Competency Assessment Tools: Answering Clinical Questions Worksheet PBLI Competency Tracker

1. Competency Assessment Tools:Answering Clinical Questions WorksheetPBLI Competency Tracker Brian S. Alper, MD, MSPH Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia DynaMed (www.dynamicmedical.com)

2. Conflict of Interest disclosure • Dr. Alper is a principal in DynaMed LLC • Answering clinical questions during practice might promote use of DynaMed • Tools can be found on www.dynamicmedical.com which might increase site traffic

3. ACGME Competencies • Patient Care • Medical Knowledge • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI) • Interpersonal and Communication Skills • Professionalism • Systems-Based Practice

4. “EBM” competencies • Patient Care • make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment • Medical Knowledge • demonstrate an investigatory and analytic thinking approach to clinical situations • know and apply the basic and clinically supportive sciences which are appropriate to their discipline

5. ACGME PBLI Competencies • analyze practice experience and perform practice-based improvement activities • locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies related to patients' problems • obtain and use information about their own population of patients and the larger population • appraisal of clinical studies and other information on diagnostic and therapeutic effectiveness • use information technology to manage information, access on-line medical information; and support their own education • facilitate the learning of students and professionals

6. ACGME PBLI Competencies • PBLI = Practice-Based Learning and Improvement • Competencies include: • Finding evidence during practice • Critically appraising evidence • Quality Improvement • Self-directed learning and teaching