1V.S. Elliott is a technical writer, Medical Education Outcomes, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.

2M.M. Hammoud is associate chair for education, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and senior adviser, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.

3J. Richardson is director of research and program evaluation, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.

4S.A. Santen is senior associate dean, Office of Evaluation, Assessment, and Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, and professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Education, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.

5E. Van Rite is former senior research associate, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, and assessment manager, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.

6K.D. Lomis is vice president, Undergraduate Medical Education Innovations, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Correspondence should be addressed to Victoria Stagg Elliott, American Medical Association, 330 N. Wabash Ave., Ste. 39300, Chicago, IL 60611; telephone: (312) 464-4459; email: [email protected]; Twitter: @AmerMedicalAssn.

Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of the AMA staff working with the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, including John Andrews, MD, Sarah Ayala, Med, Joaquin Baca, PhD(c), Lisa Beauvais, Christine Daly, MSW, Sanjay V. Desai, MD, Donna Frey, Emily Harding, Kevin Heckman, MBA, Kathryn Pajak, Med, Betsy Shea, and Susan E. Skochelak, MD, MPH, and Annalynn Skipper, PhD, author services manager with the AMA.

Funding/Support: None reported.

Other disclosures: None reported.

Ethical approval: Reported as not applicable.

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