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.

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.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Deborah Chute is the program director for pathology at Cleveland Clinic.

Kelli Corning is the Associate Director of the University of Washington’s internal medicine residency program. She has been actively involved in program coordinator activities throughout her career in GME and participated in the full Annual Educational Conference, and also presented at the pre-conference Coordinator Forum. Additionally, this year Ms. Corning was a recipient of the ACGME’s GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award, which she received at the conference.

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.

This interview in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series features Dr. Heather Kovich of the UNM Shiprock family medicine program.

Learn about the new Program Coordinator Handbook; the Requirements Archive; open positions on Review Committees; and more.

Read about Board actions, comment on proposed Program Requirements, and register for workshops and educational sessions.