GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Graduate Medical Education Policy for
Trainee Participation in Educational Activities
 Policy Number: 17
Date Issued: 01/2003
Prior Revision Date:10/2010
  Date Revised: 07/2013
PURPOSE To establish a policy by which medical students, interns, residents and fellows (hereafter all will be referred to as trainees) are given opportunities to participate in Educational Activities at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (THD).
SCOPE Applies to all trainees in graduate medical education programs at
THD.
PROVISIONS
  1. Educational Opportunities offered by THD will encourage the trainee to develop a personal program of learning to foster continued professional growth with guidance from the teaching staff.
  2. The trainee will be given opportunities to participate in safe, effective, and compassionate patient care, under supervision, commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility
  3. Full participation in the educational and scholarly activities of the trainee’s program will be expected, including attendance to educational conferences and participation in research projects, and each trainee will be required to assume responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students.
  4. Trainees will be expected to participate on institutional
    committees and councils whose actions affect their education and/or patient care. The four committees present at THD are:
    • Process Improvement Committee
    • Human Research Committee
    • Bioethics Committee
    • Medical Education Committee
  5. Annually, trainees will be given the opportunity to submit
    confidential written evaluations of the faculty and of their educational experiences to the program director.

LESLIE H. SECREST, MD
Medical Director, Graduate Medical Education

AURORA ESTEVEZ, MD
Chief Medical Officer