The length of a shift permitted for PGY-1 residents under current ACGME duty hour standards.
What is 24+4 hours?
This document is mandatory between the program and each participating site.
What is a program letter of agreement (PLA)?
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 final evaluation?
This competency requires commitment to carry out professional responsibilities and adhere to ethical principles.
What is professionalism?
This PGY level is not allowed to moonlight.
Who is a PGY-1 resident?
This board formed in 2002 to establish standards and recognition for administrators.
What is the National Board of Certification for Training Administrators in Graduate Medical Education (TAGME)?
Program Evaluation and Clinical Competency Committees must have this kind of description.
What is written description?
This person ensures the sponsoring institution complies with ACGME institutional requirements.
Who is the Designated Institutional Official (DIO)?
Each sponsoring institution must have this committee which includes the DIO, residents, program directors, and administrators.
What is the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)?
Programs must educate all residents and faculty to recognize the signs of this.
What is fatigue and sleep deprivation?
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?
This on-line directory lists every ACGME accredited GME program in the US.
What is the Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database Access (FREIDA)?
Competency based developmental outcomes (e.g., knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance) that can be demonstrated progressively by residents/fellows from the beginning through graduation.
What are milestones?
These are critical in the development of the competent, caring, and resilient physician.
What are the psychological, emotional, and physical well-being?
This person is responsible for entering the rank list in the National Residency Matching Program website.
Who is the program director?
The amount of time the ACGME requires residents have between duty periods.
What is 8 hours?
In this year the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education was established.
What is 1981?
Awareness of the larger context of healthcare is required to achieve this competency.
What is systems-based practice?
The President and CEO of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education.
Who is Thomas J. Nasca, MD, MACP?
This person works very hard, for very little, at very long hours, and yet is very pleasant at all times!
Who is a program administrator?