Developments and innovations in resident and fellowship education: review article.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical trainee education has drastically changed over the past 30 years significantly since the inception of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) in 1981. With an emphasis on patient safety, regulations and oversight from the ACGME have drastically changed the way many programs function with respect to trainee responsibilities, duty hours, and resident supervision.

Questions/purposes

The purpose of this review is to summarize significant changes and innovations implemented by the ACGME and their proposed effects on trainee education. While there is an emphasis on musculoskeletal radiology fellowship training, the majority of the regulations and guidelines are applicable to all training programs.

Methods

Articles, commentaries, a

SUBMITTER: Sofka CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171448 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature