This week's edition of the e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference; ACGME Awards; Review and Comment; and Milestones News.

In the 2021 ACGME Annual Educational Conference session, “Moving Urgently Toward Competency-Based Assessment in GME,” presenters from the ABMS and  ACGME discussed that “the ultimate outcome for graduate medical education is the Quadruple Aim: better outcomes; improved clinician experience; lower costs; improved patient experience.”

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Deborah M. DeMarco, MD is the senior associate dean for clinical affairs, associate dean for GME, and designated institutional official (DIO) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She specializes in rheumatology.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Wilma F. Bergfeld, is the director of the dermatopathology fellowship, a senior dermatologist, and emeritus director, dermatopathology in the departments of dermatology and pathology at the Cleveland Clinic.

2021 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Lowell Virginia (Jennie) Craft, MPPM, C-TAGME is the director, GME Office at the University of Alabama Hospital – Birmingham.

2021 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Sharon M. Ashley is the senior residency program coordinator for emergency medicine at Emory University.

The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series is an interview with Dr. Dustin Beck of the OMECO/Cherokee Nation Family Medicine Residency Program.

This post in our Resources to Support GME series focuses on ACGME tools, educational opportunities, and resources for institutional and program coordinators.

The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series features an interview with Matthew A. Braniecki, DO from Firelands Regional Medical Center.

Networking opportunities are one of the greatest benefits of attending the ACGME Annual Educational Conference. Read about some of the ways to connect during #ACGME2025!