Learn about added 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference sessions; view combined program and Accreditation Data System (ADS) updates.

Read updates about the ACGME Cloud; prepare for the #ACGME2026 Call for Sessions; comment on proposed Program Requirements; and more.

2020 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Edwin L. Zalneraitis, MD is the pediatric residency program director at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

This award recognizes program coordinators for their in-depth understanding of the accreditation process, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and projects to improve graduate medical education programs.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Steven R. Brown, MD, FAAFP is the program director for family medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee David A. Wininger, MD is the internal medicine residency program director at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He specializes in infectious disease.

Register for the 2026 Annual Educational Conference; take a survey to inform the upcoming Common Program Requirements revision; participate in a course or workshop; and more.

Start planning to attend #ACGME2026; participate in Review and Comment on the Common Program Requirements (interim revision); participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club, and more.

Learn how to submit an abstract proposal for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; view a Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program workshop recording; participate in the Review and Comment process for many specialties and subspecialties, and more. 

This week's e-Communication includes information about the ACGME Awards, Review and Comment, a new event about program director well-being, and the date for the 2023 National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions meeting.