Newsroom and Blog Updates on Pursuing Excellence
The delicate balance between treating pain and preventing addiction
A workshop convened by the AAMC in collaboration with the ACGME, ACCME and AOA, was the first gathering of medical educators across the continuum to focus on the opioid epidemic. The May workshop was written about in AAMC News.
More Than 100 Organizations Join the National Academy of Medicine in Countering the Opioid Epidemic
Thank You, ACGME Volunteers!
The Meaning of a Name in Forging the Physician-Patient Bond
Osteopathic Training, Certification Recognized in New ACGME Common Program Requirements
The American Osteopathic Association’s blog, The DO, summarized the revised Common Program Requirements, which go into effect July 1.
ACGME President and CEO Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP receives Leadership Award
The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine awarded Dr. Nasca the William D. Miller Leadership Award, which recognizes extraordinary individuals who have made tremendous contributions to the advancement of the osteopathic profession.
Susan Day, MD Receives Award for Achievements in Ophthalmology
Susan Day, MD, senior vice president, medical affairs, ACGME International received the Marshall M. Parks Silver Medal from the Children’s Eye Foundation of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS).
Improving Graduate Medical Education in Haiti through Collaborative Work
The Caribbean nation of Haiti faces unique challenges in putting its philosophy that “health care is a right” into practice. Kerling Israel, MD, MPH described the work of Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante (PIH/ZL) to improve the nation’s health care through graduate medical education (GME), and outlined the challenges faced and progress made in her recent Baldwin Seminar Series presentation, “Improving Graduate Medical Education in Haiti through Collaborative Work.” The talk was presented April 3, 2019 at the ACGME offices in Chicago. This talk was also the first of the series to be streamed online for a live audience.
2019 Annual Educational Conference Wrap-Up
The 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference was a remarkable event this year. A record 3,739 attendees gathered to learn, to network, and most importantly, to Rediscover Meaning in Medicine. We want to thank all of the speakers, poster presenters, awardees, other attendees, Board and Committee members, staff members, exhibitors, and other participants who helped make this another outstanding and successful year for the Annual Educational Conference.
Behind the Poster: An Interview with Dr. Kimberly Collins
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.
