Graduate Medical Education Committee. It is understood that at all three facilities, there is a Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) empowered to ensure that all residency programs are in compliance with the Institutional Program, and applicable Subspecialty Program Requirements of the ACGME. Issues of non-compliance with the ACGME and this MOU shall be addressed by the GMEC and the Medical Executive Committee. In accordance with the ACGME policy, house staff has representation on the GMEC with voting privileges. Within 30 days from implementation of this agreement, the CIR shall establish a process for the confidential and protected registering of house staff complaints of noncompliance with ACGME requirements and this MOU regarding resident duty hours and working conditions. These complaints shall be presented to the facility GMEC in a timely manner by the resident members of that committee. The Department agrees to establish within 60 days from implementation of this agreement, a Compliance Committee, chaired by the Associate Director of Health Services, Clinical and Medical Affairs and be composed of equal members of CIR and Management that shall be empowered to resolve issues that cannot be resolved at the facility levels. Issues of non-compliance include, but are not limited to, duty hours and working conditions. Should the facility GMEC and Medical Executive Committees fail to resolve the issues in a reasonable time, the issues shall become an agenda item for the next meeting of the Compliance Committee.
Graduate Medical Education Committee. The UWSOM, through the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC), which is composed of program directors, faculty, medical directors, quality officers, residents, fellows, program administrators, and GME administration, is responsible for overseeing: ▪ the ACGME accreditation and recognition statuses of the Sponsoring Institution and its ACGME- accredited programs; ▪ the quality of the GME learning and working environment within the Sponsoring Institution, its ACGME-accredited programs, and its participating sites; ▪ the quality of educational experiences in each ACGME-accredited program that lead to measurable achievement of educational outcomes as identified in the ACGME Common and specialty/subspecialty Program Requirements; ▪ the ACGME-accredited programs’ Annual Program Evaluations (APE) and self-studies. ▪ ACGME-accredited program implementation of institutional policy(ies) for vacation and leaves of absence, including medical, parental, and caregiver leaves of absence, at least annually; ▪ All processes related to reductions and closures of ACGME-accredited programs, major participating sites, and the Sponsoring Institution; ▪ the provision of summary information of patient safety reports to residents, fellows, faculty members and other clinical staff members. At a minimum, this oversight must include verification that such summary information is being provided; and ▪ the administration of each of the Sponsoring Institution’s Non-Standard Training (NST) programs, as well as for ensuring compliance with the Recognition Requirements for Sponsoring Institutions with NST Programs. Additionally, the GMEC delegates a portion of the GMEC’s responsibilities to several standing subcommittees. This includes the Policy Committee, which advises GMEC on all GME-related policies, and the RFPA agreement, which is reviewed by the Policy Committee and GMEC annually.
Graduate Medical Education Committee. The School of Medicine shall establish a Graduate Medical Education Committee (“GME Committee”), which shall be chaired by the Xxxx of the School of Medicine or the Xxxx’x designee. After consultation with each hospital that has a Master Affiliation Agreement with the School of Medicine, the Xxxx of the School of Medicine shall appoint a representative of that hospital to the GME Committee. In addition, the Xxxx shall appoint various Program Directors, Residents and department chairs to the GME Committee. The GME Committee shall review, coordinate and approve all Training Programs that it has designated as University of Utah Affiliated Residency Programs, including establishment of any new programs, revisions, expansion and reduction of existing programs. The GME Committee shall also promulgate institutional policies on graduate medical education; act as a liaison between Program Directors and administrators at other institutions; and regularly review all residency programs for their compliance with institutional policies and the requirements of the relevant ACGME Residency Review Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, any decision regarding salaries or benefits to be paid to Residents shall be made solely by School of Medicine.
