As the current chair of the ACGME Board of Directors, Rowen Zetterman, MD, filled several important roles at this year’s Annual Educational Conference, presenting awards and introducing Dr. Nasca for his President and CEO Address among them. We caught up with Dr. Zetterman in between his activities to learn a little more about his experience the last few years with the ACGME and, in particular, at the Annual Educational Conference.

Review a sampling of the activities being curated for attendees to enjoy at #ACGME2025!

This week's e-Communication includes Special-Specific Program Requirements available for Review and Comment; information on next week's well-being event for program directors; and resident and fellow Review Committee Member openings with terms beginning July 1, 2024.

This second report provides insight into changing clinical learning environments, and shows improvements in resident and fellow engagement in patient safety. The first report was released in 2016.

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.

2023 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Awardee Dr. Susan Kirk is the designated institutional official and associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of Virginia.

A Q and A with 2024 Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Kino Williams, MS, PHR, CPHQ, C-TAGME.

Register for the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and nominate a colleague for the 2026 ACGME Awards.

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.