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Technology assessment--the role of the American College of Physicians.

The clinically competent internist who provides quality care for every patient displays six essential abilities: 1) clinical judgment, 2) medical knowledge, 3) clinical skills, 4) humanism, 5) communication skills, and 6) continuing scholarship. These abilities enable the internist to carry out the basic tasks of data gathering, diagnosis, and medical care. Data gathering not only includes the history and physical examination but also the ordering of specific tests or performing technical procedures. A synthesis of the information obtained by these means leads to a decision about diagnosis and ultimately results in delivery of sound medical care. The provision of medical care may incorporate the use of additional technologies to alleviate symptoms, monitor the patient's progress, determine prognosis, or affect cure (1). Although all six of the abilities of the internist are important, clinical judgment and the possession of medical knowledge are absolute necessities. Clinical judgment includes "reasoning, decision making, cost awareness, avoidance of risk, and diagnostic ability. It is the process by which clinical decisions are made. It implies that the individual can adapt to changes in medicine throughout one's career" (1). Medical knowledge includes the acquisition "and use of the store of information or facts pertinent to particular diseases or illnesses and the ability of the internist to apply that information in the clinical setting" (1). While there are numerous ways for busy physicians to continue the acquisition of knowledge, their time and resources generally are not so abundant. Competent internists, however, always seek more efficient means to learn. One important step is to join professional societies, and to a considerable extent physicians come to depend on such organizations