ACGME Board approves revisions to three sets of program requirements

CHICAGO, November 3, 2010 –The Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) approved three sets of program requirements at its fall Board meeting. The meeting was held September 27-28, 2010, at the ACGME headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.

The Board approved the following sets of program requirements:

• a major revision to the Program Requirements for Dermatopathology
• a major revision to the Program Requirements for Spinal Cord Injury (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)
• a major revision to the Program Requirements for Preventive Medicine

The ACGME Board of Directors will hold its winter 2011 meeting February 7-8.

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The ACGME is a private, nonprofit organization that accredits approximately 8,800 residency programs in 133 specialties and subspecialties that educate 111,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of health care in the United States by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education.