The Outcome Project is a long-term initiative by which the ACGME is increasing emphasis on educational outcomes in the accreditation of residency education programs. The ACGME’s emphasis on educational outcomes is reflected by changes to Program and Institutional Requirements that now require programs to:

1. identify learning objectives related to the ACGME general competencies
2. use increasingly more dependable methods of assessing residents’ attainment of these competencies throughout their program
3. use outcome data to facilitate continuous improvement of both resident and residency program performance.