This week's announcements include actions taken at the October meeting of the ACGME Board of Directors; information on the 2024 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; an update to Accreditation Site Visit and Self-Study processes for programs; and more.

Registration is open for the 2023 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; documents are updated for several specialties and subspecialties, and registration is now open for the Leadership Skills Training Programs for Chief Residents.

Participate in Review and Comment; learn more about the proposed ACGME Program Requirements for Combined Programs; and sign up to test the first modular component of the new Clinical Learning Environment Toolkit for Formative Assessment.

An upcoming panel discussion and listening session, “Program Director Well-Being: Finding a Path Forward,” designed for program directors aims to create a space to share experiences and hear from peers on issues related to program director well-being.

2020 ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Awardee Preston Howard Blomquist, MD is a professor and vice chair for education, as well as a residency program director for ophthalmology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern).

This edition of the ACGME's e-Communication includes information on ACGME Board actions, the new Emergency and Non-Emergency Category designations for programs dealing with an influx of COVID-19 patients, calls for resident and public members for Review Committees, and more.

Dr. Holmboe has been named a 2018 Honorary Fellow by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Royal College). He has worked on projects with the Royal College for over a decade.