What You Need to Know About ACGME & ABFM Expectation for Shift to Competency-Based Medical Education

Presenters: KrisEmily McCrory, MD, MS, Med Ed, FAAFP, and Warren Newton, MD, MPH, President/CEO ABFM
Core Outcomes, Competencies, Milestones, and CBME
While competency based medical education models have been around for more than half a century, many family medicine educators are not familiar with the tenets of this model. The ACGME has been increasing the emphasis on competency outcomes since the implementation of the Milestone project just over a decade ago. Additionally, the ABFM has instituted fifteen Core Outcomes to complement the Milestones and for which Family Medicine residency programs will be responsible for ensuring their graduating residents can be entrusted to perform as independent family physicians. The Core Competencies, Milestones, and Core Outcomes provide a framework to anchor Family Medicine residency education but do not provide specific tools for implementation.
The purpose of this webinar, which is intended to be the first of several in a series, will be to introduce the basic tenets of CBME and describe how the Core Competencies, Milestones, and Core Outcomes fit in a CBME model. We will briefly explore some of the biggest challenges to implementing CBME and identify resources for successful implementation. Finally, we will review the charge from the ABFM with regards to Core Outcomes for board eligibility.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
- Identify five tenets at the heart of CBME in family medicine education.
- Compare and contrast three differences in traditional GME education models and CBME models.
- Describe the ABFM timeline for attestation of Core Outcomes over the next three years.