Newsroom and Blog Updates on Pursuing Excellence
May 15, 2023
This week's e-Communication includes information about the Call for Sessions for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; open nominations for public and resident/fellow Review Committee members; and open Review and Comment periods.
Introducing the New ACGME.org
The ACGME is excited and proud to introduce a redesign of the ACGME website. The updated site features an improved overall design, an enhanced user experience, a better interface, and a modern look and feel. While most of the content has not changed, the navigation and placement of some of the content has. This update and orientation are intended to help users understand what went into and informed this redesign, and how to move around it and find what you’re looking for.
May 8, 2023
This week's e-Communication includes information on the upcoming Call for Sessions for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; Review and Comment; office hours to discuss the rural data enhancement project; and more.
New UME Foundational Competencies Website Shares Updates and Collects Community Feedback
A website has been set up to provide information and updates on the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Competencies initiative. The initiative aims to create a common set of foundational competencies for use in UME programs in the US and improve the transition to graduate medical education.
May 1, 2023
This edition of the e-Communication includes Review and Comment deadlines, nominations for Review Committee resident/fellow and public members, office hours to discuss Institutional Requirements on vacation and leaves of absences, and career opportunities with the ACGME.
April 24, 2023
This edition of the weekly e-Communication includes information on rural data enhancement (RDE) project office hours; the deadline for CLER visit blackout dates; the Call for Submissions for the National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions meeting; and Review and Comment.
Mercy First in the U.S. to Expand Family Medicine Residency Program to Focus on Obesity
The family medicine residency program at Mercy in St. Louis, Missouri was recently approved by the ACGME for an optional fourth year focusing on leading community efforts in public health care related to obesity and associated conditions.
April 17, 2023
This week's edition of the e-Communication includes the National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions meeting Call for Submissions; a feedback opportunity on the Milestones Guidebooks; a reminder about the Year-End Milestones reporting window opening; public and resident/fellow member nominations for a variety of Review Committees; and more.
My Conference Experience: Q and A with Sultana Mustafa, EdD, EdM, MA
Dr. Sultana Mustafa serves as the evaluation specialist in the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Office at New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH). We asked her to share her experience at the 2023 Annual Educational Conference held in Nashville at the end of February.
