John Madara, MD wanted to find a way to improve incoming residents’ ability to identify and mitigate patient safety hazards, address these hazards through teamwork and collaboration, and report safety events using an online event reporting system. Dr. Madara, the chief fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, worked with others to create an interactive, competitive “escape room” themed environment to stimulate learning and teamwork. His poster, Patient Safety Escape!: Engaging Residents in Patient Safety Education and Event Reporting, reports on the activity and its effectiveness in teaching residents about patient safety and online reporting procedures.

2020 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Abby Lyn Spencer, MD, MS, FACP is director for the internal medicine residency program at the Cleveland Clinic.

Stephen W. Trzeciak, MD, MPH delivered the inaugural Thomas J. Nasca Lecture with his talk, The Science of Compassion, which served as the final plenary of the 2025 Annual Educational Conference.

Twenty-five individuals and two institutions were honored at the 2018 Annual Educational Conference. Timothy C. Flynn, MD, FACS, received the John C. Gienapp Distinguished Service Award. This is the first time in six years the award has been given.

A Q and A with 2025 ACGME David C. Leach Awardee Mikael Guzman Karlsson, MD, PhD.

The next post in the ACGME and Global Health series addresses the vital role of post-graduate medical education (PGME) in the global health workforce.

Q and A with 2026-2028 Jeremiah A. Barondess Fellow Bryan Broderick, MD, MEHP from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this month the ACGME will shine a spotlight on resources for enhancing the well-being of all in the GME community.

A post in the ACGME Answers series to clarify the ACGME relationship and engagement with its Member Organizations.