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Key benefits of the NAS include the creation of a national framework for assessment that includes comparison data, reduction in the burden associated with the current process-based accreditation system, the opportunity for residents to learn in innovative programs, and enhanced resident education in quality, patient safety, and the new competencies. Over time, we envision that the NAS will allow the ACGME to create an accreditation system that focuses less on the identification of problems and more on the success of programs and institutions in addressing them.

A list of accredited online schools offering diplomas, certificates and degrees.

An extensive research project to identify the systematic milestones that move a pediatric trainee towards competence. A Joint Initiative of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Pediatrics

"A structured residency-based curriculum facilitates resident demonstration of SBP and practice-based learning and improvement. Residents gain knowledge and skills though this enterprise and hospitals gain access to trainees who help to solve ongoing problems and meet accreditation requirements."

To educate public health professionals on the importance of health literacy and their role in providing health information and services and promoting public health literacy.

"Patient communication skills need to be taught as part of residency training. With limited training, case-specific skills (herein, involving patients with cancer) are likely to improve more than general communication skills."