Resident Education, Training and Program Requirements. (i) Resident Physician agrees to fulfill the educational requirements of the Program and the obligations to provide appropriate patient care as assigned by the Program Director or the Medical Director of the clinical service to which the Resident Physician may be assigned from time to time. Resident Physician shall maintain proper professional conduct and appearance and demonstrate courtesy and respect to patients, their families and all persons employed by or associated with Hospital.
(ii) Resident Physician shall attend all education conferences required by the Program Director or the Medical Director of the clinical service to which Resident Physician is assigned from time to time, unless Resident Physician is engaged in the emergency care of patients or specifically directed to perform other responsibilities by the Program Director or said clinical service Medical Director. Resident Physician shall participate as directed by the Program Director in related medical education programs provided through Hospital's affiliation with universities or other educational facilities.
(iii) All Resident Physicians must take and pass the USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX Level 3 examination by the end of the PGY2 year of residency. Written documentation of passing the exam must be presented to the Program Director PRIOR to a PGY3 agreement being issued.
Resident Education, Training and Program Requirements. (i) Resident Physician agrees to fulfill the educational requirements of the Program and the obligations to provide appropriate patient care as assigned by the Program Director or the Medical Director of the clinical service to which the Resident Physician may be assigned from time to time. Resident Physician shall maintain proper professional conduct and appearance and demonstrate courtesy and respect to patients, their families and all persons employed by or associated with Hospital.
(ii) Resident Physician shall attend all education conferences required by the Program Director or the Medical Director of the clinical service to which Resident Physician is assigned from time to time, unless Resident Physician is engaged in the emergency care of patients or specifically directed to perform other responsibilities by the Program Director or said clinical service Medical Director. Resident Physician shall participate as directed by the Program Director in related medical education programs provided through Hospital's affiliation with universities or other educational facilities.
(iii) Family Medicine Residents must complete a minimum of fifty (50) qualifying point activities through the American Board of Family Medicine (“ABFM”), in order to register for the Board Exam by the established deadline in PGY3. The ABFM further stipulates that a minimum of twenty (20) points MUST come from the completion of a Performance Improvement (“PI”) activity and a minimum of ten (10) points MUST come from a the completion of a Knowledge Self-Assessment (“KSA”) activity. Additional points may come from Clinician Self-Assessment (“CSA”) activities at five (5) points each, or additional KSA/PI activities. The West Suburban Family Medicine Residency Program requires a minimum of fifteen (15) total points in order to advance from PGY1 to PGY2, and a minimum of thirty (30) total points to advance from PGY2 to PGY3. Completion of these modules must be verifiable through the ABFM Resident Training Management System (“RTMS”).
(iv) All Resident Physicians must take and pass the USMLE Step 3 or COMLEX Level 3 examination by the end of the PGY2 year of residency. Written documentation of passing the exam must be presented to the Program Director PRIOR to a PGY3 agreement being issued.
(v) If selected by the Program Director, Resident Physician shall represent Residency Program at national and regional recruitment events.
