The Promise of Aire

Four-year residency programs have much to teach us, and the ACGME Committee drafting new requirements for Family Medicine residencies decided to explore time-variable residency training more formally. Consequently, in December 2021, the ACGME and the ABFM announced the Family Medicine Advancing Innovation in Residency Education (AIRE) program to allow longer training an facilitate innovation in residency curricula. Our intent is to make the AIRE program as easy as possible to participate in, learn from, and improve both clinical care and education. Participating residencies will have the option to enroll some or all of their residents in the AIRE curriculum. They will be required to make a formal application, submit data annually about their programs, review and improve their residencies annually, and participate in a national collaborative.