Expert Consensus on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies That Align With Vascular Quality Initiative Surgical Outcomes

Brigitte K Smith,Kenji Yamazaki,Ara Tekian,Benjamin S Brooke,Eric Holmboe,Stanley J Hamstra,Erica L Mitchell,Yoon Soo Park

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2021.12.040

Expert Consensus on the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies That Align With Vascular Quality Initiative Surgical Outcomes

Brigitte K Smith, Kenji Yamazaki + Show 6 more

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2021.12.040

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Journal: Journal of vascular surgery	Publication Date: Feb 18, 2022
License type: publisher-specific-oa

Affiliation: University of Utah, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Toronto, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

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The policy and practice of vascular surgical education has evolved significantly since the advent of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones. Concomitantly, greater emphasis has been placed nationally on vascular surgery (VS) quality and outcomes as measured by the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) procedure registries. As such, no data have supported the association between the VS ACGME Milestones performance with patient outcomes. To investigate the associations between training and surgical outcomes, a critical first step is to determine which ACGME competencies will contribute to patient outcomes.

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