The 2023 Annual Educational Conference includes several events and activities for connecting with colleagues in a relaxing and engaging atmosphere.

As the extraordinary challenges continue this year, the importance of staying connected—to family and friends, to immediate colleagues, to the osteopathic community, and to the graduate medical education (GME) community at large—has never been more critical.

Outstanding medical skills are not the same as leadership skills, and many newly appointed chief residents find a gap between their education and training and their new leadership role. To bridge that gap, the ACGME offers the Leadership Skills Training Program for chief residents.

This special edition of the ACGME's weekly e-Communication is dedicated to critical information about the ACGME's response to the novel coronavirus.

Recognizing the high rates of psychological distress of various forms for residents in training, Dr. Gregory Guldner and colleagues sought to learn whether an opt out approach would increase the number of residents who actually engaged with available therapy options.

A guest post from Dr. Ali Mendelson spotlights how participating in the ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative has added value to her fellowship and clinical experience in hospice and palliative medicine.

April marks National Volunteer Month, and an opportunity to recognize the many individuals who give their time and expertise to support the ACGME Mission.

A Q and A with Abigail Garbarino, MD about her team's poster from the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, “The Postpartum Polaroid Project: A Mixed-Methods Study Evaluating Resident Use of Polaroid Photos as an Intervention for Mindfulness in Obstetrics.”

DeLonda Y. Dowling serves as Executive Assistant to ACGME Chief of Staff and Chief Education Officer Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, MS, PhD and also as Awards Liaison, managing the ACGME’s Awards Program. Ms. Dowling also presented at the 2023 Annual Educational Conference Coordinator Forum Full-Day Course. We asked her to share her conference experience.

John C. Gienapp Award Awardee Debra F. Weinstein, MD is the vice president for GME at Mass General Brigham (Partners HealthCare). She is a gastroenterologist and internist.