Gaining Competencies During Early Medical Training: Medical Students as Teaching Assistants in Dissection-Based Anatomy Course

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 improvement in five out of the six ACGME Core Competencies, namely: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, and professionalism. To establish a foundation for implementation of future programs aimed at improving pre-clinical medical student competency training.https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pacbposters/1003/thumbnail.jp