Oversight
An entity or organization that assumes financial and academic responsibility for a GME program.
What is a sponsoring institution?
A key member who supports and administers the program, frequently manages the day-to-day operations of the program.
What is the Program Administrator?
Lectures, conferences, courses, labs, asynchronous learning, simulations, drills, case discussions, grand rounds, didactic teaching, and education
What is Didactic activities?
A group that meets prior to the residents' semi-annual evaluations and advises the PD regarding each resident's progress.
What is the CCC?
Residents and fellows permitted to moonlight at this PGY level.
What is PGY-2
A faculty member designated by the PD who is accountable for resident education at a particular site.
What is a Site Director?
Documentation of residents who have previously completed the program.
Verification of previous educational experiences and summative performance and milestones evaluation upon completion.
These members must directly observe, evaluate, and frequently provide feedback on resident performance during each rotation or similar educational assignment.
What is Faculty members?
Direct supervision, indirect supervision and oversight.
What is levels of supervision?
Access to food, safe, clean and private sleep with proximity appropriate for safe patient care.
What is a safe learning and working environment
The person with authority to approve or remove residents from supervising interactions and/or learning environments that do not meet the standards of the program.
What is the Program Director?
What is ACGME Competencies?
A group appointed to conduct and document the Annual Program Evaluation (APE) as part of the program's continuous improvement process.
What is the PEC?
On average, will residents/fellows have one full day of seven free from educational and clinical responsibilities.
Yes
An organization providing educational experiences or educational assignments/rotations for residents
What is a participating site?
Three years of documented educational and/or administrative experience before assuming the role of PD.
What are the qualifications of a PD?
Grand rounds, posters, workshops, quality improvement presentations, podium presentations, grant leadership, non-peer reviewed print/electronic resources, articles or publications, book chapters, textbooks, webinars, service on professional committees, or serving as a journal reviewer, journal editorial board member, or editor.
What is Scholarly Activities?
A group appointed by the PD, composed of at least two program faculty members, at least one of whom is a core faculty member and at least one resident/fellow.
What is the PEC?
What is Patient Safety Events?
A document between the program and participating site that provides a required assignment. This document must be approved by the designated institutional official (DIO)
What is a PLA?
A member with a significant role in the education and supervision of residents that devotes a significant portion of their entire effort to resident education/administration and provide formative feedback to residents.
What is Core Faculty?
Competency-based goals and objectives for each educational experience designed to promote progress on a trajectory to autonomous practice.
What is Milestones?
Surveys, evaluations, scholarly activities, in-training exam, board pass rates, and other data used to assess the program in order to complete this document.
What is the APE?
Residents must be scheduled for a minimum of one day in seven free of clinical work and required education (when averaged over four weeks)
What is 24 hour period free from all admin, clinical, and educational activities.