Are Milestones Really Measuring Development?

Author(s)

Peterson, Lars E, and Rankin, Wade M

Topic(s)

Education & Training

Keyword(s)

Graduate Medical Education

Volume

Journal of Graduate Medical Education

The primary outcome of graduate medical education is to produce a physician with the requisite knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors for unsupervised practice. While residents’ progress would be assessed, traditionally the program director’s final overall assessment of training often was the stamp of approval at the time of graduation.

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