GME P&P Standard Curriculum

	GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION POLICIES & PROCEDURES Graduate Medical Education Policy For Implementing Standard Curriculum	Policy Number: 18
		Date Issued: 01/2003
		Prior Revision Date:10/2010
		Date Revised: 07/2013

PURPOSE

To define the policy by which trainee curriculum is standardized.

SCOPE

All interns, residents and fellows (hereafter all will be referred to
as trainees) participating in approved graduate medical education (GME) training programs at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

PROVISIONS

Any curriculum used in approved GME training programs must provide a regular review of 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 to research design, statistics, and critical review of the literature necessary for acquiring skills for lifelong learning. It is a requirement that there be appropriate resident participation in departmental scholarly activity, as set forth in the applicable Program Requirements of the ACGME.

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

AURORA ESTEVEZ, MD
Chief Medical Officer