Nagler, AlisaAndolsek, Kathryn M.Rudd, Mariah J.Kuhn, Catherine M.2019-09-302019-09-302017-09-112042-6372http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94139Graduate Medical Education (GME) is the portion of the medical education continuum that spans the period follow-ing graduation from medical school to independent prac-tice. In the United States, successful completion of GME is essential for board certification in one of over 140 recog-nized specialties. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is the accreditor for over 10,000 programs. Each program is required to have a single physician program director responsible for the program’s administrative and educational oversight. Virtually all program directors remain clinically and academically productive.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 3.0Article - Refereedhttps://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.59a9.73cc828902636