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Here's the only book to define the new core competencies revolutionizing neurology certification and recertification. Written and sponsored by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)-the official accrediting organization in this specialty-it spells out all of the knowledge needed to achieve and maintain professional certification.

• Discusses the recent paradigm shift in medical accreditation from a subject-centered curriculum to one based on demonstrated abilities.
• Describes the evolution of the core competencies established by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Medical Specialists(ABMS).
• Details all of the neurology core competencies instituted by the ABPN within the areas of Patient Care · Medical Knowledge · Interpersonal and Communication Skills · Practice-Based Learning and Improvement · Professionalism · and Systems-Based Practice.
• Explains how both residency training and the recertification process will be influenced by the core competencies mandate.

Section I: An Introduction to Core Competencies
1. What Core Competencies Mean to Neurologists and Trainees
2. The Evolving Concept of Clinical Competence in Neurology Practice

Section II: Origins of Core Competencies: Canadian Groundbreaking and American Development
3. Advance Standards: The Canadian Concept of Specialty Competence as Delineated by Physician Roles
4. The ACGME and ABMS Initiatives Toward the Development of Core Competencies

Section III: Core Competencies and the Practice of Neurology Today: The ABPN Initiative
5. General and Neurology-Specific Patient Care Core Competencies
6. General and Neurology-Specific Medical Knowledge Core Competencies
7. Interpersonal and Communications Skills Core Competencies
8. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement Core Competencies
9. Professionalism Core Competencies
10. Systems-Based Practice Core Competencies
11. Cross Competencies: What Neurologists Should Know About Psychiatry

Section IV: The Impact of the Core Competencies
12. Implications of the Core Competencies on ABPN Certification and Maintenance of Certification for Neurology Practitioners
13. Implications of the Core Competencies on the Full Spectrum of Medical Education for Clinical Neurology Practice: From Medical School Through Continuing Medical Education
14. A Forward View: Core Competencies and Future Neurology Practice

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