Curricular Content of Internal Medicine Residency Programs: A Nationwide Report

Inadequate physician skills after the completion of residency training is a growing public concern. Calls for reform have been reiterated by multiple stakeholders. In response, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has mandated that programs adopt new curricula requiring residents to learn the skills physicians need to practice in today's complex health care system. In particular, training program curricula are now organized around the 6 ACGME competencies (patient care, medical knowledge, professionalism, systems-based practice, practice-based learning, and communication skills) and program specific milestones to address some of the gaps in resident skill sets. Despite the attention given to resident education and competence, little nationwide data describe the content and pedagogies used in Graduate Medical Education. Here, Chaundry et al discusses curricular content of internal medicine residency programs.