Standard of Competence for Internists

The ratification of law No. 29 regarding medical practices required the college to compile the standard of education and standard of competence for specialists.Recently, the College of Internal Medicine have compile the standard of competence for internal medicine specialists/internists, which will be the reference for all Educational Institution in compiling the Education Curriculum for Internal Medicine.The standard of competence for Internal Medicine Specialists/Internists is the minimum standard of competence that must be fulfilled by an internists. Therefore, with its presence, it is expected that participants of Program for Education and Professional Training of Internal Medicine Specialist/Internists who have already completed his/her education and training will have the equal quality of competence.Competence is a group of complex behavior, based on the components of knowledge, skill, and attitude that becomes the ability of a person in upholding his/her duty. In the Standard of Competence for Internal Medicine/Internists book, it is expected that an internist will acquire several competence, including integrated competence and clinical competence, in which clinical competence is further divided in to clinical competence of organ and system, special population, and special condition.