Acute Medicine Curriculum
Trainees are expected to acquire Level 1 competencies in both the general internal medicine (Acute Medicine) and the generic curricula and should demonstrate these competencies with a combination of assessments and tools from the e-portfolio.
>> General Internal Medicine (Acute Medicine) [GIM(AM)] Curriculum
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Acquisition of level 1 competences should be pursued by all ACCS trainees but it is recognized that this may not always be achieved especially when the trainees primary specialty is not acute medicine. For all acute medicine trainees acquisition of level 1 competences is very important for career progression. If you are in any doubt about this aspect of your training please discuss with your educational supervisor or regional programme director. This section lists the specific knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to be attained when training in Acute Medicine. The competencies for the GIM(AM) curriculum are presented in four parts:
- Part 2.1 - Symptom Competencies - define the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to level 1 of the General Internal Medicine (Acute) curriculum. These symptom competencies are broken down into emergency presentations, top 20 presentations and other presentations. The top 20 presentations are listed together to emphasise the frequency with which these problems are encountered in clinical practice and are based on medical admission unit audit data.
- Part 2.2 - System specific competencies – The knowledge associated with the development would be expected to be known by all trainees planning a career in Acute Medicine. For all other trainees in the ACCS programme knowledge of these system specific competencies and, in particular, the basic science associated with these conditions would not be expected to be so extensive.
- Part 2.3 - Investigation competencies - lists investigations that a trainee must be able to describe, order, and interpret by the end of ACCS.
- Part 2.4 – Procedural competencies - lists procedures that a trainee will be competent in by the end of ACCS.
The generic curriculum sets out a sound professional, moral and legal framework for practice, as described by the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.