Common Program Requirements

Celebrating the Invaluable Contributions of ACGME Volunteers

The ACGME recognizes the hundreds of volunteers who dedicate their time and expertise to supporting the organization's Mission to improve health care and population health.

April 2024

#ACGME2024 Session Summary: Closing the Gaps in the Care of the Disabled

A summary of the Featured Plenary, Closing the Gaps in the Care of the Disabled: The Role of Graduate Medical Education, from the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

March 2024

ACGME Answers: ACGME's Commitment to the Health and Well-Being of Health Care Professionals

In this post, we explore the ACGME’s well-being efforts, including their impact on the GME community.

September 2023

August 21, 2023

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. 

August 2023

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 2023

February 20, 2023

This week's e-Communication includes information on this week's Annual Educational Conference, the ACGME Award nominations for 2024, the latest episode of "Hot Topics in MedEd" and more.

February 2023

November 7, 2022

This week's e-Communication announces the soon-to-come Program Emergency Categorization, open comments on the specialty-specific requirements for psychiatry subspecialties, a call for Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Evaluation Committee members, and more.

November 2022

August 15, 2022

This week's edition of the e-Communication includes how to join a discussion forum on revising competencies for undergraduate medical education, updated FAQs related to the Common Program Requirements, registration for the National Learning Community of Sponsoring Institutions meeting, and more.

August 2022

A New Blog Series: Introducing “ACGME Answers”

A new ACGME Blog series, ACGME Answers, will provide context and detail about the ACGME, GME, and on some of the topics featured in the ACGME General FAQs.

July 2022

July 11, 2022

This edition of the e-Communication features a request for feedback from the obstetrics and gynecology GME community, Journal of Graduate Medical Education articles of the week, information on the DEI Officers Forum and more. 

July 2022