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Gaining Competencies During Early Medical Training: Medical Students As Teaching Assistants In Dissection-Based Anatomy Course, Martin T. Brown, Bruce Fenderson, Guiyan Zhang

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Posters

Introduction and Objectives

• In 2002, ACGME identified six ACGME Core Competencies: patient care; medical knowledge; practice-based learning and improvement; interpersonal and communication skills; professionalism; and systems-based practice.
• AAMC recommended lists of similar competencies for the curricula of medical schools. Competency based curricula have been widely implemented in medical schools.
• Effective shifting in the graduate medical educational programs has been reported in various clinical specialties.
• There is a lack of reported efforts and development on competency training in early preclinical years of medical education.

Objectives:

• To explore methods for strengthening medical students’ competency training during preclinical undergraduate medical education.
• To measure …