This week's e-Communication includes information on the new Guidance Statement regarding assessing residents and fellows during the COVID-19 pandemic, information on Accreditation Data System reports, and more.

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.

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.

This is one in a series of project profiles of the ACGME’s Back to Bedside initiative, which empowers residents and fellows to develop innovations that foster meaning and joy in work and engage their patients on a deeper level.

A review and summary of recent data on women in graduate medical education in recognition of Women's History Month.

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.

In 2016, a Castlight Health report named Wilmington, North Carolina, the city with the highest abuse opioid abuse rate in the US. In response, Joseph Pino, MD, MHA, and members of the community sought to safely reduce the number of opioids prescribed, increase adherence to best practices in opioid prescribing, and reduce emergency department visits due to opioid overdose. His poster, presented at the 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference, reports the outcome of these multiple initiatives.