Acgme International

The mission of ACGME International (ACGME-I) is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through accreditation. We protect the interests of residents and improve the quality of teaching, learning, research, and professional practice with the ultimate goal of benefitting the public that our accredited programs and their graduates serve. ACGME-I Vision We envision a world in which: • Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs have a structured approach to the teaching and common evaluation of the competency of each of their residents and fellows; • GME programs are led by motivated role model physicians; • Residents and fellows have the benefit of a high quality, supervised, humanistic clinical educational experience, with customized formative feedback through specialty standardized systems; • Residents and fellows demonstrate specialty-specific proficiency in each competency prior to completion; and • Residents and fellows are on the path to becoming physicians who place the needs of their patients first. ACGME Values • Honesty and Integrity • Excellence and Innovation • Accountability and Transparency • Fairness and Equity • Stewardship and Service • Leadership and Collaboration • Engagement of Stakeholders ACGME-I Scope The ACGME-I is a non-governmental organization that accredits post-graduate medical education Sponsoring Institutions and programs outside of the United States. ACGME-I was formed exclusively for educational and scientific purposes related to: ACGME-I accreditation of post-graduate medical education (PGME, also known as GME) and promoting the quality of GME through accreditation. ACGME-I also addresses other matters related to the accreditation of GME, including providing training to institutions and programs seeking accreditation.