RWJMS has adopted the Accreditation Committee for Graduate Medical Education competencies (ACGME) to serve as organizational curriculum framework for medical students. The detailed school-wide competencies and measurements described below.
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RWJMS has adopted the Accreditation Committee for Graduate Medical Education competencies (ACGME) to serve as organizational curriculum framework for medical students. The detailed school-wide competencies and measurements described below.
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A. Gather essential and accurate information about their patients |
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B. Synthesize information obtained from the patient encounter to generate an appropriate differential diagnosis |
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C. Propose reasonable diagnostic and therapeutic options to address a patient’s problem, while accounting for patient needs and wants |
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D. Interpret the results of commonly used laboratory and diagnostic tests and modify the diagnostic and therapeutic strategy to account for new data. |
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E. Demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations |
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F. Perform required clinical procedures |
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A. Demonstrate knowledge and application of the foundational, clinical and social sciences relevant and appropriate to the clinical practice of medicine |
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B. Demonstrate knowledge of health maintenance guidelines across the lifespan |
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A. Conduct self-directed learning by assessing their learning needs and utilizing credible sources of information to address clinical questions |
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B. Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific & clinical studies, including electronic sources and decision support tools, that are related to patient health and the larger population from which these patients are drawn |
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C. Demonstrate strategies to monitor and adjust their learning |
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A. Foster and sustain a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients and families in order to effectively communicate their health care needs and provide emotional support |
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B. Utilize appropriate and effective communication strategies in order to: gather and provide health care information to patients and their families; counsel patients in maintaining health; and support effective decision-making |
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C. Communicate effectively with others as members of a health care team, including peers, residents, faculty and other health care professionals in a manner that supports the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease in individual patients and populations |
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A. Demonstrate sensitivity and respect in their interactions with others in all forms of communication |
Students will not discriminate regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, intelligence and socio-economic status. |
B. Demonstrate integrity in interactions with peers, patients, and other health professionals | Students will engage in truthful interactions in all situations with patients, peers, and in their professional work; obey rules and regulations in all settings. |
C. Demonstrate accountability to assigned tasks |
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D. Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to health care |
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E. Recognize and address personal limitations, attributes or behaviors that might influence their effectiveness as a physician |
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A. Work effectively in various health care settings | Students will work effectively in various types of medical practice and delivery systems (including but not limited to emergent/urgent care facilities, underserved clinics and communities, long-term care facilities and tertiary academic/community hospital settings and recognize their role in health care delivery). | |
B. Incorporate considerations of resource allocation, cost awareness, and risk-benefit analysis in patient, community, and population-based care | Students will identify the roles of the full healthcare team and their relationship to patient care; Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team to advance the care of the patient in the continuum of care; Identify the impact of cost of care and potential barriers to care |
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C. Advocate for quality patient care and participate in identifying system errors and potential systems solutions to improve patient safety |
Students will identify and describe the steps to report systems errors in the established reporting system to improve patient safety; identify potential solutions to improve |
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D. Work collaboratively as members of multi-disciplinary health care teams to provide patient-centered care |
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E. Facilitate the learning of other health care professionals |
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