Residency Requirements Concerning Grievances and Educational Experiences FREE

Provide an organizational system through which residents can communicate and exchange information with the institution regarding the working environment and education. This system could be a house staff organization, an ombudsperson, or another forum. Residents must be able to raise concerns in a confidential and protected manner.

Establish and implement fair institutional policies and procedures regarding academic or other disciplinary actions taken against residents. For actions that could result in a resident's dismissal or could significantly threaten a resident's intended career development, the institution must establish and implement fair policies and procedures for the adjudication of resident grievances.

Ensure that each residency program establishes and implements formal written criteria for resident selection, evaluation, promotion, and dismissal.

Ensure that each program establishes an appropriate work environment and reasonable duty hours.

Give residents the opportunity to submit confidential written evaluations of the faculty and the educational experiences to the program director or to a designated institutional official at least annually.

Develop a personal program of learning to foster continued professional growth with guidance from the teaching staff.

Participate in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care, under supervision, commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility.

Participate fully in the educational and scholarly activities of their program and, as required, assume responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students.

Participate, as appropriate, in institutional programs and medical staff activities and on institutional committees and councils whose actions affect residency education and/or patient care.

Review ethical, socioeconomic, medical/legal, and cost-containment issues that affect GME and medical practice. The curriculum must also provide an appropriate introduction to communication skills and research design, statistics, and critical review of the literature necessary for acquiring skills for life-long learning.