Following steady growth in ACGME-accredited programs over the last decade, the 2018-2019 academic year showed the largest annual increase of programs to 11,685, up 4.2 percent from the previous academic year.

As a resource to the graduate medical education community, the ACGME is sharing the following statement from FSMB regarding hospital access to the organization's Physician Data Center.

The ACGME is pleased to report that all 32 residents from Ohio Valley Medical Center (OVMC) in Wheeling, West Virginia have accepted offers to transfer to other ACGME-accredited programs where they will continue their education.

Bruce Metz will lead the ACGME's information technology strategy and activities. He will begin his position in January 2020.

The Version 2.0 of CLER Pathways to Excellence: Expectations for an Optimal Clinical Learning Environment to Achieve Safe and High-Quality Patient Care, has been published.

The fourth edition of the report presents national Milestones data in aggregate form for the latest academic year (July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019) for 36 specialties and 100 subspecialties.

The ACGME has announced its Request for Grant Proposals for the 2026-2028 cycle of Back to Bedside, an initiative designed to empower residents and fellows to lead and develop transformative and innovative projects to foster meaning and joy in their work by increasing connection with their patients.

The ACGME has selected 23 resident- and fellow-led teams to receive funding as part of the fifth cycle of Back to Bedside, an initiative developed by residents and fellows to support innovative projects that enhance the physician-patient connection and improve the clinical learning environment in graduate medical education.