Back to Bedside
#ACGME2019 Day 1: Pre-Conference Round-Up
Collaboration and connection were front-and-center during the six pre-conferences today at to kick off the 2019 Annual Educational Conference. The pre-conferences, which are designed to appeal to those across experience levels from a first-year coordinator to seasoned designated institutional official (DIO), mixed detailed information about ACGME accreditation with inspirational and aspirational examples of how each member of the graduate medical education (GME) community can positively influence the experience of patients, peers, colleagues, and themselves through their work and unique contributions.

ACGME Back to Bedside initiative featured in insideOME
The American Association of Osteopathic Medicine highlights the ACGME Back to Bedside initiative to bring joy and meaning back to work, while encouraging osteopathic programs to apply for the second round of funding.

Capturing Dignity
A guest post from Dr. Ali Mendelson spotlights how participating in the ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative has added value to her fellowship and clinical experience in hospice and palliative medicine.

Back to Bedside, Back to Meaning in Medicine

An insider’s look at the ACGME’s Back to Bedside funding opportunity
Read Part 1 of a two-part series about the ACGME’s Back to Bedside program—a resident/fellow-led initiative designed to foster joy and meaning in work— in Residency Program Alert, a publication by HCPro. The article begins on Page 6 of the PDF.
ACGME Seeks Proposals for Second Cycle of Back to Bedside
The Back to Bedside initiative is designed to empower medical residents and fellows to generate innovative strategies that will allow them to engage on a deeper level with what is at the heart of medicine: their patients.
NEJM Resident360 Discussion Focuses on Physician Wellness
Dink Jardine, MD, chair of the ACGME's Back to Bedside Advisory Work Group, recently participated in a discussion on NEJM Resident360 about physician well-being and wellness focusing on the resident and fellow experience.
Back to Bedside Projects Energize Residents, Improve Patient Care
AAMC News features the ACGME's Back to Bedside initiative.
Combating Burnout Through Advocacy: A Resident’s ACGME Journey
Family medicine resident Amana Pannu, MD writes in-House magazine about her involvement as an ACGME Review Committee member and member of the Council of Review Committee Residents.
Medical Faculty Need to Foster Resilience in Students (and in Themselves)
In a column in AAMCNews, Mona M. Abaza, MD encourages faculty members in academic medicine to model and support self care for students.