The Office of Continuing Medical Education continues to record and stream program lectures. For the most up-to-date information provided by the Office of CME and the Network of Continuing Medical Education, please visit their website at www.usa-cme.com

To assist programs in the implementation and evaluation of core competencies the ACGME has created “Educating Physicians for the 21st Century,” this is a series of five PowerPoint presentations with a Facilitator’s Manual. The Facilitator’s Manual contains speaker notes and discussion questions to help Program Directors give these presentations during faculty meetings or educational retreats. To access this information go to:

http://www.acgme.org/outcome/e-learn/e_powerpoint.asp

Patient Care: Residents must be able to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area are as follows:

1. “Managing End-of-Life Care” - NCME Video (DVD available in the GME Office)

2. “Medical Ethics and End-of-Life Decisions” - NCME Video (DVD available in the GME Office) and NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

3. "Enhancing Patient Safety Around Bedside Procedures" http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=336

4. "Palliative Care:  Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven But Nobody Wants To Die To Get There"
http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=246

Medical Knowledge: Residents must demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area are as follows:

1. Evidence-based Practice in the Health Sciences On-line Tutorial Modules include:

*Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine *Structure of the Literature
*Research Design
*Searching the Literature
*Evaluating the Quality of Research

Information can be found by visiting the following web site and following the instructions for medicine course:

http://www.mlanet.org/education/web/web_courses.html

• “Teaching Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow:  A Worthy Academic Focus”
http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=286

• “Medical Error” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=256

• “Issues in Clinical Research Design” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=252

2 . Adolescent Medicine

• “Sports-Related Injuries in Children: Recognition and Management” - NCME Video (DVD available in the GME Office)

• “Improving Acute Pain Management in Children: Essential Tools, Techniques, and Treatments” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

3. Domestic Violence

• “Domestic Violence: The Role of the Proactive Physician” - NCME Video (DVD available in the GME Office)

• “Domestic Violence: Still A “New” Agenda in Healthcare” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

• “Elder Abuse: Detection, Management, and Prevention” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

• “Domestic Violence” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=301

4. Basics of Research - Evidence-based Practice in the Health Sciences Tutorial for Medicine can be accessed by visiting http://www.mlanet.org/education/web/web_courses.html

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: Residents must be able to investigate and evaluate their patient care practices, appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, and improve their patient care practices. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area are as follows:

1. Quality Assessment and Improvement

• “Measuring and Improving the Quality and Safety of Medical Care: Beyond Joint Commission” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

•“Medical Errors in Hospitals:  Causes and Preventions” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=307

• “Preventing Medical Errors” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=306

2. Cost and Resource Management in Medical Practice

• “Controlling Medical Costs” - NCME Video (DVD available in the GME Office)

• “Preventing Falls in Older Hospitalized Adults: Six Steps to Lower Liability and Reduce Nonreimbursed Costs” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

3. Life Long Learning and Evidence Based Medicine - Evidence-based Practice in the Health Sciences Tutorial for Medicine can be accessed by visiting http://www.mlanet.org/education/web/web_courses.html

Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Residents must be able to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their patients families, and professional associates. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area are as follows:

1. Teaching Skills for the Physician Educator - Information can be found by visiting www.sacme.org >Research Resources>Scroll down to the “ABC’s of Learning and Teaching in Medicine” also use this link to the BMJ 2003 series of articles pertaining to “Residents as Teachers” by clicking on “full article” for text

• “Defining Excellence in Medical Teaching” http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=251

• “Teaching Physicians to Teach:  The Stanford Faculty Development Center Model”
http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=165

2. Communication Skills for Health Care Professionals

• What Language Are You Speaking? Improving Communication as a Safety, Quality, and Efficiency Imperative” - NCME TV Video (available at www.usa-cme.com)

• Improving Communications Across the Transition of Care and Preventing a “Voltage Drop”
http://www.med.miami.edu/grandrounds/player.asp?id=323

Professionalism: Residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area is pending.

System-Based Practice: Residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value. Some recommended resources that may assist in this area is pending.

Helpful Links to:

Child, Adolescent and Teen Conditions in Healthcare https://www.akronchildrens.org/audio_visual_library.html