The Match
This is the system through which applicants and programs are paired for residency positions.
What is the NRMP?
This centralized application service is commonly used by applicants seeking residency and fellowship positions.
What is ERAS?
This checklist should begin immediately after a resident or fellow matches into the program.
What is the onboarding checklist?
Orientation introduces new residents and fellows to the institution, program, policies and this important resource.
What is GME?
This organization accredits U.S. graduate medical education programs.
What is the ACGME?
The day applicants learn where they matched is commonly called this.
What is Match Day?
This platform can be used to schedule and manage applicant interviews.
What is Thalamus?
This document establishes the terms and conditions of appointment.
What is the appointment letter?
This orientation typically covers electronic medical record access and training.
What is EMR/EHR training?
This committee provides oversight of the institution's residency and fellowship programs.
What is GMEC?
This document is typically sent to a matched resident to formally welcome them to the program.
What is a welcome letter?
This group evaluates applicants and makes recommendations regarding selection.
What is the Program Recruitment/Selection Committee?
A trainee cannot begin clinical duties until required credentials and this process are completed.
What is credentialing?
This training helps ensure residents understand how to respond to emergencies in the clinical environment.
What is emergency preparedness?
This committee evaluates the educational progress of individual residents and fellows.
What is the CCC?
This should happen immediately after Match Day to begin collecting the information needed for onboarding.
What is initiating the onboarding process?
A standardized process designed to ensure applicants are evaluated consistently helps reduce this.
What is bias?
These documents are particularly important for trainees requiring immigration sponsorship.
What are visa/immigration documents?
This session should explain who trainees contact when they have concerns about wellness, professionalism or mistreatment.
What are reporting and support resources?
This committee evaluates the overall quality and effectiveness of a residency or fellowship program.
What is the PEC?
The GME team member who often becomes the resident's first administrative point of contact after Match Day.
Who is the Program Administrator?
The recruitment process should balance selecting excellent candidates with demonstrating this about the program.
What is the program's culture and learning environment?
The best onboarding process separates these two concepts so that administrative requirements don't overwhelm the educational experience.
What are compliance and engagement?
A strong orientation should not simply tell trainees what to do; it should help them understand this.
What is how to successfully navigate the learning environment?
This annual process allows a program to evaluate its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
What is the Annual Program Evaluation?