For more than two years, the COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed how every person on the globe works, plays, and interacts with each other. As what many hoped would be a few weeks of fear and uncertainty stretched into months and months, no one felt this stress more than health care professionals on the frontlines.

The ACGME is pleased to announce the 2023 Annual Educational Conference Closing Plenary, a conversation on the future of graduate medical education with Drs. Thomas J. Nasca and Debra Weinstein.

The ACGME looks forward to welcoming international attendees to the ACGME 2023 Annual Educational Conference.

2023 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Sharon Ezzo is an education administrator for epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology programs at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.

Christina Baxter Vernace, DO, Angelina Bernier, MD, Mary Catherine Hart, Lindsay Thompson, MD, and Keiaria Williams of University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital are recognized with the 2023 David C. Leach Award.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Dr. Karen Brasel is the program director for surgery, vice chair for education, and assistant dean for graduate medical education at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

2022 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Skyler Kiddy, MS, works as the program coordinator for the pediatrics program at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences and Osteopathic Medical Education Consortium of Oklahoma. 

This edition of the ACGME e-Communication includes information on the Sponsoring Institution Emergency Categorization for institutions managing an increase in COVID-19 cases; on the 2021 Annual Educational Conference going virtual, and more.

This edition of the weekly e-Communication includes information on updated COVID-19-related Frequently Asked Questions, new recordings available in Learn at ACGME, and resident and public Review and Recognition Committee information.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the 2021 Annual Educational Conference Call for Abstracts, aggregate reports available for the Resident/Fellow and Faculty Surveys, Review Committee nominations, and more.