LAST CHANCE! Call for Abstracts
Submit an Abstract by Thursday!
The ACGME invites proposals for abstracts for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference. All accepted abstracts will be presented on site as posters at the conference. Members of the graduate medical education (GME) community are encouraged to use this opportunity to share their innovations and research with their peers.
Learn More and Submit an Abstract Proposal
Proposals are due by Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Central.
Email questions to abstracts@acgme.org.
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NEW! Call for Exhibits and Annual Educational Conference Job Board
The ACGME is again offering an educational Exhibit Hall at the Annual Educational Conference, giving exhibitors the opportunity to reach thousands of attendees from the GME community, build valuable connections, and strengthen brand visibility. #ACGME2025 will also include a Job Board filled with open positions within the GME community. Sponsorships will open in November.
Review the Exhibitor Prospectus
Learn About the Annual Educational Conference Job Board
Email questions to exhibitor@acgme.org.
Proposed Requirements Revisions
The following Requirements and accompanying Impact Statements are posted for review and comment here:
WEDNESDAY! Comment Deadline: September 25, 2024
Colon and Rectal Surgery
THURSDAY! Comment Deadline: September 26, 2024
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
Comment Deadline: October 9, 2024
Institutional Requirements
NEW! October MUA/P Interest Group
The ACGME hosts a monthly virtual interest group session for GME community members involved in addressing the needs of MUA/Ps, which are places or communities with groups of people who have unmet health or health care needs.
Starting a GME Program in Rural and/or Underserved Areas
Tuesday, October 15 at 1:00 p.m. Central
Complete this form to RSVP
These one-hour Zoom calls will take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Central and are open to the entire GME community. During these sessions, participants will provide information about efforts in GME and MUA/P, solve for common challenges, and share helpful resources. GME institution and program leaders will connect with peers and ACGME representatives in large group discussion and Q and A with the speakers.
NEW! October Clinician Educator Journal Club
The ACGME's Clinician Educator Journal Club is a monthly online meeting on the third Thursday of each month gathering together current and future clinician educators, authors, and ACGME staff members to discuss the latest journal articles and timely topics in medical education. Participants should read the article ahead of time and come with questions.
October Information Session
Article: Gender Differences in Work-Based Assessment Scores and Narrative Comments After Direct Observation
When: Thursday, October 17, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Central
Speakers: Janae K. Heath, MD, MS; Jessica Dine, MD, MS; Jennifer Kogan, MD
Moderator: Kate Hatlak, EdD, Director of Faculty Development and Special Projects, ACGME
FRIDAY! 2024 National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environments Meeting
Registration to attend the meeting in person has opened for a limited number of associate DIOs, institutional coordinators, GME directors, and other institutional leaders on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure your spot as soon as possible!
The ACGME is pleased to welcome DIOs and other GME leaders for two days of learning and collaboration to support improvement and innovation in Sponsoring Institutions and clinical learning environments for GME. Leaders from Sponsoring Institutions, clinical learning environments, and the ACGME will provide sessions that address challenges and successes in transformational GME and clinical learning environment leadership. Participants will also have the opportunity to explore new and ongoing initiatives and programs across ACGME departments.
When: October 8-9, 2024
Where: Chicago, Illinois, and online
Registration: $500.00 in person / $350.00 online
Register through September 27 to confirm attendance.
Apply for the CLE Quadruple Aim Initiative Pilot
The CLER Program is seeking up to 10 teams from clinical learning environments (CLEs) of ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institutions to participate in the pilot cycle of a new improvement network, the CLE Quadruple Aim Initiative. This initiative aims to enhance GME integration into CLE efforts to optimize patient care and advance the Quadruple Aim of simultaneously improving patient outcomes, enhancing patient experience, improving health care practitioner well-being, and reducing cost of care.
Selected teams will learn from one another by participating in joint learning sessions while engaging in a 15-month clinical quality improvement project of strategic priority to their clinical site. The application deadline is October 18, 2024.
Learn More About the Pilot (PDF)
Learn About the CLER Program, Read the Full Announcement, and Apply
Milestones Reporting Window Announced
The reporting window will open Monday, October 28, 2024, through Friday, January 10, 2025. Milestones assessments can be submitted via the Accreditation Data System (ADS) at any point during the reporting window. FAQs can be found on the ACGME website.
Email technical questions to ADS@acgme.org.
Email content questions to milestones@acgme.org.
Listen to New Episodes of the ACGME Well-Being Podcast
The ACGME is committed to improving the mental health and well-being of the GME community and beyond. In observance of Suicide Prevention Month this September, new podcast episodes tackle this difficult topic. The ACGME Well-Being Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and other podcast platforms.
Check on others during Suicide Prevention Month; help is always available. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 988.
ACGME Seeks Public Members
The following Committees seek their next public member for a six-year term beginning July 1, 2025. Public members share the perspective of the public, foster public accountability, enrich the work of the Committee through outside expertise, and create transparency. While nominees cannot be physicians, other health care practitioners are permitted if they are not employed by an organization with ACGME-accredited or -recognized residency or fellowship programs.
NEXT WEEK! Osteopathic Recognition
Details: Additional information is available on the Osteopathic Recognition page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Tiffany Moss
Deadline: September 30, 2024
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Institutional
Details: Additional information is available on the Institutional Review Committee page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Elisa Crouse
Deadline: October 20, 2024
ACGME Seeks Resident/Fellow Members
The following Review Committees seek nominations for their next resident member position. Nominees must be enrolled in an ACGME-accredited residency or fellowship program at the time of the appointment and may not serve more than one year beyond completion of that residency or fellowship. The Review Committees will forward their selections to the ACGME Board of Directors for approval. Terms begin July 1, 2025, and end June 30, 2027.
TODAY! Dermatology
Details: Additional information is available under Documents and Resources in the Dermatology section of the ACGME website.
Contact: Sandra Benitez
Deadline: September 23, 2024
NEXT WEEK! Neurology
Details: Additional information is available under Documents and Resources in the Neurology section of the ACGME website.
Contact: Deneen McCall
Deadline: September 30, 2024
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Institutional
Details: Additional information is available on the Institutional Review Committee page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Elisa Crouse
Deadline: October 20, 2024
Emergency Medicine
Details: Additional information is available under Documents and Resources in the Emergency Medicine section of the ACGME website.
Contact: Bianca Andino
Deadline: November 1, 2024
Transitional Year
Details: Additional information, including the nomination form, is available upon request.
Contact: Deneen McCall
Deadline: November 15, 2024
DEADLINE EXTENDED! ACGME Seeks IRC Members
The Institutional Review Committee (IRC) seeks four new members. Candidates must be current or previous DIOs who may be nominated by individuals, organizations, or themselves. The new members' term will begin July 1, 2025, and end June 30, 2031. Nominations must be received by October 20, 2024.
Additional information, including the nomination form, is available on the Institutional Review Committee page of the ACGME website.
Email questions to Executive Director Elisa Crouse.
NEW! Flexibility in Surgical Training (FIT) Requests During General Surgery Residency
The Review Committee for Surgery has refined the procedure for review and approval of FIT requests. Effective immediately, programs should no longer submit a separate request for acknowledgement and approval of FIT to the American Board of Surgery (ABS). Programs will continue to receive a letter of notification from the Review Committee for approved FIT requests. Programs are reminded that the FIT approval letter for each applicable rotation must be submitted to the ABS by the program as necessary for individual resident certification. The Review Committee will not provide separate approval letters to the ABS.
Information on FIT requests, including how to apply, can be found on the Documents and Resources tab of the Surgery section of the ACGME website.
MONDAY! ACGME Seeks Appeals Panel Members
The ACGME is seeking physicians to serve on standing Appeals Panels for the following specialties:
- Dermatology
- Neurological Surgery
- Preventive Medicine
- Vascular Surgery
Applicant Criteria
- Must be certified by the relevant American Board of Medical Specialties member board or American Osteopathic Association certifying board.
- Must be able to devote sufficient time to the Appeals Panel work.
- Should have at least three years' experience as a program director, department chair, associate/assistant program director, and/or core faculty member.
- Applicants not currently serving in one of these roles may be considered if they held one of these positions within the last three years.
- Applicants’ programs must have a status of Continued Accreditation.
Apply by September 30, 2024. Email Senior Administrator, Governance, Appeals, Policies and Procedures Lisa Davis for more information.
Request for Public Review and Comment on the Institutional Requirements
The IRC requests feedback on the proposed major revision to the Institutional Requirements.
The IRC has developed Institutional Requirements that represent the continuing evolution of the Sponsoring Institution, its programs, and its relationship to clinical learning environments for resident and fellow education. To develop durable requirements through 2035 and beyond, the IRC has participated in an intensive period of discovery, collaboration, and reflection to simplify and build upon its minimum standards for Sponsoring Institutions, and welcomes additional feedback from all individuals and organizations that wish to provide comments.
For the first time, the IRC has included Background and Intent statements to introduce some of the new requirements. The Impact Statement offers additional context and proposed timelines for implementation. In order to provide enhanced opportunities for feedback and engagement among GME stakeholders, the IRC plans to offer two 45-day review and comment periods.
Review and Comment Period I
Deadline: October 9
Access the Requirements, Impact Statement, and Comment Form
Review and Comment Period II
Dates To Be Announced
Executive Director, Committee Chair for Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
to Hold Office Hours in Phoenix
Program leaders can meet with the ACGME Review Committee leaders and staff members during the 2024 combined meeting of the Society of University Otolaryngologists and Head & Neck Surgeons, Association of Academic Departments of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, and Otolaryngology Program Directors Organization.
Appointments will be held on a first-come, first-served basis at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix on November 22, 2024.
Email Accreditation Administrator Deanna Eallonardo with questions or to schedule an appointment.
NEW! Journal of Graduate Medical Education Articles of the Week
Ready, Set, Goal: A Mixed Methods Study of a Goal-Setting Intervention on Two Competency-Based Geriatric Medicine Rotations
Jillian Alston, MD, MScCH, FRCPC; Dov Gandell, MDCM, FRCPC; Emilia Kangasjarvi, MSSc; Ryan Brydges, PhD
This study examined how structured goal setting impacts resident learning in competency-based clinical learning environments during geriatric rotations. The results, particularly residents’ descriptions of their goal-setting experience, are informative and will be useful to educators contemplating a goal-setting program to complement competency-based clinical rotations.
The Closing of an Academic Children’s Hospital: Ethical Considerations for Graduate Medical Education
Jennifer Kesselheim, MD, EdM; Jonathan Marron, MD, MPH; Kari Roberts, MD; Alan Leichtner, MD, MHPEd
The authors oversaw the GME mission during the closure of Tufts Children’s Hospital and its collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital. They summarize how their management of the process aligned with ethical principles and reflect on the limitations of their approach.
Remediation of Professionalism: Working with the Disengaged Learner Workshop
Professionalism is vital in medical education and training, yet lapses remain common, affecting both patient care and team dynamics. This engaging 90-minute webinar, offered at no cost to the GME community, will equip participants with strategies to identify and address unprofessional behavior among residents and fellows. Designed for program directors, educators, and mentors, this session will help foster a culture of professionalism and improve learner engagement.
Wednesday, October 2, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Central
Register Today
Email questions to Director, Faculty Development and Special Projects Kate Hatlak.
Note: This presentation will be recorded and available at a later date.
Faculty Development Hub Courses
In addition to offering the Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment course in Chicago, the ACGME collaborates with institutions and organizations in the US and abroad to offer scaled, tailored versions of the course. See below for open courses and visit the ACGME Faculty Development web page for more information.
- Karolinska Institute Stockholm (in person; Stockholm, Sweden)
- Oman Medical Specialty Board (in person; Muscat; Oman - email at link for details)
Career Opportunities
The ACGME is always interested in finding talented, dedicated individuals to join the organization and support its mission to improve health care and population health by assessing and enhancing the quality of resident and fellow physicians' education through advancements in accreditation and education.