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A collaboration among the ACGME, Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, the Physician Data Initiative has created recommendations to standardize race and ethnicity data collection in medical education, and to promote language equity in medicine.

The ACGME Awards showcase the extraordinary contributions, diversity, and strengths of the graduate medical education community. These recipients will be honored during the 2025 ACGME Annual Educational Conference taking place February 20-22, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee.

The update data will be collected now through September. Specific timeframes for Sponsoring Institutions and programs appears under "Programs" > "Important Dates" in the Accreditation Data System (ADS). An overview, summary of changes, schedule and other resources are available to assist in this important part of the accreditation process.

The Language Equity in Health Care Toolkit, a partnership with the American Medical Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, and the National Council for Interpreting in Healthcare. The toolkit is part of ACGME Equity Matters®, with the goal of providing educational content and access to resources to improve language equity in health care and graduate medical education.

Are all residency and fellowship programs in the US ACGME-accredited?

No. ACGME accreditation is a voluntary process programs and the institutions that sponsor them choose to complete. There are residency and fellowship programs that are not accredited by the ACGME. In some cases, this is because the ACGME does not yet accredit a particular specialty or subspecialty. In other cases, programs and/or institutions have opted not to apply for accreditation from the ACGME. Residency programs that are not accredited by the ACGME do not receive Medicare funding from CMS for Direct Graduate Medical Education (DGME) and Indirect Medical Education (IME).

Does the ACGME accredit US medical schools?

No. The ACGME only accredits GME programs and the institutions that sponsor them (“Sponsoring Institutions”). The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accredits US allopathic medical schools and is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Medical Association (AMA). US osteopathic medical schools are accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

Improvement and Initiatives

The ACGME is committed to initiatives that enhance and improve US graduate medical education.

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