Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education

Programs: Accreditation activities - the acgme accredits sponsoring institutions and residency and fellowship programs, confers recognition on additional program formats or components, and dedicates resources to initiatives addressing areas of import in graduate medical education. This function includes setting and monitoring the professional education standards essential for preparing physicians to deliver safe, high-quality care to all americans. Requirements are set, and compliance with those requirements is assessed, by 29 specialty-specific review committees made up of volunteer physician experts in the field, including residents/fellows, as well as public representatives. Accreditation review occurs annually and includes consideration of several critical elements for every institution and program, including annual data updates (maintained through the acgme's accreditation data system) of statistical and narrative information, annual surveys of both residents/fellows and faculty members, and resident/fellow case logs. Periodic local site visits are conducted at different intervals, depending on accreditation status, by acgme field representatives. The applicable acgme review committee reviews all of this and other information, including progress reports if necessary, to determine an institution's or program's compliance with the applicable institutional, common, and/or specialty-specific program requirements to make a determination of accreditation status.

conferences and workshops - the acgme holds an annual educational conference for the graduate medical education (gme) community. The conference provides the unique opportunity for members of the broad gme community to gain knowledge, exchange ideas, and network. Attendees include designated institutional officials, program directors, institutional and program coordinators, faculty members, other specialists and administrators, residents and fellows, and representation from both the allopathic and osteopathic medical communities, as well as international gme. The three-and-a-half day conference features over 150 pre-conference courses/workshops, conference sessions, keynote speakers, and exhibitors. The acgme also sponsors and hosts numerous other educational programs and workshops throughout the year on a broad range of topics customized to the needs of the gme community at-large.