ACGME UPDATE: The 10-Year Accreditation Site Visit
In the New Accreditation System (NAS), programs undergo a full accreditation site visit every 10 years, preceded by a comprehensive Self-Study that includes assessment of program-level aims, an analysis of strengths, areas for improvement, opportunities and threats, and formulating and documenting plans for improvement. The outcomes of improvement efforts are reviewed during the 10-Year Accreditation Site Visit 18 to 24 months later.
New areas will be broadly relevant to all programs, such as capacity for training competent physicians by graduation, efforts to address resident well-being, and promoting an optimal learning environment. Effective practices will be identified for dissemination.
In a pilot, Review Committees will continue to focus on summative feedback in the form of accreditation decisions.
The ACGME is piloting sending the self-study section of the site visit report to programs as formative feedback, after the Review Committee has sent the letter of notification. The report will be sent to programs with a cover letter on how to interpret the feedback. ACGME will collect information on programs' perceptions of the value of the feedback.
