Overview

A Sponsoring Institution is the organization that assumes the ultimate financial and academic responsibility for one or more graduate medical education programs, consistent with the ACGME-I Institutional Requirements. Sponsoring Institutions can take several forms. Examples are teaching hospitals or hospital systems, specialty hospitals, medical schools, or ambulatory care centers.

International Institutional Requirements

International Institutional Requirements Effective 1 July 2021

Application for Initial Accreditation

After the Sponsoring Institution account has been activated in the Accreditation Data System (ADS), this document will be completed and uploaded into ADS as part of the application process. Part 1 of the application process will be completed in ADS. Other required uploads include: statement of commitment; organizational charts; the residents/fellows’ agreement of appointment or contract; GMEC membership; GMEC minutes: one example of an institutional policy; and the protocol for the Special Review process. See the application and information in ADS for additional directions on the required uploaded documents.

New Application: International Institutional Accreditation

Institutional Continued Accreditation Application

Use ADS to prepare for your site visit by updating the Institutional Review Questionnaire (IRQ) and attachments prior to the site visit. Update the response to citations from the last accreditation review in ADS to ensure the documentation reflects the current status of improvements in these areas. Report any changes you want to communicate as relevant to the accreditation of your institution under the “Major Changes” section in ADS. To update the IRQ in ADS, click “Site Visits,” then click “View Institutional Review Questionnaire.”

Email technical questions to ads@acgme.org.