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Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives

ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP.


ACP's identity campaign features internal medicine physicians impacting patient care

Last year, the College launched a multiyear identity brand campaign designed to educate about the breadth, depth, and diversity of our profession. The campaign's goals are to underscore the vital role of internal medicine physicians and the value internal medicine physicians bring to health care.

Our comprehensive webpage offers a host of content to support the campaign. In media outlets and on social media. ACP is recognizing and showcasing the leadership and impact of our profession and the unique roles and attributes of internal medicine physicians. To date, the identity brand campaign elements have been seen over 75 million times.

Follow ACP on social media and use #InternalMedicinePhysician to engage in the conversation.

Ryan Mire Internship Program offers students opportunities

The 2023 Ryan Mire interns attend orientation last June at ACP headquarters in Philadelphia Image by Caroline Santos Volgman
The 2023 Ryan Mire interns attend orientation last June at ACP headquarters in Philadelphia. Image by Caroline Santos Volgman

In 2023, ACP welcomed 10 summer interns from colleges across the country to participate in its eight-week immersion on health care career options, including clinical medicine. The Ryan Mire Summer Internship Program offers college juniors with demonstrated interest in medicine, public health, public policy, or health care administration exposure to an array of impactful and inspiring careers, with the goal of fostering diversity in the health care workforce.

The program is named in honor of Ryan Mire, MD, MACP, ACP's President for 2022-2023, who passionately championed that health care is most impactful when workforces represent the populations they serve. Through his leadership and continued commitment to health equity, Dr. Mire advocates that environments that include and welcome diverse perspectives are better equipped to respond to the complex needs of patients served by internal medicine physicians. The students work with ACP staff leaders, as well as learn from ACP members serving in many roles in health care, and participate in site visits at various health care organizations and systems.

For a look at one intern's 2023 capstone project, turn to page 10. For more information or to learn how to serve as a subject matter expert/mentor or offer a site tour, contact Caroline Santos Volgman (cvolgman@acponline.org) or Tess Bradstock (tbradstock@acponline.org) Learn how to support the Ryan Mire Internship Program.

ACP releases updated case modules on high-value care

ACP's newly updated High Value Care (HVC) Case Modules help internal medicine physicians enhance their clinical skills and deliver patient-centered, cost-effective care.

Each module features two to three brief cases that can be completed in under an hour. They include the following topics.

  • Eliminating Health Care Waste
  • The Cost of Care
  • Diagnostic Processes
  • Care Setting and Cost

These interactive HVC cases offer online CME and MOC medical knowledge points and patient safety credits. CME/MOC is free to ACP members.

Go online to take part and learn more about the updated modules.

Governor-elect Designees election results announced

The Executive Committee of the Board of Governors is pleased to announce the Governor-elect Designees representing the Class of 2029. They will start their terms as Governors-elect after the Annual Business Meeting on April 20, 2024, and take office as Governors in April 2025. A full list is online.

ICYMI: Highlights from I.M. Matters Weekly

  • U.S. statin use plateaued in 2013 to 2018. A study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that the proportion of guideline-eligible adults who reported receiving statins increased from 11.6% to 33.6% from 1999 to 2000 and 2013 to 2014 but did not change significantly from 2013 to 2014 and 2017 to 2018. The results were published Dec. 5, 2023, by Annals of Internal Medicine.
  • Modeling study finds RSV vaccines cost-effective for older U.S. adults. Vaccination programs using the monovalent adjuvanted or bivalent vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) were projected to be potentially cost-effective at a price per dose of up to $127 or up to $118, respectively, over a first RSV season. The results were published Nov. 30, 2023, by Clinical Infectious Diseases.

I.M. Matters Weekly from ACP is an e-newsletter published every Tuesday and available online.Subscribe online.