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2005
Nov 11	ACGME honors two hospital officials for GME leadership
	CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2005 – Two people who are responsible for graduate medical education programs at their hospitals have been honored with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Courage to Lead Award.
Oct 27	ACGME honors program directors with 2006 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
	CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2005 – The residency program directors have been selected by the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to receive the Council’s 2006 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award.
Oct 7	ACGME adopts new mission, vision, and values statement
	CHICAGO, Oct. 7, 2005 – Exemplary accreditation is now officially the guiding vision of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Sep 21	High compliance and innovative approaches mark second year of ACGME duty hour standards
	CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2005 – Two years after the ACGME’s common duty hour standards took effect, the vast majority of residency programs are complying, according to a confidential Internet survey of more than 50,000 residents, and programs are using innovative approaches to restructure duty hour schedules for residents.
Aug 12	Cynthia Taradejna to head ACGME Division of Organizational Assessment and Advancement
	CHICAGO, Aug. 12, 2005 – Cynthia A. Taradejna, MEd, associate director of ACGME activities, has been named co-director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s new Division of Organizational Assessment and Advancement (OAA).
July 14	ACGME Board adopts new policy manual
	CHICAGO, July 14, 2005 – The Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved a new policy manual on June 28 at the ACGME’s summer meeting
July 10	ACGME Appoints Patricia M. Surdyk, PhD, as Executive Director of Institutional Review Committee
	CHICAGO, July 10, 2005 – Patricia M. Surdyk, PhD, has been named executive director of the Institutional Review Committee of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
June 17	ACGME 2005 Annual Educational Conference handouts and slides now available in convenient CD-ROM format
	CHICAGO, June 17, 2005 – Informative handouts and slide presentations from the ACGME 2005 Annual Educational Conference have been compiled on an easy-to-use CD-ROM for use by program directors, designated institutional officials, and anyone else involoved in graduate medical education.
Mar 30	ACGME establishes new Courage to Lead Award
	CHICAGO, March 30, 2005 – The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education is seeking nominations for a new award that each year will honor an outstanding designated institutional official.
Mar 28	Graduate medical education posters receive awards of excellence at ACGME Annual Educational Conference
	CHICAGO, March 28, 2005 – Seven posters describing graduate medical education projects received awards of excellence at the 2005 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Annual Educational Conference.
Mar 18	Complexity is the key to innovation, says keynote speaker at 2005 ACGME Annual Educational Conference
	CHICAGO, March 18, 2005 – Embracing complexity will lead to innovation in graduate medical education, said Brenda J. Zimmerman, PhD, who presented the Marvin R. Dunn Memorial Lecture at the 2005 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Annual Educational Conference.
Mar 16	ACGME appoints Jerry Vasilias, PhD, as executive director of the RRCs for family practice and pediatrics
	CHICAGO, March 16, 2005 – Jerry Vasilias, PhD, has been named executive director of the residency review committees for pediatrics and family medicine at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Feb 22	ACGME Board approves new subspecialty and new learning committee at winter meeting
	CHICAGO, Feb. 22, 2005 – The Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has approved program requirements for a new subspecialty and the formation of a new committee on learning.