The ACGME Clinician Educator Journal Club is a monthly online meeting held on the third Thursday of each month gathering together clinician educators – current and future, authors, and ACGME staff members to discuss the latest journal articles and timely topics in medical education. These meetings give participants the opportunity to hear directly from authors on critical topics in medical education and offer lively discussions that bring out nuances and enhance understanding of content, and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities as educators. New topics, articles, and speakers will be offered each session, and we invite you to join us monthly by registering below. This resource is offered by the ACGME at no charge to the GME community.

Benefits of registering once to become an ACGME Clinician Educator Journal Club Member:

• access to monthly meetings using the same link to join each month
• monthly topic update emails and meeting reminders so you don't miss a meeting
• access to on-demand meeting recordings within Learn at ACGME, the ACGME's free online learning portal

If you registered once, congratulations, you're a Journal Club Member and you do not have to register again.

Once registered, be sure to whitelist the email "acgme@theonlinexpo.com" to receive monthly email updates and journal club meeting reminders. This email address does not receive emails;  if you need help with registration or don't receive an emailed registration confirmation after registering, email virtualevents@acgme.org. 

CURRENT TOPIC: Recognizing and Mitigating Gender Bias in Medical Teaching Assessments

DATE: Thursday, May 15, 2025

TIME: 12:00 PM Central

DURATION: 60 minutes

DESCRIPTION: The discussion for May's Journal Club will focus on the pervasive issue of gender bias in assessments including proposed strategies to recognize and mitigate these biases to promote equity in graduate medical education. This discussion and article tie into the ACGME Clinician Educator (CE) Milestones, UP 3: Recognition and Mitigation of Bias. Speakers Jessica C. Babal, MD, Ann Allen, MD, Brittany J. Allen, MD, and Kristin A.M. Knackers, MD, will discuss their article, "Recognizing and Mitigating Gender Bias in Medical Teaching Assessments," with moderator, Laura Edgar, EdD, CAE, Senior Vice President of Competencies, Milestones, and Faculty Development at the ACGME. The speakers look forward to discussing their article further at this month's Journal Club meeting. Participants should be sure to read the article ahead of the session and come with any questions or reflections.