Implementation of an outcomes-based curriculum for dermatology clerkships and initial positive perceptions from faculty and students

Abstract

To the Editor: Outcomes-based medical education (OBME) is a recent educational model focused on building a curriculum around desired outcomes.1 OBME uses competency goals to guide curricular decisions by prioritizing outcomes, defining graduate requirements, and creating milestones, teaching methods, and assessment tools to achieve these outcomes.2 Similarly, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Medical Specialties, in efforts to improve graduate medical education, highlighted 6 general competencies to define essential skills required of graduating physicians.