February 7 marked the inaugural session of the National Health Equity Grand Rounds. The event, titled “History of Racism in US Health Care: Root Causes of Today’s Hierarchy and Systems of Power,” is the first of four events scheduled for 2023.

The ACGME would like to congratulate Drs. Kenechukwu Ojukwu (Project Leader) and Erica Fermon, the Back to Bedside project team from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center, winners of this year’s “Shark Tank”-style competition at the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, held March 7-9 in Orlando, Florida.

The ACGME, in partnership with the Docs with Disabilities Initiative (DWDI), is a recipient of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Catalyst Award for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education for their project, Multimedia Resource Hub for Disability Inclusion in Graduate Medical Education.

ACGME Chief Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environment Officer Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH announced that he will be leaving the ACGME to devote his efforts to graduate education in patient safety and quality.

Learn about the new Program Coordinator Handbook; the Requirements Archive; open positions on Review Committees; and more.

Learn about the new and improved design for Learn at ACGME; Review and Comment; opportunities for residents and fellows to join Review Committees; and more.

Friday is the last day to register online for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; residents and fellows can apply for funding as part of the ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative and more.

Learn about an award received by the ACGME in partnership with the Docs With Disabilities Initiative; register for a webinar about women with disabilities in medicine; comment on the Draft Foundational Comptencies for Undergraduate Medical Education; and more.

This week's e-Communication announces the soon-to-come Program Emergency Categorization, open comments on the specialty-specific requirements for psychiatry subspecialties, a call for Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee members, and more.

This week's e-Communication includes information the Annual Educational Conference's session schedule, an opportunity to participate in the Clinical Learning Environnment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee, the latest episode of the "Hot Topics in MedEd" podcast, and more.