Editor-in-Chief, JGME

ACGME•Chicago, IL

16d•Remote

About The Position

The Editor-in-Chief serves as steward of The Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME), ensuring it remains a trusted, relevant, and rigorous peer-reviewed resource for the graduate medical education (GME) community. The role combines editorial leadership with awareness of the realities of residency and fellowship education and training, and advances scholarship intended to improve educational practice and the quality of patient care. The Editor-in-Chief represents JGME’s mission, vision, and values and leads recruitment of its Editorial Board, which is editorially independent from the ACGME. Together, the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board ensure JGME publishes timely, methodologically sound, valuable work that is comprehensible to readers with varying expertise and roles. The Editor-in-Chief is recruited by the Journal Oversight Committee of the ACGME Board of Directors. The Editor-in-Chief may not be an ACGME employee. The position is 0.40 FTE and is performed remotely. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; the ACGME will not provide employment sponsorship.

Requirements

MD, DO, or PhD degree.
Established leadership in GME and education scholarship.
Demonstrated editorial and peer-review experience.
Deep understanding of GME systems, including accreditation, program leadership, and educational practice.
On-the-ground experience as a GME leader, such as a program director, associate program director, designated institutional official, dean for GME, or equivalent.
Ability to travel and present at key medical education meetings.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.
Creativity and innovation demonstrated through prior published work.
Ability to adapt to evolving journal publishing practices.
Outstanding writing skills.
Demonstrated ability to attract talented editors, authors, and reviewers and sustain collaboration and consensus.
Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Current authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a variety of settings, such as different program sizes, university, state-federal, or community settings, and health care systems; beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain a clear editorial vision aligned with the needs of the GME community.
Prioritize rigorous, credible, relevant content that reflects the needs of GME educators and researchers.
Ensure the journal addresses emerging and ongoing GME challenges, including assessment, transitions into GME and from GME to practice, new technologies, and professionalism.
Develop new content to expand GME conversations and advance the field.
Oversee a fair, consistent, high-quality, and high-integrity peer-review process through clear policies and processes.
Make final publication decisions after input from senior and associate editors.
Ensure collegial and educational communication with authors, supporting the development of new authors.
Recruit, sustain, and recognize a high-quality peer reviewer database that reflects the GME community.
Continuously improve peer review to select high-quality articles and optimize submission-to-publication timelines.
Recruit and sustain a high-performing Editorial Board representing varied specialties, academic seniority, geography, settings, and GME experiences.
Orient, guide, and provide ongoing feedback to senior and associate editors.
Oversee educational materials and collaborate with JGME staff on instructions for authors and reviewers.
Foster a culture of responsibility, mutual support, and recognition.
Align JGME’s scope with the ACGME mission while preserving an independent Editorial Board, peer-review process, and publication decisions.
Keep the Journal Oversight Committee informed of journal activities, direction, and policies at regular meetings.
Lead recruitment of the JGME Editorial Board, including senior editors, associate editors, resident editors, a visual media editor, and a statistics editor.
Uphold high standards of integrity, transparency, and ethical publishing, including guidance from COPE and ICMJE.
Oversee processes related to conflicts of interest, authorship questions, corrections, and retractions.
Strengthen JGME’s position as a leading journal in medical education.
Support strategies to broaden readership, engagement, and international reach.
Encourage thoughtful innovation in content, format, and dissemination while maintaining quality and usefulness.
Travel to and present at key medical education meetings.