ACGME selects GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award recipients
Five program coordinators to be honored at 2010 Annual Educational Conference

CHICAGO, Sept. 25, 2009 – The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has chosen five program coordinators to receive the first annual GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award. The new award recognizes outstanding program coordinators, who are administrators who assist program directors, help manage residency programs, and prepare documents needed for site visits.

The five award recipients will receive a plaque and check for $1,000. In addition, they will be invited to attend an awards luncheon at the  2010 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, which will be held March 4-7 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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The ACGME is a private, non-profit council that accredits approximately 8,500 residency programs in 127 specialties and subspecialties educating 108,000 residents. Its mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation.