Welcome to the new academic year! As thousands of new residents begin their journey toward independent practice this month, we asked Jeff Dewey, MD, former resident member of the Review Committee for Neurology, to reflect on his experiences in residency and share lessons he learned.

The ACGME is proud to announce the release of the latest edition of its Data Resource Book. This comprehensive resource providing the graduate medical education (GME) community with the latest GME data covers the period from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023.

Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, FACP, CS-F is the current Chair of the ACGME Board of Directors, having assumed this role in September 2020. We asked Dr. Nichols to talk about her professional experience, her role, and her experience with the ACGME’s first-ever virtual Annual Educational Conference.

2020 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Donald L. Gilbert, MD, MS is the residency program director for child neurology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the transition to residency toolkit created by a consortium of medical education organizations; the Basics of Accreditation workshop registration information; and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Forum.

The ACGME is pleased to announce that the 2024-2025 Data Resource Book, as well as new self-service resources are now both available. The ACGME evaluated the Data Resource Book process and considered feedback and requests from the community to publish the book in its current form one final time. Moving forward, this information will be accessible in near-real-time format on ACGME Cloud | Analytics.

2021 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Ann Schwartz, MD is the director of residency education in psychiatry at Emory University School of Medicine.

View ACGME Board of Director actions taken at its September 2024 meeting; comment on the Advisory Commission on Additional Licensing Models' draft preliminary recommendations aimed at guiding state medical boards and policymakers in developing new licensing pathways for internationally trained physicians; and participate in Review and Comment of proposed Program Requirements and a proposed subspecialty.

In this week's e-Communication, learn how the ACGME is working to reduce administrative burden, access multi-year reports for Resident/Fellow and Faculty Surveys, view selected presentations from the 2022 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, and more.