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Chief Resident
Roles
| Purpose |
| To
outline the role and responsibilities of the chief
resident. |
| Background |
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| References |
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| Responsibilities |
- Scheduling:
To develop the schedule for EM and off-service
residents in the ED and the block rotations for
all EM residents
given guidelines
from the Asst. Residency Director. To develop the
back-up schedule
for residents in the ED given guidelines from the
Asst. Residency Director.
Submit final schedule to Asst. Residency Director
for approval. Uphold
scheduling rules set forth by national residency
guidelines.
- Liaison with Faculty: Provide information
from residents to faculty
at
faculty meetings and directly to the Residency
Director and Department
Head. This can be formal or informal. Formal would
include faculty
meetings, meeting with the Residency Director and
meeting with the
Department Head.
- Liaison with other departments: Meet with
chief residents from other
departments concerning issues of mutual interest
- scheduling,
conferences, etc.
- Recruitment: One chief resident should meet
with most, if not all,
of the
applicants who come for interviews and have a prescribed
role in the
interview process.
- Orientation: Meet with incoming residents
to discuss "nuts
and bolts" of
the residency.
- Meetings: Attend (or select representative
when appropriate for)
meetings that affect the residency (e.g., resed,
staff, ed ops, gmec,
charge
nurse...) and distribute pertinent information
to residents from these
meetings.
- Education: Assist in conference preparation
and operations; maintain
resident participation in conference.
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| Policy |
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| Procedures |
| Allowance: A
$1200 education allowance is given to each chief
in addition
to 10 less ED shifts scheuled over the year. |
| Date Last Updated |
| June 11, 2007 |
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