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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