The ACGME is pleased to announce Bonnie Nguyen, DO, a family medicine resident at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa, as the winner of the ACGME's national nutrition essay contest, Fueling Better Health: Resident/Fellow Perspectives on Nutrition in Patient Care.

After 10 years of distinguished service to the ACGME, Chief Communications and Public Policy Officer John R. Combes, MD will retire January 1, 2027. Throughout his career, Dr. Combes has been dedicated to improving health care, physician leadership and governance, and graduate medical education.

The next phase of ACGME Cloud will launch April 13 with a unified user experience and updates to ACGME Cloud | Analytics. The unified user experience streamlines navigation across ACGME Cloud products and the Accreditation Data System (ADS), and Phase 2 of ACGME Cloud | Analytics introduces new data to existing dashboards, entirely new dashboards, and new features.

The ACGME is pleased to announce a national essay contest inviting residents and fellows to reflect on and share their experiences with nutrition in health care.

The ACGME plans to launch the next phase of ACGME Cloud in mid-April, marking continued progress in the organization’s Digital Transformation journey for graduate medical education. 

The ACGME has released a new report outlining priorities for strengthening the single graduate medical education accreditation system and the transition from medical school to residency. 

The ACGME is advancing its digital transformation efforts with the development of the next addition to the ACGME Cloud platform. ACGME Cloud Accreditation will support accreditation and recognition activities across the graduate medical education (GME) community.

Register for the 2024 Annual Educational Conference, the 2024-2025 ACGME Equity Matters Learning Community, the Leadership Skills Training Program for Chief Residents, a free workshop on the ACGME's direct observation toolkit, and more.

This week's edition includes news on available funding for a new round of Back to Bedside projects for 2024-2026; the Wednesday deadline for the ACGME Equity Matters^TM Learning Community, and updates regarding accreditation site visit and Self-Study updates for programs.

This week's e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference's session schedule, an opportunity to participate in the Clinical Learning Environnment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee, the latest episode of the "Hot Topics in MedEd" podcast, and more.