Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (12/14/22)

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's (ACGME) CLER National Report of Findings 2022: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on the Clinical Learning Environment investigated various Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) focus areas for the purpose of optimizing patient care and GME. The council administered the protocol to nearly 300 ACGME-accredited Sponsoring Institutions. "This report highlights the extent to which COVID-19 has affected our nation's clinical learning environments and provides insight as to where there may be opportunities over the next few years to build on the innovation that occurred within these environments while navigating disruptions from the pandemic," said ACGME President and CEO Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP. The protocol also details opportunities to enhance education and patient care, accounting for greater use of remote technology; gaps in resident/fellow participation in patient safety event probes; and gender-specific distinctions in clinical learning environments pertaining to diversity, equity and inclusion. "This report provides the first comprehensive national look at how our clinical learning environments have weathered the initial impact of this pandemic and how this experience can lead to improvements in patient care as well as ACGME-accredited graduate medical education," said Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH, ACGME's Chief Sponsoring Institutions and Clinical Learning Environment Officer.

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