Associate Program Director Kimberly Collins, MD of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida set out to see how simulating conversations about social determinants of health (as opposed to in-class learning or immersion-based training) affected a resident’s or fellow’s ability to broach and explore these complex, often sensitive, subjects with patients and their parents. Her results are recorded in her poster: Improving Resident Comfort with Discussing Social Determinants of Health through Simulation.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Dr. Susan Kirk is the designated institutional official and associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of Virginia.

The proposed revisions to Section VI of its Common Program Requirements are open for public comment over the next 45 days. The Requirements provide uniform standards for all accredited US residency and fellowship programs.

Q and A with 2024 ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Maria DeOliveira, EdD.

2022 David C. Leach Awardee Anai Kothari, MD is an assistant professor in surgical oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. At the time of the award nominations, Dr. Kothari was a clinical fellow in complex general surgical oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference registration opens this week; access the new Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and more.

The ACGME is pleased to present the CLER National Report of Findings 2021.

Register for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and nominate a colleague for the 2026 ACGME Awards.

The next post in the Educating Educators series looks at the ACGME's Faculty Development Hub program and expanding the reach of these programs across the globe.

The ACGME recognizes the hundreds of volunteers who dedicate their time and expertise to supporting the organization's Mission to improve health care and population health.