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demonstrated a significant increase inscore for the GOLE group.

The significantly higher ACGMEglobalscore in the GOLE group suggests that theeducational model helped users gaingreater mastery of the ACGME CoreCompetencies than did traditional self-regulated learning. The structured ap-proach to researching clinical topics andassimilating the information into anorganized communication led to im-proved presentations for theGOLE group.

The GOLE model promoted improve-ment in presentation content for aspectsof 5 ACGME Core Competencies: medi-cal knowledge, patient care, practice-based learning and improvement, pro-fessionalism, and systems-based practice.While the full benefit of the GOLE modelwill vary by the individual learner, it mayfoster a consistent approach to the de-velopment of new medical knowledge.This broad-based approach to achievingACGME Core Competencies is novel;

CORRECTIONS

July 2013 (vol. 209, no. 1, page 72)Siristatidis C, Chrelias C. Planned home birth: th

The first names and surnames of the authorsPhD, and Charalampos Chrelias, MD, PhD.

Accordingly, the Reply to their letter by the authome birth: the professional responsibility respoDr Chrelias rather than to “Drs Charalampos.”

July 2013 (vol. 209, no. 1, page 20)Two references cited in a July 2013 article (Gell2013;209:20.e1-5) require correction, as follow

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19. Rowe CK, Pierce MW, Tecci KC, et al. A coopen surgery: could robot-assisted surgery

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many educational assessment tools arenarrowly focused on a single competency.Potential confounding of the study

results was minimized by blockrandomization of the participants andrequesting that they not discuss theirparticipation. Adherence to a blindedrandomization scheme was intended tominimize the effect of student motiva-tion. Participants in the study wereallowed to freely pick a clinical topic oftheir choosing to simulate the proposeduse for self-regulated clinical education.This study has demonstrated that the

GOLE model provides a structured andefficient approach to medical learningthrough a broad range of ACGME CoreCompetencies. These benefits for stu-dents were achieved without: increasedpreparation time, increased use of re-sources, or increased presentation time.The GOLE model may be a useful tech-nique in the clinician’s toolbox to guideclinical medical education.

e professional response. Letters to the Editors.of a Letter to the Editors were reversed. Their cor

hors of the article cited (Chervenak FA, McCullougnse. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2013;208:31-8) shou

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CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS

- Self-regulated learning is a method tomaintain competency in evidence-based medicine for medical pro-viders; the guided outcomes inlearned efficiency model may pro-vide a structured and efficientapproach to this process.

- The guided outcomes in learned ef-ficiency model appeared to improvepresentation content for aspects of 5Accreditation Council for GraduateMedical Education (ACGME) CoreCompetencies: medical knowledge,patient care, practice-based learningand improvement, professionalism,and systems-based practice.

- A survey instrument developedfrom ACGME Core Competenciesmay be a useful tool to assessperceived improvement in clinicalknowledge in future medical edu-cation research. -

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