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At the Intersection of Health, Health Care and Policy Cite this article as: Paul Batalden, David Leach, Susan Swing, Hubert Dreyfus and Stuart Dreyfus General Competencies And Accreditation In Graduate Medical Education Health Affairs, 21, no.5 (2002):103-111 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.21.5.103

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General Competencies And Accreditation In Graduate Medical Education
An antidote to overspecification in the education of medical specialists. by Paul Batalden, David Leach, Susan Swing, Hubert Dreyfus, and Stuart Dreyfus
PROLOGUE: Medical educators these days are bombarded with teaching requirements—genetics, ethics, communication skills, molecular medicine, geriatrics, sexual health, and computer literacy, to mention a few. These demands reflect the continued growth in scientific knowledge coupled with society’s expectation that physicians minister to social and psychological as well as physical infirmities. Timely and