References

> "Charting a Course to Competency" (article that explains the reason for the PA Competencies Project)

> Institutes of Medicine Health Care Quality Initiative (public call for competence assessment and quality improvement)

> Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)’s Outcome Project (key source document for the PA Competencies document)

> American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification Program (medical specialties’ response to call for more competency assessment)

> "Defining & Assessing Professional Competence" by Epstein & Hundert (seminal article on competence assessment, requires JAMA subscription or one-time fee)

Resources

> AAPA Annual PA Conference (In coming years, CME presentations at the annual conference will be tagged by competency area.)

> Journal of the AAPA (JAAPA currently tags CME articles by competency area)

> Other CME Programs