What the ACGME’s Next Accreditation System Means to You

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Note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to introduce readers of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®to CORR® Curriculum – Orthopaedic Education, a new quarterly column. The goal of this column is to focus on the mechanics of resident education. In his first column, Dr. Paul J. Dougherty, residency program director at Detroit Medical Center, details how residency programs are expected to implement the Next Accreditation System for the next generation of orthopaedists. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to eic@clinorthop.org. Each author certifies that he or she, or a member of his or her immediate family, has no funding or commercial associations (eg, consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.