We’re at the mid-way point in the five-year transition to a single GME accreditation system—and this is our third pre-conference for osteopathic residency and fellowship programs. A lot has happened in the last few years, and we’re proud of our expanding family—not just on the program side, but also on the accreditation and governance side.

As the current chair of the ACGME Board of Directors, Rowen Zetterman, MD, filled several important roles at this year’s Annual Educational Conference, presenting awards and introducing Dr. Nasca for his President and CEO Address among them. We caught up with Dr. Zetterman in between his activities to learn a little more about his experience the last few years with the ACGME and, in particular, at the Annual Educational Conference.

Dr. Hedy Wald of Boston Children’s Hospital-Harvard Medical School and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University was a first-time ACGME Annual Educational Conference attendee as a result of acceptance of her poster, Faculty Videos – An Innovation within Residency Resilience Skills Programs at Two Institutions, for presentation at the Poster Session. An avid social networker, she introduced herself to us at the Twitter Board on Thursday morning before the pre-conferences, and we continued the conversation throughout and after the conference. We asked Dr. Wald about her experience as a poster presenter and first-time attendee of our conference.

If you were working in GME back in the 80s, maybe you attended one of the ACGME’s early forerunners of the Annual Educational Conference.

This week's e-Communication includes opportunities for residents and fellows to join Review Committees; information on being interviewed about the Milestones; a call for Appeals Panel members; and more.

Attend a course or workshop; learn how residents and fellows can become Review Committee members; submit a job posting for the ACGME Conference Job Board; and more.

This edition includes information about the 2025 Annual Educational Conference Call for Sessions; the Clinician Educator Journal Club; the Medically Underserved Areas and Populations interest group, and more.

Submit a session proposal to present at the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; Review and Comment proposed Program Requirements; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and more.

Learn more about the Back to Bedside initiative; applying for the Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award; ways to be involved in work related to Medically Underserved Areas and Populations; the Clinican Educator Journal Club and more.

Read about the ACGME's Call for Sessions for the 2025 Annual Educational Conference; proposed Program Requirements available for Review and Comment; and the Clinician Educator Journal Club.