Program Directors
Letter to the Community: ACGME Makes Changes in Response to GME Community’s Concerns
Letter from ACGME President & CEO Dr. Thomas J. Nasca describing the changes being implemented to respond to the current environment, balanced with accreditation responsibilities to residents and fellows, patients, and the public.

Focused Connections: #ACGME2022 Pre-Conferences
The 2022 ACGME Annual Educational Conference will be a fully virtual experience for the second year in a row, including pre-conferences. While the conference will offer content in live, semi-live, and on-demand formats, the pre-conferences are almost entirely live, which presents a unique and exciting opportunity to connect and learn.

Meaning in Medicine: Rebuilding Connections
This year’s theme, Meaning in Medicine: Rebuilding Connections, highlights both the importance of the work that is done every day and the imperative to continually rebuild professional connections

Update on Dedicated Time Requirements and Reduction of Burden

Coalition for Physician Accountability’s UME to GME Review Committee Seeking Public Comment on New Recommendations
The Coalition for Physician Accountability formed a committee to work on recommending solutions to identified challenges in the UME-GME transition. The draft is now available for public comment through May 26, 2021.
Honoring Excellence: Q and A with 2021 ACGME Awardee Ann Schwartz, MD
2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Ann Schwartz, MD is the director of residency education in psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine.

Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Steven R. Brown, MD, FAAFP
2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Steven R. Brown, MD, FAAFP is the program director for family medicine at University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.

Honoring Excellence: Q and A with Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, MD
2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, MD is the rheumatology program director at University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
