Chapter 2 Medical Knowledge: The Foundation of Patient Care
The six ACGME competencies, which serve as the organizing principle of this book, all inter-relate; each category focuses directly on the same ultimate goal: good patient care. As should already be clear to any medical student with even a modicum of clinical experience, the cornerstone of quality patient care is the acquisition of medical knowledge.
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