Call of Duty
Alphabet Soup
Common Knowledge
Name that Committee
Who's Who
100
The length of a shift permitted for PGY-1 residents under current ACGME duty hour standards.
What is 16 hours?
100
This document is mandatory between the program and each participating site.
What is a program letter of agreement (PLA)?
100
This must be done on each resident upon completion of the program and must become part of the resident's permanent record.
What is a summative evaluation?
100

A structure that has emerged as an essential component of the evaluation process in graduate medical education (GME)

What is Clinical Competency Committee?

100
This person ensures the sponsoring institution complies with ACGME institutional requirements.
Who is the Designated Institutional Official (DIO)?
200
Residents must be scheduled for this every week (when averaged over a four week period).
What is a minimum of one day free of duty?
200
This board formed in 2002 to establish standards and recognigtion for administrators.
What is the National Board of Certification for Training Administratiors in Graduate Medical Education (TAGME)?
200
This committee must approve a change in program director.
What is the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)?
200

The formal processes of program curriculum planning and program evaluation.

What is the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC)?

200
This person is either physically present, on site and immediately available, or available by phone or electronic modality at all times.
Who is the supervising physician?
300
The ACGME encourages this activity for residents who will be in-house for at least 24 hours.
What is strategic napping?
300
Each sponsoring instituion must have this committee which includes the DIO, residents, program directors, and administrators.
What is the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)?
300
Programs must educate all residents and faculty to recognize the signs of this.
What is fatigue and sleep deprivation?
300

This committee must oversee the all ACGME-accredited programs of a sponsoring institution.

What is the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)?

300
This person is responsible for entering the rank list in the National Residency Matching Program website.
Who is the program director?
400
The time spent on this activity by residents must be counted toward the 80-hour maximum weekly limit.
What is moonlighting?
400
This on-line directory lists every ACGME accredited GME program in the US.
What is the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access (FREIDA)?
400
Residents must be provided with documented evaluation of their performance and feedback this often.
What is semi-annually?
400

This subcommittee exists to support and make recommendations for education and research endeavors which bridge GME programs and enable faculty and program directors to best fulfill their GME responsibilities.

What is the Education and Research Subcommittee?

400
This person is not allowed to moonlight.
Who is a PGY-1 resident?
500
The amount of time the ACGME requires PGY-1 residents have between duty periods.
What is 8 hours?
500
These committees develop specialty-specific program requirements.
What are Residency Review Committees (RRC)?
500
Program Evaluation and Clinical Competency Committees must have this kind of description.
What is a written description?
500

This committee explores the medical school curriculum, monitoring of medical students and updates on preceptors.

What is the Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) Committee?

500
This person works very hard, for very little, at very long hours, and yet is very pleasant at all times!
Who is a GME Coordinator?
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