Associate Program Director Kimberly Collins, MD of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida set out to see how simulating conversations about social determinants of health (as opposed to in-class learning or immersion-based training) affected a resident’s or fellow’s ability to broach and explore these complex, often sensitive, subjects with patients and their parents. Her results are recorded in her poster: Improving Resident Comfort with Discussing Social Determinants of Health through Simulation.

Register for the 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in Review and Comment; read the JGME Articles of the Week.

This edition of the ACGME e-Communication includes information on the Call for Sessions for the 2021 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, the ACGME's new Diversity and Inclusion Award, calls for nominations to Review Committees and more.

Twenty-five individuals and three institutions were recognized for innovation at Annual Educational Conference in San Diego, California.

Learn about the 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference Keynote speakers; submit a work of art for Arts and Humanities in Medicine; apply to sit on an ACGME Appeal Panel.

Participate in a webinar about the proposed Institutional Requirements; submit an abstract to present a research poster at the ACGME Annual Educational Conference in Nashville; and apply for the Macy Catalyst Awards.

Read about the Mental Health and Well-Being in Transitions materials available in Learn at ACGME; participate in Review and Comment; and review the criteria for the Calls for Sessions for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

Learn how to submit an abstract proposal for the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; view a Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program workshop recording; participate in the Review and Comment process for many specialties and subspecialties, and more. 

Read about actions taken at the February 2024 ACGME Board of Directors Meeting; learn about the ACGME Annual Educational Conference; register for courses and workshops; and participate in Review and Comment.

This edition of the ACGME e-Communication includes information about the Annual Educational Conference Call for Abstracts, calls for nominations for a variety of Review Committees, and more.