Associate Program Director Kimberly Collins, MD of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in Saint Petersburg, Florida set out to see how simulating conversations about social determinants of health (as opposed to in-class learning or immersion-based training) affected a resident’s or fellow’s ability to broach and explore these complex, often sensitive, subjects with patients and their parents. Her results are recorded in her poster: Improving Resident Comfort with Discussing Social Determinants of Health through Simulation.

A Q and A with 2024 GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence Awardee Donna Guidroz, C-TAGME.

This is one in a series of project profiles of the ACGME’s Back to Bedside initiative, which empowers residents and fellows to develop innovations that foster meaning and joy in work and engage their patients on a deeper level.

Submit a poster presentation during the Call for Abstracts for the 2026 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; complete a survey to inform revisions of the Institutional Requirements; join the MUA/P Interest Group.

This week's e-Communication features information about Review and Comment, the ACGME Awards nomination process for 2024, and access to the Holistic Recruitment Toolkit.

The proposed revisions to Section VI of its Common Program Requirements are open for public comment over the next 45 days. The Requirements provide uniform standards for all accredited US residency and fellowship programs.

A summary of opportunities available at #ACGME2025 for attendees coming from outside the US to maximize their conference experience.

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.