The Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) serves as the organizational vehicle for the house staff. The missions of the GMEC are:
To serve as a forum to discuss concerns and issues identified by the house staff;
To evaluate and monitor the activities and quality of the training programs ;
To advise the Office of Graduate Medical Education on matters involving the administration of the training program; and
To advise and make recommendations to the Dean on all aspects of Graduate Medical Education.
GMEC recommendations approved by the Dean which will materially change the program are presented by the Dean to the Council of Chairs for their final approval.
An Executive Committee of the GMEC will meet at least quarterly to review Internal Reviews completed in the previous quarter, to review letters sent to or received from ACGME during the quarter and to take any action needed between routinely scheduled meetings of the GME Committee. The Chair of the Executive Committee will be elected from the GMEC. The Executive Committee will consist of five members in addition to the Chair. These members shall include three Program Directors from the GMEC, one resident elected from the GMEC, the Assistant and Associate Deans for GME. Actions taken by the Executive Committee shall be reviewed at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the GMEC.
Internal Review Committees will be formed from members who serve on the GMEC and others faculty and residents as necessary. The purpose of these committees is to complete internal reviews on all training programs and to report their findings to the Executive Committee and the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education.
Other sub-committees of the GMEC may be formed from time to time to address the needs of the residency training program. Two standing committees are utilized when required to review programs requests to extend work hours and approve international graduates training in non-standard program.
10.02 Membership
The GMEC has a minimum of 34 members and is chaired by the Associate Dean for GME. The Committee composition includes the Program Directors, residents from larger residency training programs, and fellows in any training program. Resident and fellow members of GMEC must be peer elected and can be from any level of training. Additional members of the Committee include: the Assistant Dean for GME; the COO of the Emory Hospitals, or his designee; the Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs of Grady Memorial Hospital, or his designee; the Assistant Chief of Staff for Education from the VA Medical Center, or his designee; the Project Director of Medical Affairs at CHOA; Associate Dean for Clinical Services at Grady and the Chief Medical Resident of Grady Hospital. All members of the Committee have full voting privileges. The names of the Committee members are presented to the Dean for final approval of all Committee appointments. At his discretion, the Dean may appoint others to serve on the Committee.
10.03 Meeting Schedule/Agenda
The GMEC meets at noon on the third Wednesday of each month. All members of the house staff, any Program Director or faculty member may recommend agenda items and may attend the meeting. Agenda items should be sent to the Committee Chair through the OGME (Room 111 WHSCAB) at least five days prior to the next regularly scheduled committee meeting.
10.04 Open Meeting
Committee meetings are open to all residents, Program Directors and faculty. Residents should contact their Program Director and the Committee Chair regarding their plans to attend.
10.05 Records and Minutes
All minutes of the GME Committee meetings, along with associated reports and records, are available for review by members of the house staff, Program Directors and faculty. Please contact the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education at 404.727.5658 to schedule a time to review this material.
10.06 Residents' Suggestions
Residents are invited and encouraged to contact the Assistant or Associate Dean for GME to discuss any issue related to the School's policies for graduate medical education or the overall quality of the GME programs.
(GME) Office of Graduate Medical Education