The Clinical Competency Committee Dean Seehusen MD MPH

The Clinical Competency Committee Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Professor of Family Medicine

Origins of the CCC • Some programs have always had a CCC, although it may have been called many different things • The move to competency based assessment led the advent of many new evaluation tools • Milestones and EPAs have only increased the amount of evaluation done • The volume of data became overwhelming for the PD to sift through alone • The ACGME now mandates that a committee play a key role in competency assessment

ACGME. Clinical Competency Committees 2 nd Edition. Available at: https: //www. acgme. org/Portals/0/ACGMEClinical. Competency. Committee. Guidebook. pdf

Benefits of the CCC

From the PD Perspective • Spreads the workload and responsibility • Greater “buy-in” from faculty • Increases credibility and reproducibility of evaluations comes with a larger number of voices at the table • Higher quality and quantity of feedback ACGME. Clinical Competency Committees 2 nd Edition. Available at: https: //www. acgme. org/Portals/0/ACGMEClinical. Competency. Committee. Guidebook. pdf

From the Program Perspective • Develops a shared mental model of expectations • Insures competency is adequately evaluated and reported • Standardizes evaluation between residents • Ensures each resident is progressing along a proper trajectory • Identifies residents in difficulty • Identifies program weaknesses • Acts as a form of faculty development ACGME. Clinical Competency Committees 2 nd Edition. Available at: https: //www. acgme. org/Portals/0/ACGMEClinical. Competency. Committee. Guidebook. pdf