Graduate Medical Education (GME) is that critical period of intense work wherein the medical school graduate acquires the skills, attitudes and knowledge necessary to enter private practice or academic medicine in their specialty of choice.
Residency lasts from three to seven years, depending on the specialty or subspecialty goal. In GME, the graduate physician assumes progressive levels of responsibility for the care of patients under the supervision of faculty. The goal is for residents to be competent and ready to be independent practitioners at the end of their training.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) (ACGME) is the national body charged with evaluating and accrediting institutions that sponsor GME and programs that provide GME in the United States. The ACGME’s mission is to improve health care by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education through exemplary accreditation. Temple University Hospital is an ACGME-accredited sponsoring institution. Susan Coull, MBA, Chief Graduate Medical Education Officer, SVP-TUH, Assistant Dean of UGME & GME - LKSOM serves as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for Temple University Health System a position required by the ACGME.