Graduate Medical Education Committee

The GMEC has the following responsibilities, which are based on the ACGME Institutional Requirements:

Oversight of

• The accreditation status of the Sponsoring Institution (SI) and each accredited program;
• The quality of the learning and working environment within the SI, each program and at participating sites;
• The quality of educational experiences that lead to outcomes identified in requirements;
• Annual Program Evaluation and Improvement activities;
• Reductions and closures of programs, sites or the SI;
• Oversight of the SI Annual Institutional Review
• Underperforming programs.

Review and Approve

• Institutional GME policies and procedures
• Annual recommendations to the SI regarding stipends and benefits
• Applications for accreditation of new programs
• Requests for permanent changes in complement
• Major changes in programs’ structure or duration
• Additions and deletions of participating sites
• Appointment of new program directors
• Progress reports requested by a Review Committee
• Responses to Clinical learning Environment Review reports
• Requests for exceptions to duty hour requirements
• Voluntary withdrawal of program accreditation
• Requests for appeal of an adverse action by a Review Committee
• Appeal presentations to an ACGME Appeals Panel.