This week's e-Communication includes information on the DEI Officers Forum, Review and Comment, calls for resident and public Review and Recognition Committee members, the Rural Track Designation Program, and Milestones news.

Bree Bower and her team in the anesthesiology and pain medicine department at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio studied the affects of COVID-19 on fellow recruitment and presented that work at the 2021 ACGME Annual Educational Conference in the Poster Hall.

This second report provides insight into changing clinical learning environments, and shows improvements in resident and fellow engagement in patient safety. The first report was released in 2016.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the 2022 Annual Educational Conference, the upcoming Back to Bedside deadline, Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) articles, and new program requirements available for review and comment.

2022 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Nicole Paradise Black, MD, MEd is a professor of pediatrics, the associate chair of pediatrics education, and the program director for pediatrics at University of Florida Health’s Shands Children’s Hospital. 

A Q and A with 2025 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Berdale Colorado, DO, MPH.

A Q and A with 2025 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Johathan Crane, DO, FAAD, FAOC.

The ACGME is committed to supporting graduate medical education programs to develop a Culture of Well-Being, not just the absence of burnout and depression. The central feature in this culture is the well-being of all members of the health care team, including faculty and staff members, and residents and fellows.