America
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1527-1315
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0033-8419
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10.1148/radiol.2533091420
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19952030
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The Need for Oversight of Graduate Medical Education E. Stephen Amis Jr , MD Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, New York 10467 e-mail: amis@aecom.yu.edu Editor: In the August 2009 issue of Radiology ( 1 ), Dr Gunderman suggests that educational requirements of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) adversely affect graduate medical education. He asserts that the effort to comply with these requirements—focusing on the competencies, preparing for accreditation site visits, gathering and submitting data (eg, resident case logs)—inhibits creativity on the part of program directors and thus arrests the growth of residents at an intermediate learning level defined as competence ( 2 ). As an alternative, he advocates replacement of rigorous oversight of training programs with trust, thus freeing “educators and learners to take risks and innovate.” Our profession has an obligation to ensure the fitness of our graduates for future practice. In fact, a social contract exists between medicine and society, which entails many reciprocal obligations and rights. … Full Text of this Article

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