Jan 3
Journal of Graduate Medical Education December 2011 Issue Now Available
CHICAGO, January 3, 2012 - The December 2011 issue of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) is now available online, and the print edition is being mailed this week. Program directors and designated institutional officials can access the table of contents and full text articles via the “Tools/Reference” section in the Accreditation Data System (ADS), which will transfer them to the JGME website.
Feb 8
ACGME accepting nominations for 2013 awards
CHICAGO, February 8, 2012 - The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is accepting nominations for its 2013 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach, Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead, David C. Leach, GME Institutional Coordinator Excellence and GME Program Coordinator Excellence Awards.
Feb 14
ACGME Board approves nominations of three new directors
CHICAGO, February 14, 2012 - Three new directors have joined the Board of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The Board approved their nominations at its February meeting.
Feb 21
Four senior vice presidents to join ACGME
CHICAGO, February 21, 2012 - Four senior vice presidents will join the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the ACGME Board of Directors announced at its February 7 meeting. The senior vice presidents will each lead ACGME staff and Review Committees focused on one of four accreditation areas: hospital-based accreditation, institutional accreditation, medical accreditation, and surgical accreditation.
Sept 30
ACGME Board of Directors Elects Next Chair
CHICAGO, September 30, 2012 - at the adjournment of its annual meeting, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) elected Baretta Casey, MD, MPH, FAAFP to succeed Timothy Flynn, MD, FACS as chair of its Board of Directors.
Oct 24
M.D.s and D.O.s Moving toward a Single, Unified Accreditation System for Graduate Medical Education
CHICAGO, October 24, 2012 - The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) have entered into an agreement to pursue a single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs in the United States beginning in July 2015. Over the coming months, the three organizations will work toward defining a process, format and timetable for ACGME to accredit all osteopathic graduate medical education programs currently accredited by AOA. AOA and AACOM would then become organizational members of ACGME.