Outstanding medical skills are not the same as leadership skills, and many newly appointed chief residents find a gap between their education and training and their new leadership role. To bridge that gap, the ACGME offers the Leadership Skills Training Program for chief residents.

Register for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; apply for a 2026 ACGME Award; participate in the January Clinician Educator Journal Club meeting; and submit Milestones assessments by January 10, 2025.

This week's e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference's session schedule, an opportunity to participate in the Clinical Learning Environnment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee, the latest episode of the "Hot Topics in MedEd" podcast, and more.

The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series looks at the Central Washington family medicine residency program's rural participating site located in Ellensburg, Washington.

The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series looks at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority.

The ACGME released its 2020-2021 Data Resource Book, the most comprehensive and reliable resource of its kind, including data on the size, scope, and distribution of graduate medical education in the US.

Q and A with 2026 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee I. Michael Leitman, MD, FACS.

A Q and A with 2024 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Lindsay Sonstein, MD, FACP.

This post aims to clarify the role of the ACGME in the GME position allotment structure and explain residency numbers, caps, and funding.