Benefits of Accreditation

“ACGME-I accreditation significantly exhibits how we meet [our] mission and adhere to the highest of standards to educate and help students and interns attain optimum performance in their chosen fields.” — Salah Zeineldine, MD, FACP, designated institutional official, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

ACGME-I ensures that the following core education principles are upheld within each institution and program:

• Experiential Learning
• Meaningful Patient Responsibility Coupled with Graded Supervision
• Extensive Formative Evaluation
• Balance Between Clinical Service and Clinical Education
• Team-Based Education and Patient Care
• Structured Learning Environment
• Integration of Patient Safety Principles
• Promotion of Competency-Based Learning
• Outcomes-Oriented Practice
• Emphasis on Evidence-Based Medicine and Deliberate Practice
• Requirement for Scholarship and Inquiry in Residency/Fellowship
• Promotion of Research and Innovation
• Building Communities of Learning