The Federated Council of Internal Medicine's Resource Guide for Residency Education: An Instrument for Curricular Change

15 September 1997 | Volume 127 Issue 6 | Pages 454-457

The Federated Council of Internal Medicine has developed a resource guide to help internal medicine residency programs produce internists who are prepared for today's practice of internal medicine and the challenges of practice in the future.The guide situates general internal medicine as the primary care profession that focuses on preventive, short-term, and long-term care of adult patients. It assumes that a single pathway is sufficient for educating general internists and subspecialty-bound trainees. It identifies the learning experiences that should be part of general internal medicine residency training, lists the clinical competencies that are important for primary care practice, and describes the role of the integrative disciplines that should inform the care of every patient. It also describes a process that program directors and local program committees can use to develop competency-based curricula.

Author and Article Information

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Sox) For members of the Federated Council of Internal Medicine Task Force on Graduate Medical Education, see Appendix.
Grant Support: In part by the American College of Physicians.
Acknowledgment: The authors acknowledge the support of the organizations of the Federated Council of Internal Medicine: the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Internal Medicine, the Association of Professors of Medicine, the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, the Association of Subspecialty Professors, and the Society of General Internal Medicine. More specific acknowledgments are found in the resource guide.
Requests for Reprints: Jack Ende, MD, Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2699.
Current Author Addresses: Dr. Ende: Department of Medicine, Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 39th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2699.