The ACGME is proud to continue supporting residents’ and fellows’ efforts to increase connection with their patients through the Back to Bedside initiative. Thank you to everyone who submitted applications for the 2024-2026 funding cycle. The ACGME will announce the recipients in June 2024.

Back to Bedside is designed to empower residents and fellows to develop transformative projects that foster meaning and joy in work and allow them to engage on a deeper level with what is at the heart of medicine: their patients. Supported by the ACGME, Back to Bedside provides a competitive funding opportunity for resident- and/or fellow-led teams to innovate. The initiative is also intended to create a learning collaborative of resident-/fellow-led research teams.

Since the inception of the Back to Bedside initiative, the ACGME has funded more than 80 projects, engaging more than 200 residents and fellows in innovative projects to enhance their clinical experience and connect more fully with their patients and colleagues.

Learn a bit more about the Back to Bedside experience:

• Back to BedsideProject Summaries
  Read about past Back to Bedside projects and how residents and fellows infused joy and meaning into their work as physicians.
  
• #ACGME2024 Session Summary: “Shark Tank” – A Dive into Medical Innovation
  Several teams from the 2022-2024 round of Back to Bedside funding were selected to present their projects during a session at the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference. Learn more in this post about the session on the ACGME Blog.
• Behind the Poster: An Interview with Abigail Garbarino, MD
  Dr. Garbarino is a past Back to Bedside recipient who continued her project after her fellowship ended into her first years as an independent physician. She presented a poster about the project at the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

Questions?
Email backtobedside@acgme.org.