This update includes information on the status of malpractice insurance for former Hahnemann residents and fellows, resources for these individuals, and the ACGME Institutional Requirements regarding professional liability insurance.

A US bankruptcy court approved a settlement today with Hahnemann University Hospital’s (HUH) owner to pay for the professional liability tail insurance for the more than 500 residents and fellows displaced by the hospital closure last year.

This four-year initiative is designed to promote transformative improvement within the clinical learning environments of ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institutions in which resident and fellow physicians pursue their formal clinical training education.

The ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative seeks innovative ideas to increase time residents and fellows spend with patients and reduce physician burnout.

ACGME Vice President, International Outreach joins 13 medical education researchers honored at biennial event at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Register to attend the 2025 Annual Educational Conference; browse the Annual Educational Conference Job Board; nominate a colleague for the 2026 ACGME Awards; and participate in a webinar about the Physician Data Initiative.

This week's e-Communication includes additional ACGME Equity Matters modules now available in Learn at ACGME; new solicitations for resident members for selected Review Committees; a request for feedback to inform a major revision of the Institutional Requirements, and more.

Along with the August 2020 issue, the Journal of Graduate Medical Education is excited to introduce the sixth episode of the JGME Podcast, Hot Topics in MedEd.

This week's e-Communication includes information on office hours being held by the executive director for the Institutional Review Committee, the upcoming Annual Educational Conference, the ACGME Awards, revised Milestones that are now available, and more. 

This special edition of the ACGME's weekly e-Communication is dedicated to critical information about the ACGME's response to the novel coronavirus.