The Accreditation System After the “Next Accreditation System”
Abstract
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Medical Specialties and its member boards introduced the six domains of physician competency in 1999. This initiated a national dialogue concerning the elements of competency of the physician, and incorporation of these elements into the framework of evaluation of residents and fellows, as well as the educational programs within which they are trained. The next step in this process will be the ACGME's Next Accreditation System, which the authors describe in this commentary. Recognizing that there are already developments in the assessment of medical education that will influence future models of accreditation, the authors consider some of these innovations and discuss how they may shape the next accreditation system after the Next Accreditation System.
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Gonzalo, J. D., Wolpaw, D. R., Krok, K. L., Pfeiffer, M. P., & McCall-Hosenfeld, J. S. (2019) · Medical Education Online · doi:10.1080/10872981.2019.1591256 · Cited by 39 · see citing works
- Authors
- Nasca, T. J., Weiss, K. B., Bagian, J. P., & Brigham, T. P.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nasca, Thomas J.
- Venue
- Academic Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2014-01
- Volume
- 89
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 27-29
- ISSN
- 1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2322909062
- Cited by
- 47
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 7.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Medical Education and Admissions
- Keywords
- Next Accreditation System, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Board of Medical Specialties, graduate medical education, physician competence, residency program accreditation
- MeSH terms
- Accreditation, Education, Medical, Graduate, Humans, Professional Competence, Specialty Boards, United States
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