ACGME In Practice 5

Appendix 1: ACGME competencies and specific objectives

II. MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE

Residents must demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care. Residents are expected to:

• demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations
• know and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to their discipline