Residents and Fellows
Osteopathic Medical Schools Graduate a Record Number of New Physicians in 2018
Physician workforce in the United States now includes more than 114,000 osteopathic physicians, according to this press release from the American Osteopathic Association.
ACGME Seeks Proposals for Second Cycle of Back to Bedside
The Back to Bedside initiative is designed to empower medical residents and fellows to generate innovative strategies that will allow them to engage on a deeper level with what is at the heart of medicine: their patients.
NEJM Resident360 Discussion Focuses on Physician Wellness
Dink Jardine, MD, chair of the ACGME's Back to Bedside Advisory Work Group, recently participated in a discussion on NEJM Resident360 about physician well-being and wellness focusing on the resident and fellow experience.
Back to Bedside Projects Energize Residents, Improve Patient Care
AAMC News features the ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative.
Combating Burnout Through Advocacy: A Resident’s ACGME Journey
Family medicine resident Amana Pannu, MD writes in-House magazine about her involvement as an ACGME Review Committee member and member of the Council of Review Committee Residents.
Jordan J. Cohen, MD Delivers 2018 Marvin R. Dunn Keynote Address
Dr. Jordan J. Cohen explored the evolution of medical education in his presentation, “Looking at the Road Ahead through the Rearview Mirror,” as the 2018 Marvin R. Dunn Keynote speaker at last month's Annual Educational Conference, offering his unique perspective as graduate medical education (GME) leader.
Session Summary: SES118 – Milestones Five Years On: Lessons Learned and Practical Approaches to Improve Value
“Milestones” has been a part of the ACGME vocabulary for nearly 17 years now. In the final session of the 2018 Annual Educational Conference, Eric Holmboe, MD, MACP, FRCP, senior vice president, Milestone Development and Evaluation, kicked off a discussion about the Milestones today and the Milestones to come.
Behind the Poster: An Interview with Jamie Dow
Jamie Dow, EdM, is assistant director for resident education and training at the University of Florida. Her poster, Mindfulness in Neurosurgery: Improving Neurosurgeon Wellness in Training and Beyond (with co-authors W. Christopher Fox, MD, Associate Program Director, University of Florida, and Gregory Murad, MD, Program Director, University of Florida), looked at wellness in neurosurgery, which Dow says “has traditionally been considered an oxymoron.” However, as priorities among neurological surgery residents evolve and the effects of physician burnout are increasingly recognized across specialties, life balance and overall well-being have become areas of emphasis and an opportunity for program improvement.
Session Summary: SES119—The 21st-Century Physician: What SI2025 and CLER are Teaching Us
In one of the final sessions at the 2018 Annual Educational Conference on Sunday, March 4, a panel of ACGME executives, deans, a patient safety expert, and a resident spoke to the crowd about how medicine is changing and graduate medical education may need to evolve to serve patients well into the 21st century.
Session Summary: SES102 - Featured Session: Achieving Health Equity
Annual Educational Conference attendees looking for a stimulating discussion found all that and more at the featured plenary session, Achieving Health Equity with Dr. Camara Jones, on Friday morning. The session engaged attendees in various dimensions to issues they may not have been aware of, and reignited their energy and passion for issues they care about deeply.
