The making of a physician at the graduate medical education level is a team effort! It takes more than hard work on the resident’s part and willingness of the patients. Some of the responsible parties are obvious: the teachers; the lecturers; the test givers. Other roles are not so intuitive: the support staff; the emotional cheerleaders; the administrators who value education.

Peer review is considered to be the gold standard for accreditation. Decisions made by like-minded experts who must work by the same rules and guidelines they are using to evaluate programs helps to maintain quality and patient safety and improve graduate medical education in ACGME-I-accredited Sponsoring Institutions and programs. The membership of the Review Committees-International includes a broad range of specialties and countries to support the peer-review process.