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NEW! Making the Case to Attend #ACGME2024 Conference to Supervisors
Professional growth and development are necessary for career progress and continued learning. The ACGME understands that institutional budgets are tight and departments must account for and justify every dollar spent.
The ACGME hopes this web page and email template can help influence decision makers that the ACGME Annual Educational Conference is worth the investment.
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SAVE THE DATE! Leadership Skills Training Program for Chief Residents 2024 Dates Announced
The Leadership Skills Training Program for Chief Residents is designed to provide a transitional experience into the role of chief resident. The program introduces leadership concepts to enhance individual effectiveness in a leadership role.
The program is three full days and is open to chief residents from all medical and surgical specialties. Eight sessions will be offered in 2024:
- March 25-27, Chicago, Illinois
- April 8-10, Redondo Beach, California
- April 11-13, Redondo Beach, California
- April 29-May 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- May 6-8, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- May 9-11, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- June 13-15, Chicago, Illinois
- June 18-20, Chicago, Illinois
Additional information and registration will be announced soon on the ACGME website and in a future e-Communication.
NEXT WEEK! MUA/P Interest Group Session
The ACGME will hold sessions for GME community members involved in addressing the needs of MUA/Ps (places or communities in which groups of people have unmet health or health care needs). The aim of these interest group sessions is for the community to learn about efforts in GME and MUA/P, to solve for common challenges, and to share helpful knowledge and resources.
The next call is Tuesday, November 28 at 3:00 p.m. Central. Complete this registration form to RSVP for the series.
Join the online MUA/P and GME discussion forum and view recordings from past MUA/P interest group sessions in the MUA/P and GME Resource Center.
ACGME Equity Matters Learning Community
The ACGME seeks organizations to participate in the 2024-2025 ACGME Equity Matters Learning Community, a community committed to developing robust, sustainable approaches focused on increasing physician diversity and providing inclusive learning and working environments.
Applicants for the Learning Community will form an organizational team and commit to engaging in the 18-month program and producing a capstone project. Learn more about how to participate here.
REMINDER! Milestones Mid-Year Reporting
The reporting window will stay open through Friday, January 12, 2024. Milestones assessments can be submitted via ADS at any point during the reporting window. FAQs can be found on the ACGME website.
Email technical questions to ADS@acgme.org.
Email content questions to milestones@acgme.org.
Direct Observation Toolkit
Explore the ACGME’s new Improving Assessment Using Direct Observation Toolkit with ACGME experts and toolkit authors. The toolkit offers faculty development curricula for institutions that can be adapted to local needs and provides individual faculty members with techniques that will help them become better educators. The toolkit is available at no cost to the GME community through the ACGME’s online learning portal, Learn at ACGME.
Sign Up for an Online Workshop
Two free workshops will be held in December and February to walk participants through the materials.
Register for One of the Following Sessions
Tuesday, December 19: 10:00-11:30 a.m. Central
Monday, February 12: 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Central
Participants will:
- Learn and discuss the importance of direct observation and feedback in competency-based medical education
- Practice using a framework to improve their ability to make high-quality observations of residents
- Understand how to use the online toolkit
- Earn up to 1.5 units of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
Email questions to Bethanie Alden.
NEW! Shaping GME: Call for Comments
Every 10 years, Review Committees are required to review their specialty Program Requirements to determine necessary revisions. The ACGME Board of Directors has approved a new process for all such major revisions going forward.
The process convened specialty-specific writing groups, who, along with members of the specialty community and leaders from other specialties and related fields, rigorously and creatively considered what the specialty will look like in the future (recognizing that the future is marked with significant uncertainty). Out of this process, writing groups will draft and propose revisions to the Program Requirements that will prepare the learners for current practice and generations to come.
The following writing group request feedback. The scenario-based planning summary of themes and insights is posted for review and comment here. Submit comments using the electronic review and comment form.
OPHTHALMOLOGY
Deadline: January 3, 2024
NEXT WEEK! Comment to Inform Major Revision of Program Requirements for Hospice and Palliative Medicine
The Review Committee for Family Medicine is preparing for a major
revision of the Program Requirements for the multidisciplinary subspeciality of hospice and palliative medicine. The community is invited to make comments related to specific requirements or topics that should be addressed as the revisions are developed. In particular, the Review Committee invites comments about what the subspecialty of hospice and palliative medicine will look like in the future, and the competencies, resources, and personnel necessary to create physicians who will practice in the subspecialty.
Current program requirements for the this subspecialty can be accessed from the Program Requirements and FAQs and Applications tab of the Family Medicine section of the ACGME website.
Submit comments to hpmrevisions@acgme.org by November 27, 2023.
Note: Changes to the ACGME Common Program Requirements are not within the purview of the Review Committee and, therefore, comments related to Common Program Requirements, indicated by bold font in the Requirements document, should not be submitted and will not be considered.
TWO MORE WEEKS! Major Revision of Program Requirements for Anesthesiology Subspecialties Coming Soon
The Review Committee is preparing to begin a major revision of the Program Requirements for the following subspecialties:
- Adult cardiothoracic anesthesiology
- Anesthesiology critical care medicine
- Obstetric anesthesiology*
- Pediatric anesthesiology
*The interim revisions for the Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Obstetric Anesthesiology posted for public comment on May 12, 2023 have been tabled, and will be considered as part of the major revision process now underway. There is potential for additional changes to the previous proposed revisions.
The Review Committee invites comments related to specific requirements or topics that should be addressed as the revisions are developed. In particular, the Review Committee invites comments related to what the respective subspecialties will look like in the future, and the competencies, resources, and personnel necessary to create physicians who will practice in the subspecialty.
Current program requirements for the these subspecialties can be accessed from the Program Requirements and FAQs and Applications tab of the Anesthesiology section of the ACGME website.
Comments should be submitted to an@acgme.org by Thursday, December 7, 2023.
Note: Changes to the ACGME Common Program Requirements are not within the purview of the Review Committee and, therefore, comments related to Common Program Requirements, indicated by bold font in the Requirements documents, should not be submitted and will not be considered.
The ACGME Seeks Public Members
NEXT WEEK! TRANSITIONAL YEAR
Details: Additional information available upon request.
Contact: Aimee Morales
Deadline: December 1, 2023
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Details: Additional information is available under the Documents and Resources tab on the Nuclear Medicine page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Bianca Andino
Deadline: December 15, 2023
NEXT WEEK! The ACGME Seeks Osteopathic Recognition Committee Member
The Osteopathic Recognition Committee is seeking one new physician member. Candidates must be a program director or Director of Osteopathic Education in a program with Osteopathic Recognition. Nominations are due December 1, 2023.
The Recognition Committee will forward its selection to the ACGME Board of Directors for approval. The new member’s term will begin July 1, 2024 and end June 30, 2030.
Email Accreditation Administrator Brandon Beard for details, including the nomination criteria and process.
Career Opportunities
The ACGME is always interested in finding talented, dedicated individuals to join the organization and support its mission to improve health care and population health by assessing and enhancing the quality of resident and fellow physicians' education through advancements in accreditation and education.