Program Director’s Guide to Common Program Requirements

1. Program Director’s Guide to Common Program Requirements Cuc Mai MD GME Director of Faculty Development November 2011

2. Goals & Objectives • Improve in-depth understanding of ACGME common program requirements • Correlate ACGME common program requirements to the program information form (PIF) • Correlate ACGME common program requirements to the resident survey

3. Why is this important? • Compliance with requirements = Accreditation Common Program Requirements Speciality Specific Requirement Program Information Form (PIF) Site Visitor’s Report Resident Survey Results Board Scores Monitoring Committee of ACGME board

4. Resources • www.acgme.org

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8. When you need clarification… • If unclear directive, see FAQs or speciality specific RRC guidelines • 3 types of requirements • “Must”: no exceptions • “Should”: almost a must; need to have a strong educational rationale for not doing • “Suggested”: is not required and not citable

9. ACGME Common Program Requirements Outline I. Institutions II. Program Personnel and Resources III. Resident Appointments IV. Education Programs V. Evaluation VI. Resident Duty Hours VII. Innovative Projects

10. I. Institutions • I.A. Sponsoring Institution • I.B. Participating Sites

11. I. A. Sponsoring Institution • Must assume responsibility for the program and must ensure that the PD has sufficient protected time and financial support • Internal Review: formal mid-cycle review conducted by the GMEC. Reviewer group must include at least one faculty member and one resident from sponsoring institution not from program being reviewed.

12. I.B. Participating Sites • A program letter of agreement (PLA) must exist between the program and each participating site providing a required assignment. • Document needs to be renewed at least every 5 years. • Additions or deletions need to be update from the ACGME Accreditation Data Systems (ADS) • See handout.

13. I.B. Participating Sites • PLA • Identify faculty who assumes education and supervisory responsibility for residents • Specify faculty responsibilities for teaching, supervision, and formal evaluation of residents • Specify the duration and content of the education experience • State the policies and procedures that will govern resident education during that assignment

14. II. Program Personnel & Resources • II. A. Program Director • II. B. Faculty • II. C. Other Program Personnel • II. D. Resources • II. E. Medical Information Access

15. II. A. Program Director • Qualifications expertise acceptable to Review committee, Board Certification, and Current Medical licensure and Staff appointment • Provide each resident with documented semiannual evaluation of performance with feedback • Evaluate program faculty and approve the continued participation of program faculty based on evaluation

16. II. A. Program Director • Comply with sponsoring institution’s written policies and procedures • Review with DIO before submitting ACGME information or requests for the following • Changes in resident complement • Major changes in program structure or length of training • Progress reports requested by the Review committee • Responses to proposed adverse actions • Requests for increases or change to resident duty hours • Voluntary withdrawal of ACGME accredited programs • Requests for appeal of an adverse action • Proposals to ACGME for approval of innovative educational approaches • Correspondence about program citations

17. II. B. Faculty • Must be a sufficient number of faculty with documented qualifications to instruct and supervise all residents at that location. • Establish and maintain an environment of inquiry and scholarship with an active research component • Must regularly participate in organized clinical discussions, rounds, journal clubs, and conferences. • Demonstrate scholarship • Encourage and support residents in scholarly activities

18. Accreditation Data System (ADS)

19. III. Resident Appointments • III. A. Eligibility Criteria • III. B. Number of Residents • III. C. Resident Transfers • III. D. Appointment of Fellows and Other Learners

20. III. B. Number of Residents • Increasing number of residents require PRIOR residency review committee and DIO approval • Request for change should be documented in ADS

21. IV. Educational Programs • IV. A. 5. ACGME Core Competencies • IV. B. Residents’ Scholarly Activities

22. IV. Educational Program • Goals for the program must be distributed to residents and faculty annually • Competency based goals and objectives for each assignment at each educational level must be distributed to residents and faculty annually. These should be reviewed by residents at the start of each rotation • Regularly scheduled didactic sessions • Delineation of resident responsibilities for patient care, progressive responsibility for patient management, and supervision of residents over the continuum of the program

23. IV. Educational Program • Resident Survey Questions: • Has your program provided you with goals and objectives for each rotation and major assignment in either a hard copy or electronic form? • Has your program provided you with its general goals and objectives in either a hard copy or electronic form?

24. IV. Educational Program • Resident Survey: • How sufficient is the supervision you receive from faculty and staff in your program? • How often do your faculty and staff provide an appropriate level of supervision for residents? • How often has your clinical education been compromised by excessive service obligations?

25. IV. A. 5. ACGME competencies • Patient Care • Medical Knowledge • Practice-based Learning and Improvement • Interpersonal and Communication Skills • Professionalism • Systems-based practice

26. IV. A. 5. ACGME competencies • ACGME Outcomes Project • Minimal Threshold model Competency Based model

27. IV. A. 5. ACGME competencies • Patient Care • Provision of learning experiences can be documented through rotation schedules, written goals and objectives, and resident files. • Completed procedure/case logs

28. IV. A. 5. ACGME competencies • Medical Knowledge • Documentation by written didactic curriculum, lecture schedule, reading assignments

29. IV. A. 5. ACGME competencies • Practice Based Learning and Improvement • Residents must demonstrate the ability to investigate and evaluate their care of patients, to appraise and assimilate scientific evidence, to improve patient care based on constant self evaluation and life-long learning • Identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in one’s knowledge and expertise • Set Learning and improvement goals • Identify and perform appropriate learning activities • Analyze practice using quality improvement methods and implement changes with the goal of practice improvement • Locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence • Use information technology to optimize learning • Participate in the education of patients, families, students, residents, and other health professionals

30. IV. A. Practice based learning improvement • PIF question • Describe one learning activity in which residents engage to identify strengths, deficiencies, and limits in their knowledge and expertise; set learning and improvement goals; identify and perform appropriate learning activities to achieve self identified goals.

31. IV. A. Practice based learning improvement • PIF question • Describe one example of a learning activity in which residents engage to develop the skills needed to use information technology to locate, appraise, and assimilate evidence from scientific studies and apply it to their patients’ health problems. The description should include a) locating information b) using information technology c) appraising information d) assimilating evidence information 3) applying information to patient care

32. IV. A. Practice based learning improvement • PIF question • Give one example and the outcome of a planned quality improvement activity or project in which at least one resident participated in the past year that required the resident to demonstrate an ability to analyze, improve, and change practice or patient care. Describe planning, implementation, evaluation, and provisions of faculty support and supervision that guided this process.

33. IV. A. Practice based learning improvement • PIF question • Describe how residents: A) develop teaching skills necessary to educate patients, families, students, and other residents B) Teach patients, families, and others C) Receive and incorporate formative evaluation feedback into daily practice.

34. IV. A. Interpersonal and Communication Skills • Residents must demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in the effective exchange of information and collaboration with patients, their families, and health professionals.

35. IV. A. Interpersonal and Communication Skills • PIF question • Describe one learning activity in which residents develop competence in communicating effectively with patients and families across a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, and with physicians, other health professionals, and health related agencies.

36. IV. A. Interpersonal and Communication Skills • PIF question • Describe one learning activity in which residents develop their skills and habits to work effectively as a member or leader of a health care team or other professional group. In the example, identify the members of the team, responsibilities of the team members, and how team members communicate to accomplish responsibilities.

37. IV. A. Interpersonal and Communication Skills • PIF question • Explain (a) how the completion of comprehensive, timely, and legible medical records is monitored and evaluated, and (b) the mechanism for providing residents feedback on their ability to competently maintain medical records.

38. IV. A. Professionalism • Residents must demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to ethical principles.

39. IV. A. Professionalism • PIF question • Describe at least one learning activity, other than lecture, by which residents develop a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities and an adherence to ethical principles. • How does the program promote professional behavior by the residents and faculty? • How are lapses in these behaviors addressed?

40. IV. A. Professionalism • Resident Survey: • To what extent does your program provide an environment where residents/fellows can raise problems or concerns without fear of intimidation or fear of retaliation?

41. IV. A. Systems-based Practice • Residents must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care, as well as the ability to call effectively on other resources in the system to provide optimal health care.

42. IV. A. Systems based Practice • PIF question: • Describe the learning activity through which residents achieve competence in the elements of systems-based practice; work effectively in various health care delivery settings and systems, coordinate patient care within the health care system; incorporate considerations of cost-containment and risk-benefit analysis in patient care; advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems; and work in interprofessional teams to enhance patient safety and care quality.

43. IV. A. Systems based Practice • PIF question: • Describe an activity that fulfills the requirement for experiential learning in identifying system errors. Important elements include faculty guidance and active engagement by residents with written goals and objectives; resident assessment; and aggregated resident outcomes.

44. IV. B. Residents’ Scholarly Activities • Curriculum MUST advance residents’ knowledge of the basic principles of research, including how research is conducted, evaluated, explained to patients, and applied to patient care. • Should participate in scholarly activity • Sponsoring institution and program should allocate adequate educational resources to facilitate resident involvement in scholarly activities.

45. IV. B. Residents’ Scholarly Activities • Resident Survey: • Does your program offer you the opportunity to participate in research or scholarly activities?

46. V. Evaluation • V. A. Resident • V. B. Faculty • V. C. Program

47. V. A. Resident Evaluation • Faculty must evaluate resident performance in a timely manner and document evaluation at completion of the assignment. Evaluations must be accessible for review • Program • Provide objective assessments of all ACGME competencies • Use multiple evaluators • Document progressive resident performance improvement appropriate to educational level • Provide each resident with documented semiannual evaluation of performance with feedback

48. V. A. Resident Evaluation • Resident Survey: • Overall, how satisfied are you with the written or electronic feedback you receive after you complete a rotation or major assignment? • If you want to review feedback on your performance, are you able to access your evaluations?

49. V. B. Faculty Evaluation • Must provide faculty with evaluation ANNUALLY • MUST include annual written confidential resident evaluations • SHOULD include a review of faculty’s clinical teaching abilities, commitment to the educational program, clinical knowledge, professionalism, and scholarly activities.

50. V.B. Faculty Evaluations • PIF question: • Describe the system used by the residents to provide annual confidential written evaluations of the teaching faculty • Describe the program’s system for evaluating and providing feedback to the teaching faculty