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Milestones for Apheresis education
Author(s) -
Marshall Carol S.,
Andrzejewski Chester,
Carey Patricia M.,
Crookston Kendall P.,
Li Yanhua,
LopezPlaza Ileana,
Sachais Bruce S.,
Schwartz Joseph,
Winters Jeffrey L.,
Wong Edward C. C.,
Wu YanYun
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical apheresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.697
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1098-1101
pISSN - 0733-2459
DOI - 10.1002/jca.21235
Subject(s) - apheresis , medicine , milestone , graduate medical education , excellence , specialty , medical education , curriculum , family medicine , accreditation , psychology , pedagogy , platelet , archaeology , political science , law , history
Milestones represent the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for the practice of a medical discipline. Defining these milestones for each medical specialty has become a focus for the American Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Practitioners of Apheresis Medicine come from a variety of medical specialties making it challenging to establish the essential educational milestones for all. The American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) has an interest in promoting standards of excellence for Apheresis Medicine. ASFA's Physician's Curriculum Content Committee is a group of physician educators in the field of Apheresis Medicine, both donor and therapeutic, from across the United States, who have met regularly for several years to discuss the appropriate educational milestones in Apheresis training. The committee members teach residents and fellows from Pathology, Transfusion Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Nephrology and other specialties. In this document, we have outlined the basic set of Apheresis milestones required in the ACGME defined competency areas of Patient Care and Medical Knowledge. We have also recommended methods of evaluation and estimated the time necessary for the acquisition of these cognitive and behavioral elements. J. Clin. Apheresis 27:242–246, 2012. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.