Leadership
Engaging with ACGME Staff Members and Leaders at #ACGME2025
Read about the numerous opportunities to hear from and connect with ACGME leaders and other staff members at #ACGME2025!
Dr. Pilar Ortega Featured in Medicine on the Midway Fall Issue
The University of Chicago's Fall 2024 issue of Medicine on the Midway features Dr. Ortega in an article on challenges faced by street medicine programs due to increased homelessness and migration, as well as the importance of culturally competent care and the need for medical education to address health inequities and prepare future clinicians to serve underserved populations effectively.
Letter to the Community on Timeline for Major Revision to ACGME Institutional Requirements
Letter to the Community from ACGME Chief Accreditation Officer Mary Klingensmith, MD and Institutional Review Committee Chair Cynthia Kelley, DO, FAAFP discussing the extension of the original timeline for approval and implementation of the revisions to the Institutional Requirements.
Why Multilingualism is a Physician Superpower—and How to Activate It!
Dr. Pilar Ortega reflects on presenting the University of Chicago's Bowman Society Lecture and how the topics she covered underscore her work as a physician and in her role at the ACGME.
Dr. Kevin Weiss Leaving the ACGME
ACGME Chief Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environment Officer Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH announced that he will be leaving the ACGME to devote his efforts to graduate education in patient safety and quality.
Resources to Support GME: Coordinators
This post in our Resources to Support GME series focuses on ACGME tools, educational opportunities, and resources for institutional and program coordinators.
ACGME Approves New Board Officers
At its September 2024 annual meeting, the ACGME Board of Directors approved the following slate of officers. George E. Thibault, MD is the new Chair of the ACGME Board. Jessica L. Bienstock, MD, MPH is the Board’s new vice chair. Josepha A. Cheong, MD is the Board’s new treasurer.
Dr. Pilar Ortega Quoted in Article Addressing Health Care Disparities in Hispanic Communities
“With all the complexity of this issue, it’s not enough to tackle this just from the educational angle, it’s not enough just to do policy, it’s not enough to do research alone. It’s multidimensional.”
Proposed Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees
A new article published in JAMA co-authored by hashtagACGME Senior Vice President, Competencies, Milestones, and Faculty Development Dr. Laura Edgar discusses “Proposed Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees.” The researchers identified 36 competencies for recommendation, falling into six nutrition-related themes.
A Transformative Collaboration: ACGME Shares its Experience with Indonesia on Building a Well-Prepared Specialist Physician Workforce
A two-day visit to Jakarta by ACGME leaders reinforced the growing relationship as ACGME Global Services works with Indonesia’s Ministry of Health to improve the scale and quality of GME and training in the fourth-most-populous country in the world.
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