GW Internal Medicine Residency Program
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 (List 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 coresidents 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)