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ACGME and American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Partner on a New Platform to Facilitate Case Log Entry and Real-Time Assessment
Orthopaedic surgery residents now have the opportunity to receive formative real time feedback while allowing easy access to logging surgical cases, saving time. Residents will log all their cases for the ACGME in the new ABOS app or web portal.
Introducing the New ACGME.org
The ACGME is excited and proud to introduce a redesign of the ACGME website. The updated site features an improved overall design, an enhanced user experience, a better interface, and a modern look and feel. While most of the content has not changed, the navigation and placement of some of the content has. This update and orientation are intended to help users understand what went into and informed this redesign, and how to move around it and find what you’re looking for.
New UME Foundational Competencies Website Shares Updates and Collects Community Feedback
A website has been set up to provide information and updates on the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Competencies initiative. The initiative aims to create a common set of foundational competencies for use in UME programs in the US and improve the transition to graduate medical education.
Mercy First in the U.S. to Expand Family Medicine Residency Program to Focus on Obesity
The family medicine residency program at Mercy in St. Louis, Missouri was recently approved by the ACGME for an optional fourth year focusing on leading community efforts in public health care related to obesity and associated conditions.
Program Director Panel Discussion Focuses on Issues Affecting Well-Being
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.
DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award Honors Institutions Representing the Finest in Graduate Medical Education
The ACGME, in partnership with the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, is proud to announce the recipients of the DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. Award, presented to Sponsoring Institutions.
Programs May Now Request Emergency Categorization
The ACGME has developed a process to allow accredited programs to request Program Emergency Categorization when planned resident/fellow experiences are disrupted due to a local epidemic/pandemic surge.
Register for Final Discussion Forum on Revising Foundational Competencies for Undergraduate Medical Education
The final discussion forum to help create a common set of foundational competencies for use in undergraduate medical education programs in the US will be held December 6.
ACGME Releases 2021-2022 Statistics on Graduate Medical Education Programs and Resident Physicians
The ACGME has released its 2021-2022 Data Resource Book, the most comprehensive and reliable resource of its kind, including data on the size, scope, and distribution of graduate medical education (GME) in the US.