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.

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.

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

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

Q and A with 2024 ACGME Debra L. Dooley GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awardee Maria DeOliveira, EdD.

Q and A with 2026 ACGME David C. Leach Awardees Drs. Jamie Pfaff and Katie Sunthankar from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

2020 ACGME David C. Leach Awardee Marjon Vatanchi, MD is an assistant professor and director of nail surgery and special procedures at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

The ACGME is pleased to present the CLER National Report of Findings 2021.

The ACGME recognizes the hundreds of volunteers who dedicate their time and expertise to supporting the organization's Mission to improve health care and population health.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the final public forum about revising foundational competencies for undergraduate medical education, submitting New Ideas to the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, the 2022 Milestones National Report, and more.