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ABIM Academic Affairs Achieving Better Outcomes Measurements for Success
Partners in Assessing Trainee Competence Faculty Development Education
Core and general faculty who are skilled in the Program accreditation requirements emphasize
assessment and evaluation of trainees are an the need for valid and reliable faculty assessment,
T he American Board of Internal Medicine
(ABIM) Academic Affairs department is
dedicated to working closely with the
graduate medical education community to enhance
residency and fellowship training through faculty
important asset to training programs. Academic
Affairs offers two faculty training activities that
can help meet the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Core
Faculty requirement to acquire the right set of
evaluation and direct observation of trainees.
All of the ABIM products and services listed below
can help programs meet this challenge, which is
defined by the six ACGME general competencies:
Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based
development, education and research. assessment and evaluation skills. Learning & Improvement, Interpersonal &
Communication Skills, Professionalism and
We strive to support the academic community by Faculty Development Course Systems-Based Practice.
encouraging program directors to critically assess and The faculty development course is an intensive
evaluate trainee competence. This assessment helps five-day course designed exclusively to train faculty Training Program FasTrackTM
to ensure that board eligible physicians have acquired to evaluate clinical competence across the six Assessment Tools FasTrack, ABIM’s online system for program
the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to ACGME general competencies. Held twice each directors and administrators, allows you to track
advance in their careers by: Practice Improvement Modules and complete evaluations of clinical competence
year, this course provides a comprehensive
ABIM PIMs Practice Improvement ModulesSM for
• Establishing relationships with residents and the overview of assessment methods and tools for residents and fellows.
training programs allow for convenient and easy
faculty who train them available to training programs that includes highly
documentation of program activity in all of the
• Providing education and tools to help faculty interactive small group workshops on:
ACGME general competencies, particularly for the
improve their assessment of residents • Competency-Based Education Training Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and
• Communicating the value of Certification and Fundamentals Systems-Based Practice competencies. Faculty who Improving the Quality
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) to residents • Direct Observation Skills/Feedback participate in a PIM with their residents may be of Training
early in their medical careers able to earn credit toward our Maintenance of
• How to Evaluate the ACGME Competencies Research
• Supporting academic leaders in their efforts to Certification (MOC) program. Please visit In conjunction with the ABIM Psychometrics and
• Systematic Review of Assessment Tools
engage trainees in lifelong professional www.abim.org for more information.
• Working with Problem and Marginal Residents Quality Research departments, Academic Affairs
development
studies the impact of Practice Improvement
• Teaching and Evaluating Practice-Based Mini-CEX Modules (PIMs), as well as other assessment tools,
Learning and Improvement, and Systems-Based The Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) and the role of external factors (e.g., microsystems,
Practice focuses on the core skills that residents transitions in block rotation and teamwork) that
demonstrate in patient encounters. It can be easily affect physician performance and quality
William F. Iobst, MD ABIM Hospital Visit implemented by attending physicians as a routine, improvement in the training space. Our research
Director of ABIM Academic Affairs Organizations can foster educational opportunities seamless evaluation of residents in any clinical efforts help influence improvements in ABIM’s
for faculty development by hosting an ABIM setting. Go to www.abim.org to download the products while enhancing the tools and measures
Hospital Visit. The ABIM Hospital Visit program Mini-CEX form. used in residency and fellowship training.
is an interactive workshop that teaches internal
medicine faculty practical evaluation skills across Procedural Logbook Research Projects
the six ACGME general competencies. To The Procedural Logbook is a convenient tool for • PIMs in Residency
schedule a visit, please visit www.abim.org for documenting the procedural skills learned during • Clinical Supervision PIM
more details. training. Documentation and verification of these • Direct Observation, Teamwork, Transitions
skills are requirements to sit for the ABIM in Residency
About ABIM certification exam, obtain hospital clinical privileges,
and in many cases to earn hospital credentials.
For more than 70 years, certification by the American Board of
The Procedural Logbook can be ordered through
Internal Medicine (ABIM) has stood for the highest standard in
ABIM’s Business Services department by calling
internal medicine and its 19 subspecialties. Board certified
internists have met rigorous standards through intensive study, 215-446-3630 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m., ET) or e-mailing
self-assessment and evaluation, and they value continuous publicationorders@abim.org.
professional growth and learning after completing their training.
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ABIM Academic Affairs Achieving Better Outcomes Measurements for Success
Partners in Assessing Trainee Competence Faculty Development Education
Core and general faculty who are skilled in the Program accreditation requirements emphasize
assessment and evaluation of trainees are an the need for valid and reliable faculty assessment,
he American Board of Internal Medicine important asset to training programs. Academic evaluation and direct observation of trainees.
(ABIM) Academic Affairs department is Affairs offers two faculty training activities that All of the ABIM products and services listed below
dedicated to working closely with the can help meet the Accreditation Council for can help programs meet this challenge, which is
graduate medical education community to enhance Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Core defined by the six ACGME general competencies:
residency and fellowship training through faculty Faculty requirement to acquire the right set of Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based
development, education and research. assessment and evaluation skills. Learning & Improvement, Interpersonal &
Faculty Development Course
Communication Skills, Professionalism and
We strive to support the academic community by Systems-Based Practice.
Training Program FasTrackTM
encouraging program directors to critically assess and The faculty development course is an intensive
Assessment Tools
evaluate trainee competence. This assessment helps five-day course designed exclusively to train faculty
to ensure that board eligible physicians have acquired to evaluate clinical competence across the six FasTrack, ABIM’s online system for program
Practice Improvement Modules
the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to ACGME general competencies. Held twice each directors and administrators, allows you to track
advance in their careers by: year, this course provides a comprehensive and complete evaluations of clinical competence
ABIM PIMs Practice Improvement ModulesSM for
• Establishing relationships with residents and the overview of assessment methods and tools for residents and fellows.
training programs allow for convenient and easy
faculty who train them available to training programs that includes highly
documentation of program activity in all of the
• Providing education and tools to help faculty interactive small group workshops on:
Improving the Quality
ACGME general competencies, particularly for the
improve their assessment of residents • Competency-Based Education Training Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, and
of Training
• Communicating the value of Certification and Fundamentals Systems-Based Practice competencies. Faculty who
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) to residents
Research
• Direct Observation Skills/Feedback participate in a PIM with their residents may be
early in their medical careers able to earn credit toward our Maintenance of
• How to Evaluate the ACGME Competencies
• Supporting academic leaders in their efforts to Certification (MOC) program. Please visit In conjunction with the ABIM Psychometrics and
• Systematic Review of Assessment Tools
engage trainees in lifelong professional www.abim.org for more information.
• Working with Problem and Marginal Residents Quality Research departments, Academic Affairs
Mini-CEX
development
studies the impact of Practice Improvement
• Teaching and Evaluating Practice-Based
Modules (PIMs), as well as other assessment tools,
Learning and Improvement, and Systems-Based The Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) and the role of external factors (e.g., microsystems,
Practice focuses on the core skills that residents transitions in block rotation and teamwork) that
William F. Iobst, MD ABIM Hospital Visit
demonstrate in patient encounters. It can be easily affect physician performance and quality
Director of ABIM Academic Affairs
implemented by attending physicians as a routine, improvement in the training space. Our research
Organizations can foster educational opportunities seamless evaluation of residents in any clinical efforts help influence improvements in ABIM’s
for faculty development by hosting an ABIM setting. Go to www.abim.org to download the products while enhancing the tools and measures
Hospital Visit. The ABIM Hospital Visit program Mini-CEX form. used in residency and fellowship training.
Procedural Logbook Research Projects
is an interactive workshop that teaches internal
medicine faculty practical evaluation skills across
the six ACGME general competencies. To The Procedural Logbook is a convenient tool for • PIMs in Residency
schedule a visit, please visit www.abim.org for documenting the procedural skills learned during • Clinical Supervision PIM
more details. training. Documentation and verification of these • Direct Observation, Teamwork, Transitions
About ABIM
skills are requirements to sit for the ABIM in Residency
certification exam, obtain hospital clinical privileges,
For more than 70 years, certification by the American Board of
and in many cases to earn hospital credentials.
Internal Medicine (ABIM) has stood for the highest standard in
The Procedural Logbook can be ordered through
internal medicine and its 19 subspecialties. Board certified
ABIM’s Business Services department by calling
internists have met rigorous standards through intensive study, 215-446-3630 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m., ET) or e-mailing
self-assessment and evaluation, and they value continuous publicationorders@abim.org.
professional growth and learning after completing their training.
