During
the early 1990s, the American College of
Preventive Medicine (ACPM), with support
from the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), identified core
competencies and performance indicators
(measures to assess their achievement) for
all preventive medicine residents. After
the competencies were approved,
distributed by the ACPM and HRSA, and
published in the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, they were integrated
in various ways into the operation of
individual residency programs. Changes in
the health care system during the decade,
however, necessitated an update of the
original competencies to better equip
preventive medicine educators to prepare
residents for new roles those in
preventive medicine can play in a
restructured health care system. HRSA
funded an effort to produce Version 2.0 of
the preventive medicine competencies based
on review and refinement of the original
competencies through a consensus process.
For the full articles, see American
Journal of Preventive Medicine 1999;
16(4); 367-372 and American Journal of
Preventive Medicine 1995; 11(1); 1-8.
Core Competencies and Performance
Indicators for Preventive Medicine
Residents (PDF Document -
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