Quality Improvement


ACGME Releases Pursuing Excellence Pathway Leaders Patient Safety Collaborative Report
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recently released its summary report of the Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments (Pursuing Excellence) Pathway Leaders Patient Safety Collaborative.
ACGME Releases Version 2.0 of CLER Pathways to Excellence
The Version 2.0 of CLER Pathways to Excellence: Expectations for an Optimal Clinical Learning Environment to Achieve Safe and High-Quality Patient Care, has been published.
ACGME Chooses New Pathway Leaders for Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments Initiative
The ACGME Releases CLER National Report of Findings 2019
Session Summary: Big Data Presents a Big Opportunity for GME Programs
During their presentation “Using Public Data to Follow Graduates into Practice,” at the 2019 Annual Educational Conference, Marc M. Triola, MD and Patrick M. Cocks, MD, from the NYU School of Medicine have leveraged large databases of publicly available information to help understand the patterns of health care practice and outcomes among graduates from programs once they have left the programs.

Session Summary: Successful Practices for Engaging Residents and Fellows in Patient Safety
A panel of institutional representatives and ACGME leaders discussed the successes and challenges of actively involving residents in patient safety improvement as part of the ACGME’s Pursuing Excellence in Clinical Learning Environments (Pursuing Excellence) initiative. The panel convened at a sunset session at the 2019 ACGME Annual Educational Conference.

Session Summary: NIDDK Initiatives to Eliminate Health Disparities and Train a Diverse Workforce
Griffin P. Rodgers, MD, MBA, MMSc, MACP, the director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), presented NIDDK Initiatives to Eliminate Health Disparities and Train a Diverse Workforce as one of the Annual Educational Conference’s three featured sessions on Friday, March 8.

The CLER Program: Here's What's Happening in 2019
As 2019 revs up, we thought it was a good time to look ahead at what the CLER Program has lined up for the coming year.
