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• Scheduling your annual program evaluation meeting

  When planning your annual program evaluation meeting, make sure that key players are able to attend, including the program evaluation committee chair; the department chair, if applicable; at least two faculty members; and the resident or fellow representative.

• Heard this week

  "We shouldn't just address the problem by trying to make doctors more resilient. That's like making the physician the cause of the problem, implying that he or she is not resilient enough."

• Survey: Number of GME programs, residents continue to rise

  During 2017-2018 academic year, the number of ACGME-accredited GME programs increased by nearly 5.5% from the prior year for a total of 10,909, according to a survey co-sponsored by the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. Since 2012-2013, the number of GME programs has increased by more than 16%.

• Comply with the revised Common Program Requirements

  In June, the ACGME Board of Directors approved major revisions to Common Program Requirements for residency programs. While the revised requirements don’t go into effect until July 1, 2019, to give programs sufficient time to comply, it’s never too early to begin making arrangements to ensure your program will be in compliance.

• Editor's note

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  Karla Accorto, Associate Editor, Residency Program Insider

• Heard this week

  "It has to be intentional to expose them to the field. You have to show them and attract them rather than try to force them into it."
  
   

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