2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Timothy R. Long is a program director for anesthesiology and vice chair for education at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

This week's e-Communication includes information on ACGME Equity Matters^TM, Review and Comment, the Rural Track Designation Program, and Milestones Quality Assurance.

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 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Donald L. Gilbert, MD, MS is the residency program director for child neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital 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.

Jamie Dow, EdM, is assistant director for resident education and training at the University of Florida. Her poster, Mindfulness in Neurosurgery: Improving Neurosurgeon Wellness in Training and Beyond (with co-authors W. Christopher Fox, MD, Associate Program Director, University of Florida, and Gregory Murad, MD, Program Director, University of Florida), looked at wellness in neurosurgery, which Dow says “has traditionally been considered an oxymoron.” However, as priorities among neurological surgery residents evolve and the effects of physician burnout are increasingly recognized across specialties, life balance and overall well-being have become areas of emphasis and an opportunity for program improvement.

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.