What is the ACGME?
The ACGME is a private, non-profit professional organization that accredits about 8,000 residency education programs in the United States educating more than 100,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of heath care in the United States by ensuring and improving the quality of graduate medical education for physicians. The ACGME is governed by a 27-member Board of Directors, which includes 20 directors appointed by the member organizations of the ACGME, three public directors, two residents, the chair of the Council of Review Committee Chairs and a non-voting federal government representative. The ACGME member organizations are the American Association of Medical Colleges, American Board of Medical Specialties, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, and Council of Medical Specialty Societies.
