GME Competency Education Program (GCEP)

The AMA’s GME Competency Education Program (GCEP) is a series of online educational modules designed to complement teachings in patient settings

and didactic curriculum in residency and fellowship programs. It helps residents and their institutions develop Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) milestones to meet core competency requirements. GCEP offers a robust library of coursework and addresses the ACGME  competency requirements, which call for programs to integrate the following competencies into their curriculum:

  • Patient Care
  • Medical Knowledge
  • Practice-based Learning and Improvement
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills
  • Professionalism
  • Systems-based Practice

The GME Competency Education Platform gives residents tools to develop and measure their knowledge and skills to help meet ACGME competency education requirements. The short courses reduce the time needed for education, thus reducing the stress on residents. Residents can keep track of completed courses and obtain their own printable certificates verifying they passed the post-assessments. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has classified the GCEP courses in the following three modules:

Grade A online courses are required by the institution to be complete by all incoming residents prior to starting training at Harbor-UCLA.

# Course Name PGYs
1 Coding and Documentation for Resident Physicians 1,2,3
2 Building the Patient-Physician Relationship 1,2,3
3 Patient Handoffs 1,2,3
4 Resident Intimidation 1,2,3
5 Residents as Teachers 1,2,3
6 Sleep Deprivation: Your Life and Your Work 1,2,3
7 Cultural Competency 1,2,3
8 Safer Prescribing and Managing of Opioids 1,2,3
9 Privacy and Confidentiality 1,2,3

Grade B: Residents will have 24 months of their residency training to complete the Grade B required courses. If the Residency/Internship is only 12 months the Grade B courses are required to be complete within the 12 months of training.

# Course Name PGYs
1 Conflicts of Interest Issues 1,2,3
2 Health Care Quality: Measuring Physician Performance 1,2,3
3 Thriving Through Residency: The Resilient Resident 1,2,3
4 Managing Unconscious Bias 1,2,3
5 Using Tools to Form an Action Plan for Wellness 1,2,3
6 Fraud and Abuse 1,2,3
7 End-of-Life Care 1,2,3
8 Physician Employment Contracts 1,2,3
9 Understanding Clinical Trials 1,2,3
10 Introduction to Health Insurance 1,2,3

Grade AF online courses are required by the institution to be complete by all incoming fellows prior to starting training at Harbor-UCLA.

# Course Name PGYs
1 Patient Handoffs 4,5,6,7
2 Residents as Teachers 4,5,6,7
3 Sleep Deprivation: Your Life and Your Work 4,5,6,7
4 Cultural Competency 4,5,6,7
5 Patient Safety 4,5,6,7
6 Safer Prescribing and Managing of Opioids 4,5,6,7
7 Privacy and Confidentiality 4,5,6,7

Grade BF: Fellows will have within 24 months of their fellowship training to complete the Grade BF required courses. If the fellowship is only 12 months the Grade BF courses are required to be complete within the 12 months of training.

# Course Name PGYs
1 Conflicts of Interest 5,6,7
2 Patient Handoffs 5,6,7
3 Managing Unconscious Bias 5,6,7
4 Safer Prescribing and Managing of Opioids 5,6,7
5 Fraud and Abuse 5,6,7
6 Physician Employment Contracts 5,6,7
7 Anatomy of a Lawsuit 5,6,7

Housestaff:

GME Competency Education Program (GCEP) course library: For a detailed description of any of the curriculum titles, you may access the AMA GME GCEP courses here: 

Please visit the following web link for more information on the AMA’s GME Competency Education Program (GCEP): www.AMAGMEOnline.org

For any issues accessing your account, please contact the AMA Unified Service Center at (800) 262-3211 or email GCEPHelp@ama-assn.org