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 /li>
- 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