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Residency Evaluation

Achievement of the educational objectives is the responsibility of the Chairman, Program Director, Assistant Program Director and selected faculty members on the Resident Evaluation Committee. The committee meets monthly. The CREOG educational objectives are used as the guidelines for the educational objectives.

Our Residency Program requires its residents to obtain competencies in the 6 areas recommended by the ACGME. These are:

1. Patient Care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
2. Medical Knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and cognate (e.g. epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
3. Practice-Based Learning and Improvement that involves investigation and evaluation of their own patient care, appraisal and assimilation of scientific evidence, and improvements in patient care.
4. Interpersonal and Communication Skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, their families, and other health professionals.
5. Professionalism, as manifested through a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse patient population.
6. Systems-Based Practice, as manifested by actions that demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care and the ability to effectively call on system resources to provide care that is of optimal value.

All of the evaluations are anonymous. Most evaluations of and by faculty members and residents are done electronically. The evaluations by the residents and by the students are kept confidential and secure in the Program Coordinators Office. They are read by the Chairman, the Program Coordinator and if necessary by the Program Director.

A resident evaluation form is completed for each resident after each rotation. These evaluations are discussed at a monthly meeting of the Resident Evaluation Committee. Advisors are assigned to the interns and after a year they are allowed to change to another advisor if they wish. Every resident's development, educational level, clinical skills and personal/ professional skills are evaluated and kept in the resident files. Positive and well as negative actions are discussed. Positive reinforcement is a regular part of feed back for the resident and the faculty makes an effort to compliment residents. After the Program Coordinator has read the evaluations, they are kept secure and confidential in the Resident Program Coordinators office. Every six months the residents are asked to see, date and sign their files and to discuss any part of the files with the Program Coordinator, Program Director or their advisor. The Program Director reads all the additions to the resident files and discusses the files individually with each resident as needed. The CREOG in-training examination is required of all residents and results are reviewed by the Program Director and the Resident Evaluation Committee. If weaknesses are evident, specific recommendations are made and carried out, including tutorial sessions on an individual basis.