Navigating the Next Accreditation System: A Dashboard for the Milestones

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Graduate Medical Education
• Accreditation Systems

Background:

• The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) implemented the Next Accreditation System in July 2014.
• Residency programs face challenges in meeting new accreditation requirements, particularly with specialty-specific milestone evaluations.
• Collecting, evaluating, and submitting large amounts of data twice annually is a significant hurdle.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a practical solution for residency programs to meet the new ACGME accreditation requirements.
• To streamline the process of end-of-rotation evaluations and milestone reporting.
• To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of resident performance assessment.

Main Methods:

• Adapted existing electronic goals and objectives for each rotation.
• Edited and mapped evaluations to reflect specialty-specific milestones.
• Integrated evaluation data into an interactive dashboard.

Main Results:

• An interactive dashboard was created to display resident performance data, including specialty-specific milestones.
• The dashboard visually represents a resident's overall performance on a plot graph.
• The tool reduced evaluation time to 5-10 minutes per resident and included features for progress tracking and historical comparisons.

Conclusions:

• The developed tool simplifies the process of resident evaluation for Clinical Competency Committees.
• The dashboard facilitates easier deliberation on resident performance, addressing challenges posed by the Next Accreditation System.
• This innovation enhances compliance with accreditation standards and improves the assessment of resident competency.