Abstract: Objective To discusse on clinical competency-based evaluation criteria adapting for emergency residency and provide important evidence for the emergency residency evaluation system further improvement in china. Method We developed the emergency residency competency criteria based on the milestones for the emergency residency from the Accreditation Council for graduate medical education (ACGME) in USA. The criteria have been revised according to the needs of emergency system in China. 367 persons who come from the emergency residency training bases around China participated in the survey about the clinical competency criteria. The statistics of the data is done by the software of Excel,and analyzed by SPSS 20.0. Results A total of 367 persons participated in the survey. They come from 31 provinces around China. Most of them are the administration staff who are in charge of the emergency residency training program. Most of them agree the competency criteria we have developed for the emergency residency.Conclusion The competency criteria we developed were well accepted by the other emergency residency training bases in China. It may provide essential evidence to establish criteria for the emergency residency evaluation system in our country.

Key words: emergency residency, clinical competency, evaluation criteria