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.

Learn about the Annual Educational Conference, an upcoming workshop about the Direct Observation Toolkit, entering Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program blackout dates, and more.

The next post in the Partnerships to Establish and Sustain Rural GME series is an interview with Dr. Dustin Beck of the OMECO/Cherokee Nation Family Medicine Residency Program.

Register for the 2026 Annual Educational Conference; take a survey to inform the upcoming Common Program Requirements revision; participate in a course or workshop; and more.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the Annual Educational Conference Calls for Sessions, information on direct supervision using telecommunications technology, and Review and Comment opportunities. 

Submit a session proposal to present at the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference; Review and Comment proposed Program Requirements; participate in the Clinician Educator Journal Club; and more.

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.

This week's e-Communication includes information on the 2022 Annual Educational Conference, Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) articles, ACGME program requirements available for review and comment, and more.

This week's e-Communication includes the Call for Abstracts for the ACGME Annual Educational Conference; the Journal of Graduate Medical Education's Call for New Ideas, and more.

Learn about the Featured Plenaries and Sunset Session at the ACGME Annual Educational Conference; participate in a workshop on the Direct Observation Toolkit for faculty members; and more.