Implementing a graduate medical education campaign to reduce or eliminate potentially wasteful tests or procedures.

LESS ISMORE Implementing a GraduateMedical Education Campaign to Reduce or Eliminate Potentially Wasteful Tests or Procedures The important role of training program directors to educate residents and fellows about the value of cost-conscious diagnostic andmanagement strategies is clear.1 Indeed, a suggestionhas beenmade that costconscious care should be added as a seventh general competency by the Accreditation Council for GraduateMedical Educationand theAmericanBoardofMedical Specialties.2 Recently, Patel et al3 reported the results froma survey by the AssociationofProgramDirectors in InternalMedicine inwhich fewer than 1 of every 6 residency programs had a formal curriculumincost-consciouscare.The followingreportdetailsour experience implementing an institution-wide campaign related tocost-consciouscareat JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchool of Medicine.