%0 Journal Article %T Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones for Emergency Medicine Residency Training Incorporated into Firstand Second-Year Medical Student Elective %J Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism %I Shiraz University of Medical Sciences %Z 2322-2220 %A CANTWELL, CHRISTINA Y. %A LEE, JONATHAN B. %A SAADAT, SOHEIL %A BOVE, NICHOLAS %A SAKARIA, SANGEETA %A WIECHMANN, WARREN %A WRAY, ALISA %A TOOHEY, SHANNON %D 2021 %\ 07/01/2021 %V 9 %N 3 %P 136-143 %! Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestones for Emergency Medicine Residency Training Incorporated into Firstand Second-Year Medical Student Elective %K Curriculum %K Medical education %K Graduate medical education %K Emergency Medicine %R 10.30476/jamp.2021.88982.1360 %X Introduction: As part of its Next Accreditation System, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the American Board of Emergency Medicine describe 6 competencies containing 23 sub-competencies graded by milestones ranging from level 1 (expected of an incoming intern) to level 5 (demonstrates abilities of an attending) that are used to track resident training progression. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no studies introducing a milestones-based curriculum to medical students prior to their introduction to the wards, so we sought to determine the effects that a pre-clinical Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG) Milestones Elective would have on preparing the students interested in Emergency Medicine (EM) as a specialty to meet thelevel 1 milestones prior to their intern year.Methods: The elective hosted 15 events throughout the academic year, and pre- and post-curriculum surveys were administered. Thirteen first- and second-year medical students at our institution who completed the elective self-reported their perception of preparedness for each level 1 milestone in the 19 sub-competencies. A repeated measures design was used through identical pre- and post-curriculum surveys to determine any changes in self-reported preparedness for meeting level 1 milestones after completing the elective using Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.Results: There was a significant increase in the median scoring from 1 to 2 (P=0.027) in overall self-reported preparedness for meeting the level 1 milestones included in the elective, as well as significant increases in subcategories across competencies 1-4 outlined by the ACGME. There was no significant increase in preparedness for professionalism or interpersonal communicationcompetencies. There was no significant increase in interest in EM as a result of the elective.Conclusion: Implementing a milestones-based curriculum during the pre-clinical years shows improved self-reported preparedness of students interested in pursuing EM for meeting level 1 milestones prior to residency. Additionally, a specialtybased elective such as this one offered through EMIG may further increase interest in the field during pre-clinical years. %U https://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_47634_c03b3b88e61722f25ab96b1e94ce11cb.pdf