ACGME Competencies

I. Patient Care

• Demonstrate diagnostic competence and clinical interpretive skills for CT-TM consultative services.
• Apply patient-focused and cost-effective care within a specific healthcare context.

II. Medical Knowledge

• Demonstrate knowledge of current and evolving biomedical and clinical sciences in the CT-TM field.
• Utilize analytical and problem-solving skills to advance knowledge, discover or develop novel applications to existing translational or clinical problems.

III. Practice based learning and improvement

• Evaluate current diagnostic and consultative practices.
• Assess compliance with regulatory guidelines and understand the standard of care in laboratory testing and blood component support algorithms.
• Improve patient care practices by using evidence from scientific studies and applying research and statistical methods.
• Demonstrate ability to develop new policies and procedures, or change existing policies and procedures, based on a review of the literature or issuance of new guidelines by regulatory agencies.

IV. Interpersonal and communication skills

• Develop listening skills and communicate effectively with fellows, residents, medical students, faculty, providers and research personnel.
• Develop good interpersonal skills for interacting with other health care professionals including nursing and clinical personnel in patient care units, and laboratory personnel.

Milestones are evaluated in specific rotations as follows: