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The ‘Core’ of Internal Medicine: Core Competencies and Core Content
This document accompanies the article entitled, “Redesigning Residency Training in Internal
Medicine: The Consensus Report of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Education Redesign Task Force,” which will be published in the December 2007 edition of Academic Medicine.
As stated in the article:
The core of internal medicine defines the minimum level of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that a resident must attain for advancement to independent practice, fellowship, or other internal medicine career pathways. In addition, all internists, including internal medicine subspecialists, should maintain proficiency in the core throughout their careers, regardless of their ultimate career pathway or scope of practice. The internal medicine core therefore provides a framework for building the structure and content of formal training, evaluation, certification, continuing medical education, and maintenance of certification.
Comments on the Core of Internal Medicine are welcome. Please email comments to policy@im.org.
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