ACGME's Early Adaptation to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Principles and Lessons Learned

摘要

The ACGME has adapted in support of the clinical care mission that we and our more than 850 accredited Sponsoring Institutions, 12,500 accredited programs, and nearly 140,000 residents and fellows share. That is, shepherding our society through this truly historic pandemic. This effort has required loosening of accreditation requirements, modification of educational and clinical care activities, and loss of clinical experiences for residents and fellows across the country. It will require continued collaboration among program directors, residents, and fellows, with the ACGME and the certifying boards to place individuals back on the path to successful completion of education and training. Graduate medical education and its oversight are likely to look very different at the end of 2020 than they did in 2019.