Program Requirements
Faculty Development Includes
1) As Educators and Evaluators; 2) In Quality Improvement, Eliminating Health Inequities, and Patient Safety; 3) Well Being; 4) Patient Care based on Practice Based Learning
What is an NST
Non-Standard Training program for foreign national physicians in advanced specialty programs for which there is no ACGME accreditation
Resident beginning in the PGY1 and provides the required education and training to be eligible for specialty board certification
Categorical Resident
With what can a program coordinator assist in NRMP?
1) May review all program data through R3 and enter or change data with exception to quota and SOAP participation status; 2) May enter rank order lists and SOAP preferences; 3) CANNOT certify the rank or SOAP preferences
IMGs are International Medical Graduates who received basic medical training anywhere but...
The US or Canada
Formative Evaluations
Initial competence assessment of each NST trainee must take place how long from start date?
no later than 3 months
One year educational experience in a GME which is structured to provide a program of multiple clinical disciplines designed to facilitate the choice of and/or preparation for a specialty. A prerequisite; does not comprise a complete program.
Transitional Year Program
Programs will be in violation of the binding agreement if they terminate a resident within how many days from the start date of appointment?
45 Days
Requirements for the ECFMG certification exam are
passing Step 1 and Step 2, ECFMG pathway or Occupational English Test; OR passing performance on the former Step 2 Clinical skills
Professionalism, Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, and Systems-Based Practice
ACGME Competencies
How do you evaluate an NST trainee?
ACGME Milestones from the most closely related ACGME accredited specialty or subspecialty
Maximun number of residents or fellow approved by a RC per year and/or per program based upon resources
Compliment
Who can release programs and applicants from a binding agreement and with what?
Only the NRMP using a waiver or deferral
ECFMG Medical Schools must be listed in what with an ECFMG note stating the school meets eligibility requirements
World Directory
Mandatory time free of clinical work and education for residents
eight hours off
Who reviews and approves NSTs and how frequently must the NST be assessed?
the GMEC; at least annually
Three or more members of the active teaching faculty, including at least one core faculty member to review progress of all trainees in the program
Clinical Competency Committee (CCC)
Communication for the program during SOAP includes verbal, written or electronic communication with SOAP eligible applicants or their reps when? Applicants can initiate contact with a program when?
Only after a program has received that individual's application. Applicants CANNOT initiate contact with a program until and unless a program contacts the applicant.
What is the USMLE
United States Medical Licensing Examination
Length of time Program Director can lead the program
no determinate length- time adequate to maintain the continuity of leadership and program stability
The NST Program Director must be what?
From among the physician faculty of the most closely related ACGME accredited program
Practice of on-going self-reflection on how one's own background and the background of others impact teaching, learning, research, creative activity, engagement, and leadership
Cultural Humility
Donating unfilled positions in one program to another in the event the program does not fill during the match progess is called
Program Reversion
Includes actions or attempted actions on the part of applicants, examinees, potential applicants, others when solicited by an applicant and/or examinee, a medical school official, or any other person or entity that would or could subvert the exam, certification, etc.
Irregular Behavior