Founded 1981 Type Nonprofit organization | Number of employees 103 | |
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Key people Thomas Nasca, Chief Executive OfficerJohn Ogunkeye, Chief Financial Officer Affiliations American Board of Medical SpecialtiesAmerican Hospital AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationAssociation of American Medical CollegesCouncil of Medical Specialty SocietiesAmerican Osteopathic AssociationAmerican Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Mission "We improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians' education through accreditation." Similar American Board of Medical S, Association of American, American Board of Internal M, American Board of Psychiatr, American Association of Colleg | ||
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is the body responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical training programs (i.e., internships, residencies, and fellowships, a.k.a. subspecialty residencies) for physicians in the United States. It is a non-profit private council that evaluates and accredits medical residency and internship programs. The ACGME was founded in 1981 and was preceded by the Liaison Committee for Graduate Medical Education, which was established in 1972. The ACGME currently oversees the post-graduate education and training for all MD and the majority of DO physicians in the United States. Plans call for the ACGME to oversee the Unified Accreditation System for all MDs and DOs in 2015.
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The ACGME's member organizations are the American Board of Medical Specialties, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Council of Medical Specialty Societies each of whom appoints four members to the ACGME's board of directors.
On October 24, 2012, the ACGME, the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) announced an agreement to pursue a single, unified accreditation system for graduate medical education programs in the United States beginning in July 2015. Plans call for the ACGME to accredit all osteopathic graduate medical education programs currently accredited by AOA. AOA and AACOM would then become organizational members of ACGME.
Projects
The Clinical Learning Environment Review project promotes patient safety, quality during changes in care, appropriate supervision of care, managing fatigue of residents, and increasing the professionalism of physicians.
In the Outcome Project a set of assessments for measuring physician competence.
A review of literature in 2009 suggested that ACGME measurements could not reliably be evaluated independently of each other and instead should be used together and with other measurements.
By June 30, 2020, all US residency programs will be ACGME-accredited. Before this date, only MD residencies were ACGME-accredited, while DO residencies were AOA-accredited.
Awards
Awards handed out by the ACGME include the David C Leach award and Palmer award. Many of the awardees have notably earned multiple national level awards including both ACGME and American Medical Association award recognition.