Read the announcement about President and CEO Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP's upcoming transition; view the Journal of Graduate Medical Education Articles of the Week; learn how to nominate a colleague for the 2025 ACGME Awards, and more.

This week's e-Communication includes the deadline extension for the Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award, requirements available for Review and Comment, public member openings on Review Committees and more. 

This week's e-Communication includes information on the wrap-up of the 2023 Annual Educational Conference; details on the Call for Topics for next year's event; 2024 ACGME Awards details; Review and Comment; and more.

This week's e-Communication announces the Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address and Closing Plenary speakers for the 2023 Annual Educational Conference; includes information about Review and Comment, Milestones, CLER site visit blackout dates, and more.

Learn about the Featured Plenaries and Sunset Session at the ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in a workshop on the Direct Observation Toolkit for faculty members; and more.

This week's e-Communication includes details about the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference Call for Topics, the approaching deadline for the 2024 ACGME Awards, and more. 

In one of the final sessions at the 2018 Annual Educational Conference on Sunday, March 4, a panel of ACGME executives, deans, a patient safety expert, and a resident spoke to the crowd about how medicine is changing and graduate medical education may need to evolve to serve patients well into the 21^st century.

ACGME President and CEO Dr. Nasca kicked off his Saturday morning session at the Annual Educational Conference with some “non-rhetorical” questions: Can anyone predict what the health care system will look like in 2035? Can anyone predict how long your residents will practice? 40 years?

After stumping the room, he went on to explain that it is our job is to prepare residents to practice in the future—not to arm them with practices, skills, and knowledge of the present. We want our residents to be prepared not just for 2018 but for 2035—and beyond.

Jamie Dow, EdM, is assistant director for resident education and training at the University of Florida. Her poster, Mindfulness in Neurosurgery: Improving Neurosurgeon Wellness in Training and Beyond (with co-authors W. Christopher Fox, MD, Associate Program Director, University of Florida, and Gregory Murad, MD, Program Director, University of Florida), looked at wellness in neurosurgery, which Dow says “has traditionally been considered an oxymoron.” However, as priorities among neurological surgery residents evolve and the effects of physician burnout are increasingly recognized across specialties, life balance and overall well-being have become areas of emphasis and an opportunity for program improvement.