DEADLINE APPROACHING! Back to Bedside Funding Available
The ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative is designed to empower residents and fellows to develop transformative projects that foster meaning and joy in work and allow them to engage on a deeper level with what is at the heart of medicine: their patients.
This Back to Bedside funding cycle offers two options for applicants to consider:
- The Open Innovation option is intended to provide flexibility for novel proposals.
- The Project in a Box - Focused Innovation option offers residents and fellows from all specialties a successful project example to use as inspiration for further innovation.
Proposals are due by April 22, 2024.
Help spread the word! Share this flyer with residents and fellows.
NEXT WEEK! 2025 Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
The Barbara Ross-Lee, DO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award recognizes efforts to achieve DEI in graduate medical education (GME). The award recognizes ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institutions and programs, as well as specialty organizations and non-profit organizations working to diversify the underrepresented physician workforce and create inclusive workplaces that foster humane, civil, and equitable environments. Nominations due by 5:00 p.m. Central on April 17, 2024.
Email questions to diversity@acgme.org.
NEW! Milestones Reporting Opens April 22
The reporting window will be open April 22-June 28, 2024. Milestones assessments can be submitted via the Accreditation Data System (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.
NEXT WEEK! Join the ACGME Clinician Educator Journal Club
The ACGME's new Clinician Educator Journal Club is a monthly online meeting on the third Thursday of each month gathering together current and future clinician educators, authors, and ACGME staff members to discuss the latest journal articles and timely topics in medical education.
APRIL SESSION INFORMATION
Article: Strategies for Navigating Authorship
When: Thursday, April 18, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Central
Speakers: Mary Haas, MD, MHPE and Anthony Artino, PhD
Moderator: ACGME Director of Faculty Development and Special Projects Kate Hatlak, EdD
These meetings give participants the opportunity to hear directly from authors on critical topics in medical education and offer lively discussions that bring out nuances and enhance understanding of content, and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities as educators. This resource is offered by the ACGME at no charge to the GME community. New topics, articles, and speakers will be offered each session, and participants should read the article ahead of time and come with questions.
NEXT WEEK! MUA/P Interest Group Sessions
The ACGME is launching monthly virtual interest group sessions for GME community members who are involved in addressing the needs of MUA/Ps. MUA/Ps are places or communities in which groups of people have unmet health or health care needs.
Join the first session!
An Overview of VA GME Funding and the VA Mission Act
Tuesday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m. Central
These one-hour Zoom calls will take place on the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Central and are open to the entire GME community. During these sessions, participants will provide information about efforts in GME and MUA/P, solve for common challenges, and share helpful resources. GME institution and program leaders will connect with peers and ACGME representatives in breakout groups or discussion.
ACGME Seeks Members for MUA/P Advisory Group
The ACGME seeks nominations of a resident/fellow and a senior clinical executive leader (e.g., chief executive officer, chief medical officer, chief nursing officer) for the MUA/P Advisory Group. This group provides consultation concerning implementation of the ACGME’s framework for MUA/P and GME.
The senior clinical executive leader will serve up to three years with the option of renewing for an additional three-year term. The resident/fellow will serve a two-year term. Self-nominations are accepted.
Details: Additional information is available on the MUA/P Advisory Group web page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Laney McDougal
Deadline: April 26, 2024
Submit CLER Site Visit Blackout Weeks by April 26
The window for submitting Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Site Visit Blackout Weeks is open through April 26, 2024, for blocking off dates in the period highlighted below. Sponsoring Institutions can submit up to four blackout weeks during this period.
UPCOMING WINDOWS FOR ENTERING BLACKOUT WEEKS
- April 1-26: Submit requests for July-September 2024
- July 1-26: Submit requests for October-December 2024
- October 1-26: Submit requests for January-March 2025
- January 1-26: Submit requests for April-June 2025
To enter blackout dates in the Accreditation Data System (ADS), click here. Review more information and common questions/answers regarding CLER blackout weeks here.
Email questions to CLER@acgme.org.
Review and Comment: Proposed Program Requirements
The following Program Requirements and accompanying Impact Statements are posted for review and comment, here:
THURSDAY! COMMENT DEADLINE: APRIL 11, 2024
Neurocritical Care
COMMENT DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2024
Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
Obstetric Anesthesiology
Pediatric Anesthesiology
WAIT LIST! Leadership Skills Training Program for Chief Residents
All sessions are filled. If enough people express interest, the ACGME will add a workshop June 26-28 in Chicago, Illinois.
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.
Email questions to Manager, Well-Being Initiatives Bethanie Alden.
Direct Observation Toolkit Online Workshop Sessions
Register now for one of three free, identical workshops and improve the frequency and quality of your direct observation of learners with patients. 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 toolkit
- Earn up to 1.5 units of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM
WORKSHOP DATES/TIMES
- Monday, April 29: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Central
- Thursday, August 1: 12:30-2:00 p.m. Central
- Monday, November 4: 12:30-2:00 p.m. Central
Explore the ACGME’s 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.
WAIT LIST! A Systems Approach to Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment
All sessions are filled. A wait list is being generated in case space opens up.
The course is designed to help participants build effective assessment programs for their residency or fellowship. Sessions are highly interactive and use multiple learning approaches, including simulation practice, peer consultations, and application exercises, to provide participants with methods and tools for effective assessment. The course also provides a roadmap for developing an assessment system to assist participants in implementing changes within their own institution.
Email questions to Faculty Development Program Manager Chandra Hill.
NEW! Institutional Staff Members to Offer Office Hours
Director, Sponsoring Institutions Katharina Wang and Vice President, Sponsoring Institutions Paul Foster Johnson will host office hours to answer questions about recognition of Sponsoring Institutions with Non-Standard Training (NST) programs for physicians with J-1 visas and for a health care administration, leadership, and management fellowship. No registration is required.
NST OFFICE HOURS
Thursday, April 25, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Central
Monday, May 13, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Central
Tuesday, May 28, 12:00-1:00 p.m. Central
HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION, LEADERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP OFFICE HOURS
Tuesday, April 23, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Central
Tuesday, May 14, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Central
Email questions to Director, Sponsoring Institutions Katharina Wang.
NEW! Submit Input for Major Revision of Program Requirements for Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
The Review Committees for Internal Medicine and Pediatrics are preparing for a major revision of the Program Requirements for combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics. In particular, the Review Committees invite comments related to specific Requirements or topics that should be addressed as the revised Requirements are developed. The current set of Requirements is available in the Internal Medicine and Pediatrics sections of the ACGME website.
Submit comments to internal_medicine@acgme.org by May 7, 2024.
Note: Changes to the ACGME Common Program Requirements are not within the purview of the Review Committees 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.
NEW! Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) Articles of the Week
Differences in Emergency Medicine Resident Procedural Reporting by Gender in the United States
Michael Gottlieb, MD; Alexandra Mannix, MD; Eric Shappell, MD, MHPE; Jaime Jordan, MD, MAEd; Megan Fix, MD; Robert Cooney, MD; Andrew King, MD; Sara Krzyzaniak, MD
Studies across specialties have demonstrated gender disparities in feedback, learner assessments, and operative cases. In this study of gender differences in reported procedures among emergency medicine residents, authors identified modest differences across genders in three of 15 procedures.
The Climate Impact of Medical Residency Interview Travel in the United States and Canada: A Scoping Review
Sarah Kaelin, MD, ScM; Shayla Durfey, MD, ScM; David Dorfman, BM; Katelyn Moretti, MD, ScM
This scoping review examining the potential environmental impact of travel associated with in-person residency interviews in the US and Canada found three main themes: efforts to quantify the carbon footprint of interview travel; assessment of stakeholders’ perspectives on virtual interviews; and advocacy for virtual interviews. Overall, the literature suggests a high level of interest and concern around carbon emissions associated with in-person interviewing.
Thank You to 2023 JGME Reviewers
JGME is deeply grateful to the individuals who served as reviewers and provided critiques and helpful feedback to editors and authors for articles in the six issues published in 2023.
Shaping GME Major Requirements Revision: Call for Comments
Every 10 years, Review Committees are required to review their specialty-specific 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 convenes specialty-specific writing groups, who, along with members of the specialty community and leaders from other specialties and related fields, rigorously and creatively consider what the specialty will look like in the future (recognizing that the future is marked with significant uncertainty). Out of this process, the writing group drafts and proposes revisions to the Program Requirements that will prepare learners for current and future practice.
The following writing group requests feedback:
ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Details: The scenario-based planning Summary of Themes and Insights and the electronic Review and Comment Form are available here.
Review Committee Nomination: Resident Member
The following Review Committee seeks its next resident member for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2024. The resident member must be enrolled in an ACGME-accredited neurological surgery program at the time of the appointment and may not serve more than one year beyond completion of residency.
NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY
Details: Additional information is available under the Documents and Resources tab on the Neurological Surgery page of the ACGME website.
Contact: Jennifer Luna
Deadline: April 19, 2024
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.