What to expect of the new single GME accreditation system

The development of a single accreditation system for graduate medical education (GME) is well underway, and physician leaders expect its full implementation in July 2020. Learn how the unified system should benefit the medical community. Better alignment in GME For the last two years, leaders of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) have made institutional changes—such as electing new members from the AOA and American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine to join the ACGME’s board of directors—that will allow all GME programs to successfully align under one new accreditation system within the ACGME. The system will allow graduates of osteopathic and allopathic medical schools to complete their residency and fellowship education in ACGME-accredited programs. Under the new system, all physicians in training will be able to demonstrate their achievements by meeting a common set of milestones and competencies. AOA Trustee and President-Elect Boyd R. Buser, DO (pictured right), recently spoke to educators about the new accreditation system at the 2015 AMA Interim Meeting. Joining him for the panel discussion was co-presenter John R. Potts lll, MD, senior vice president of surgical accreditation for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Both speakers described how the single accreditation system will increase efficiencies, cost savings and transparency in GME. “Over...
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