Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

#ACGME2022 Session Summary: Disabusing Disability and Redefining Race – Intersectionality in GME

The 2022 ACGME Annual Educational Conference concluded with a fascinating, inspiring, and at times surprising Closing Plenary by Dr. OluwaferanmiOkanlami.

April 2022

Session Summary: Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address with Holly Humphrey, MD, MACP

Dr. Holly Humphrey's Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address at the 2022 ACGME Annual Educational Conference included humble and heartfelt notes of appreciation and acknowledgement and a call to action to transform GME.

April 2022

ACGME Equity Matters Unveils Resources to Build Equity and Anti-Racism Practices in Graduate Medical Education

After a foundational year of the ACGME Equity MattersTM initiative, the ACGME is proud to unveil self-directed Equity Matters content, a series of learning resources created to supply a continuous learning framework for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work.  

March 2022

#ACGME2022 Session Preview: Converting Data to Information in GME Diversity

Join a discussion with William McDade, MD, PhD; Anita Blanchard, MD; and Donna Lamb, DHSc, MBA, BSN,  to learn about the impact of data to drive diversity within graduate medical education (GME) at the 2022 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

March 2022

Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Aisha Barber, MD, MEd of Children’s National Hospital

Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC is one of four honorees receiving the ACGME’s Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2022. Dr. Aisha Barber, who serves as program director of the pediatric residency program and a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Steering Committee there answered the ACGME’s questions about the outstanding measures this program has taken to foster DEI.

March 2022

March 22, 2022

This week's e-Communication includes multiple upcoming deadlines for giving the ACGME feedback on a variety of specialty-specific projects, including revisions to Program Requirements, Milestones, and more. Information on the upcoming ACGME Awards nomination deadlines are also in this week's announcements.

March 2022

Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Keith D. Carter, MD on behalf of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), based in San Francisco, California, is one of four honorees receiving the ACGME’s Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2022.

March 2022

Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Heather McPhillips, MD, MPH of the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital

The University of Washington (UW) and Seattle Children’s Hospital’s pediatric residency program in Seattle, Washington is one of four honorees receiving the ACGME’s Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award in 2022. Program director (through February 2022) and Associate Dean of Curriculum Dr. Heather McPhillips answered the ACGME’s questions about the outstanding measures this program has taken to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.

March 2022

Journal Notes: A Call for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Submissions Inspires a Growing Collection of Work at JGME

Since fall 2020, the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) has posted an ongoing call for manuscript submissions on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, and the response has already generated the beginnings of a collection that continues to grow.

March 2022

March 14, 2022

This edition of the ACGME e-Communication includes details on the recently released ACGME Equity Matters self-directed learnimg modules, the ACGME Award nominations, and more. 

March 2022