See also:
Procedural Skills, Interspecialty Support in Clinical
Procedural Skills, Preceptor/Proctor Readiness Course
Procedural Skills, Scope of Training in Family Medicine Residencies
Procedural Skills Training, Residency Criteria
In order to provide an appropriate protocol for procedures training in the family medicine residency, the following components should be included in training:
- Background
- Indications for the Procedure
- Contraindications for the Procedures
- Alternatives to the Procedure
- Complications
- Informed Consent/Patient Counseling
- Patient Preparation
- Adherence to JCAHO standards as applicable
- Anesthesia, Analgesia, Sedation (as appropriate)
- Equipment Selection
- Equipment Sterility and Maintenance
- Patient Positioning
- Technique
- Descriptions of Procedure Steps
- Observation of Technique
- Performance Under Supervision
- Practice of Procedural Skills
- Pathology Recognition
- Management of Complications
- Practice Management Aspects
- Patient Monitoring/resuscitation
- Outcome Evaluation
The instructor(s) in the residency must have significant personal experience in performing the procedure(s) that are being taught.
Family medicine residents should be credentialed to perform procedures in which they have received cognitive instruction, documented experience and demonstrated competency. (March Board 2001) (2007)
Family medicine residents should be credentialed to perform procedures in which they have received cognitive instruction, documented experience and demonstrated competency. (March Board 2001) (2007)
