The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is a private, non-profit, professional organization responsi ... ble for the accreditation of approximately 12,000 residency and fellowship programs and the approximately 865 institutions that sponsor these programs in the United States. Residency and fellowship programs educate approximately 145,000 resident and fellow physicians in 157 specialties and subspecialties. The ACGME’s mission is to improve health care and population health by assessing and enhancing the quality of resident and fellow physicians’ education through accreditation and education. We imagine a world characterized by: • A structured approach to evaluating the competency of all residents and fellows, • Motivated physician role models leading all graduate medical education programs, • High-quality, supervised, humanistic, clinical educational experience, with customized formative feedback, • Clinical learning environments characterized by excellence in clinical care, safety, and professionalism, • Residents and fellows achieving specialty specific proficiency prior to graduation, • Residents and fellows prepared to become Virtuous Physicians who place the needs and well-being of patients first. Learn more at www.acgme.org. Follow us on Twitter @acgme read more