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Guidelines for Training in Endocrinology and Metabolism of the American Board of Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Abstract

A training program in Endocrinology and Metabolism should provide two years of full-time training in the subspecialty. The program in endocrinology and metabolism should be associated with a residency in internal medicine approved by the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education. Training in a small number of other institutions with a recognized reputation for advanced education programs in endocrinology and metabolism and a good academic atmosphere may also be acceptable. The trainee should have a minimum of three years of training in general internal medicine preferably prior to beginning training in endocrinology and metabolism. The program must enable the trainee to maintain competence in general internal medicine, especially in those disease states in which endocrine complications may occur and in those endocrine and metabolic disorders which may produce or accentuate disease in other organ systems. Trainees should develop skills enabling assumption of a consultative role for a wide variety of endocrine and metabolic disorders, both common and uncommon.