FM-RC requirements - Less is more

摘要

The ACGME Review Committee of Family Medicine (RC-FM) released its revision of the core requirements earlier this year for the first time since 2007. The proposed requirements, at 31 pages, are 20% shorter than the earlier requirements. The new requirements, rather than detailing the specifics needed for each and every aspect of family medicine education, direct programs as to what is most important, they provide the "spirit of the law," but have eliminated much of the "letter." For example, the old RC requirements for a family medicine center (FMC) were 3 pages long, the new guidelines for a family medicine practice (FMP.) are one page, and much more general than specific.