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Interested in sharing your expertise with the GME community? HCPro is still looking for authors to write a book on the six ACGME core competencies. This book will be the go-to guide for residency program directors, coordinators, and medical educators on teaching, assessing, and documenting the core competencies. If you aren’t interested in serving as an author, but have ideas for the book, your feedback is appreciated. For more information, please contact editor Son Hoang at shoang@hcpro.com.
Marketing Spotlight The ACGME mandated the creation of program evaluation committees to evaluate all educational aspects of accredited residency programs through an annual program evaluation. Yet requirements for the program evaluation committee are broad and seemingly vague, making it difficult to put together a proper committee and evaluation. The Program Evaluation Committee Handbook: From Annual Program Evaluation to Self-Study will guide you through building an effective program evaluation committee, mastering the annual program evaluation process, and creating action plans to improve your program.
This book will help you: - Launch an effective program evaluation committee
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- Understand the broad and loosely defined requirements for the program evaluation committee
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