AIMEC Competencies
AIMEC develops CME activities and educational interventions in the context of desirable physician attributes (competencies).
AIMEC plans conferences to improve physician communication during clinical dialogue to facilitate a patient-centered two-way conversation. AIMEC plans all content to create a positive relationship between physicians and patients and their healthcare team, to practice good patient care. This education was designed to improve the approach physicians adopt in engaging with patients, which has been shown to influence health outcomes and patients’ beliefs and attitudes about pain conditions. Also, communication techniques that are an important factor that drives patient satisfaction. Specifically, patient satisfaction is associated with trust, feeling listened to, and being able to communicate with the physician between visits.
Interpersonal and Communication skills and providing patient centered care are very important and desirable physician attributes. To be clear, the ACCME makes a distinction between the term “competence” as referenced in the Program Analysis and Analyzes Change criteria and “competencies” as referenced in the Competencies criterion. The ACCME uses the term “competence” to mean knowledge put into action by the learner. The ACCME uses the term “competency” to mean desirable physician attributes. For the Competencies criterion, the
ACCME is looking for AIMEC’s active recognition of "desirable physician attributes" in the planning process (e.g., "We have planned to do a set of activities that touch on professionalism and communications to address our patients' concerns that they are not receiving complete discharge instructions - which is the identified professional practice gap.")
The simple labeling of an activity with a competency is a start and provides the learner with information with which to choose an activity and potentially will be important for reporting purposes within Maintenance of Certification/Continuing Certification.
AIMEC plans conferences to improve physician communication during clinical dialogue to facilitate a patient-centered two-way conversation. AIMEC plans all content to create a positive relationship between physicians and patients and their healthcare team, to practice good patient care. This education was designed to improve the approach physicians adopt in engaging with patients, which has been shown to influence health outcomes and patients’ beliefs and attitudes about pain conditions. Also, communication techniques that are an important factor that drives patient satisfaction. Specifically, patient satisfaction is associated with trust, feeling listened to, and being able to communicate with the physician between visits.
Interpersonal and Communication skills and providing patient centered care are very important and desirable physician attributes. To be clear, the ACCME makes a distinction between the term “competence” as referenced in the Program Analysis and Analyzes Change criteria and “competencies” as referenced in the Competencies criterion. The ACCME uses the term “competence” to mean knowledge put into action by the learner. The ACCME uses the term “competency” to mean desirable physician attributes. For the Competencies criterion, the
ACCME is looking for AIMEC’s active recognition of "desirable physician attributes" in the planning process (e.g., "We have planned to do a set of activities that touch on professionalism and communications to address our patients' concerns that they are not receiving complete discharge instructions - which is the identified professional practice gap.")
The simple labeling of an activity with a competency is a start and provides the learner with information with which to choose an activity and potentially will be important for reporting purposes within Maintenance of Certification/Continuing Certification.