Join the ACGME in Chicago for the in-person Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment course. This course focuses on one of the major challenges for outcomes-based graduate medical education (GME): designing assessment programs that facilitate the longitudinal professional development of residents and fellows.

ACGME Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment Courses
In Person in Chicago, Illinois

Six-Day Course
March 30–April 4, 2025 (Register by March 3, 2025)

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Summer Course (Register by June 27, 2025)
Part One: July 23-25, 2025
Part Two: October 15-17, 2025

Fall Course (Register by August 15, 2025)
Part One: September 10-12, 2025
Part Two: December 3-5, 2025

Participants will register for either the summer or fall course and are expected to attend both sessions (Part 1 and Part 2) of their selected course.

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The course is intended for residency and fellowship program directors, associate program directors, chairs and members of Clinical Competency Committees (CCCs), designated institutional officials, and faculty members with major responsibility for the assessment of residents/fellows.

The course features interactive workshops that include theory bursts on essential assessment content, as well as small-group application exercises. Participants also practice direct observation and feedback skills in a simulation center. The course is intended to help participants develop the foundations of assessment and learn to build effective assessment programs.

The course is led by expert facilitators. Educational materials will be provided through the ACGME’s online learning portal, Learn at ACGME, where they will remain accessible to participants after completion of the course. Note: a free account is required to access this content in Learn at ACGME.

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Apply key principles of outcomes-based education in GME.
• Optimize the use of developmental assessment based on goals and principles of competency-based medical education.
• Understand key issues in rater cognition, as well as their implications for effective assessment.
• Select and implement appropriate tools to build an effective assessment program.
• Develop effective group process for assessment and CCCs.
• Improve approaches to use of multi-faceted longitudinal assessment data for professional development.
• Employ effective practices in work-based assessment.
• Use models to structure feedback conversations with learners.
• Recognize struggling learners and develop remediation strategies.
• Create a personal action plan and a program- or institution-specific improvement project for change.

Faculty Development Hub courses are presented by leading GME institutions that have collaborated with the ACGME to develop a curriculum focusing on building assessment skills of individual faculty members or others at the front lines of resident and fellow education. These highly interactive courses are taught by expert faculty members, including individuals who previously attended the ACGME's Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment course in Chicago. Many of these courses transitioned to a virtual format during the COVID-19 pandemic; some continue to be offered virtually, while others have returned to an in-person format and yet others use a hybrid format. Review specific course listings below for more detail.

Faculty Development Hubs
Carle Illinois School of Medicine
Cathay General Hospital
Chang Gung Medical Foundation
China Medical University Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Ohio)
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii
Karolinska Institute Stockholm
Maine Medical Center
Mountain Area Health Education Center
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
National Health Group Singapore
Oman Medical Specialty Board
Pacific-Northwest Consortium
Philadelphia Consortium: Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson, Penn State Hershey, and Geisinger Commonwealth
Southeast Hub
Stanford University
Taipei Medical University Hospital
Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Texas Health San Antonio and Dell School of Medicine Consortium
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Washington University School of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
Yale University

In addition to the above courses, the ACGME has developed a wide range of resources to provide educators with tools to assist them in their efforts to improve GME outcomes through assessment, including:

• The Direct Observation of Clinical Care (DOCC) app assists faculty members and other evaluators in completing on-the-spot or scheduled direct observation assessments of residents and fellows caring for patients and performing other clinical activities. To access the content, program faculty members should first create an account on the website, and then can use the app to do direct observation assessments from their smartphone.
• Teamwork Effectiveness Assessment Module is a web-based tool for collecting multisource feedback on residents' and fellows' competency development in the areas of professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, competence in interprofessional teamwork, and aspects of systems-based practice.
• The ACGME’s Milestones Resources web page, which features several guidebooks to assist with a range of assessment implementation situations.
• The ACGME's Improving Assessment Using Direct Observation Toolkit offers faculty development curricula for institutions that can be adapted to local needs and provides individual faculty members with techniques that will help them become better educators.

Additional online assessment training for GME educators is also available in the ACGME’s online learning portal, Learn at ACGME. Note: a free account is required to access content in Learn at ACGME.