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experience. Non-physician obligations are those duties which in most institutions are
performed by nursing and allied health professionals, transport services, or clerical
staff. Examples of such obligations include transport of patients from the wards or units
for procedures elsewhere in the hospital; routine blood drawing for laboratory tests;
routine monitoring of patients when off the ward; and clerical duties, such as
scheduling. While it is understood that fellows may be expected to do any of these
things on occasion when the need arises, these activities should not be performed by
fellows routinely and must be kept to a minimum to optimize fellow education.
VI.B.2.b) ensure manageable patient care responsibilities; and,
(Core)
Background and Intent: The Common Program Requirements do not define
“manageable patient care responsibilities” as this is variable by specialty/subspecialty
and PGY level. Review Committees will provide further detail regarding patient care
responsibilities in the applicable specialty- and subspecialty-specific Program
Requirements and accompanying FAQs. However, all programs, regardless of
specialty/subspecialty, should carefully assess how the assignment of patient care
responsibilities can affect work compression.
VI.B.2.c) include efforts to enhance the meaning that each fellow finds
in the experience of being a physician, including protecting
time with patients, providing administrative support,
promoting progressive independence and flexibility, and
enhancing professional relationships.
(Core)
VI.B.3. The program director, in partnership with the Sponsoring Institution,
must provide a culture of professionalism that supports patient
safety and personal responsibility.
(Core)
Background and Intent: The accurate reporting of clinical and educational work hours,
patient outcomes, and clinical experience data are the responsibility of the program
leadership, fellows, and faculty.
VI.B.4. Fellows and faculty members must demonstrate an understanding
of their personal role in the safety and welfare of patients entrusted
to their care, including the ability to report unsafe conditions and
safety events.
(Core)
VI.B.5. Programs, in partnership with their Sponsoring Institutions, must
provide a professional, equitable, respectful, and civil environment
that is psychologically safe and that is free from discrimination,
sexual and other forms of harassment, mistreatment, abuse, or
coercion of students, fellows, faculty, and staff.
(Core)
Background and Intent: Psychological safety is defined as an environment of trust and
respect that allows individuals to feel able to ask for help, admit mistakes, raise
concerns, suggest ideas, and challenge ways of working and the ideas of others on the
team, including the ideas of those in authority, without fear of humiliation, and the
knowledge that mistakes will be handled justly and fairly.