Internal Medicine US-Based Away Elective Rotation Competency-Based Learning Goals and Objectives Resident Name: __________________________________________________________ Rotation Dates: __________________________________________________________ Elective Site: ____________________________________________________________ What makes this a unique experience that you could not have at GW? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Learning Objectives (at least 1 in each category): Patient Care: (Examples: Provide quality-of-life-centered care to hospice patients. Coordinate transitions of care from clinic to hospital for direct admissions.) Medical Knowledge: (Examples: Diagnose common infectious and non-infectious complications in transplant recipients. Explain the infectious risk of bone marrow transplant.) Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: (Examples: Use rates of flu shot compliance among my patients to inform a quality improvement project on increasing flu shot uptakes among my diabetics. Lead a resident report to teach co-residents the infectious complications of bone marrow transplant.) Interpersonal and Communication Skills: (Examples: Communicate with patients and families from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Run patient-centered family meetings.) Professionalism: (Example: Attend all scheduled clinical sessions daily. Complete all documentation of medical records in a timely fashion.) Systems-Based Practice: (Examples: Explain the role of antibiotic stewardship in the hospital setting. Screen and identify patients at high-risk of low health literacy by using a universal form at all visits.) Please attach this form to your GME Elective Rotation Form request and hand it in to Jacquie Cole Miles at least 4 months before the start of your rotation to ensure consideration for approval. (Updated 10/2013)