TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION TITLE PAGE
Table of Contents ................................................................................1-3
Office of Graduate Medical
Education/Capital Area Health
Consortium
Contact Information...........................................................4-5
Welcome
and Introduction to Graduate Medical Education…...............6
SECTION 1: General Information –Graduate Medical
Education
Index.......................................................................................................7
1.A. Description of
Sponsoring Institution......................................................8
1.B. Institutional
Commitment........................................................................8-9
1.C.
Mission
Statement..................................................................................9
1.D. Office of Graduate
Medical Education
Index.......................................................................................................10
1.D.1. The Role of the Office of
Graduate Medical Education..........................11
1.D.2. Administrative
Organization of GME......................................................11-12
1.D.3. Description
of Hospitals in the Greater
Hartford
Area............................12-14
1.D.4. Residency
and Fellowship Programs Sponsored by the University of
Connecticut
School
of
Medicine.............................................................15-16
SECTION 2: Graduate Medical Education Policies and
Procedures
Index………………..................................................................................17
2.A. Compact between Faculty
and Undergraduate and
Graduate
Medical Trainees..................................................................18-19
2.B.: Eligibility
and Selection
Index.....................................................................................................20
2.B.1 Resident
Eligibility.................................................................................21
2.B.2. Employment
Requirements...................................................................21-22
2.B.3. Continuation/Promotion/Reappointment................................................22
2.B.4. Graduation
Requirements and Exit Requirements................................22
2.B.5. Resident
Selection and Resident Agreement........................................23
2.B.6. Resident
Agreement Letter....................................................................24-27
2.B.7. Closures and
Reductions in Programs and Program Size....................28
SECTION 3: Resident Educational and Work Environment
Index.......................................................................................................29
3.A General Guiding
Principles....................................................................30
3.B Policies Regarding
Resident Evaluation, Promotion, and Dismissal
Index......................................................................................................31
3.B.1. Purpose.................................................................................................32
3.B.2. Education
Committee............................................................................32
3.B.3. Policy
on Resident
Supervision.............................................................32
3.B.4. Standards
and Procedures for Evaluation..............................................33-34
3.B.5. Promotion..............................................................................................34
3.B.6. Pre-Probation
Measures and Probation.................................................34-35
3.B.7. Suspension.............................................................................................35
3.B.8. Denial
of Academic Credit/Termination/Dismissal.................................36
3.B.9. Appeal..................................................................................................37-40
3.C. Other Policies and
Procedures
Index......................................................................................................41
3.C.1. Critical
Incident
Policy...........................................................................42
3.C.2. Counseling
Services..............................................................................42-43
3.C.3 Impaired
Physician and Drug-Free Workplace & Alcohol Abuse Policy 43-47
3.C.4. Policy
on Sexual Harassment Involving Residents ..............................48-50
3.C.5. Accommodation
for Disabilities -
ADA
Policy........................................51
3.C.6. Executive
Summary / Policy on Interactions Between University of
Connecticut
School
of Medicine Graduate Medical Trainees
and the
Pharmaceutical, Nutriceutical and Biomedical Industry .........................52-56
3.C.7. Mandatory
Certification..........................................................................57
3C.8 Resident Duty
Hours.............................................................................57-58
3.C.9 Moonlighting..........................................................................................58
3.C.10 Restrictive
Covenants............................................................................58
3.C.11 Prescription
Writing/Medical Treatment.................................................59
3.C.12. Policy on
Delinquent Medical Records..................................................59
3.C.13 Policy for
State of
Connecticut
Controlled Substance Registration.......60
3.C.14 Control of Resident
Occupational Exposures to Blood-Borne Pathogen
(OEBP) and Exposure Control
Plan Policy...........................................60-61
3.C.15 Resident Occupational Ionizing Radiation
Exposure Policy.................61-64
SECTION 4: Resident Participation in Educational and
Professional Activities
Index......................................................................................................65
4.A. Away
Electives......................................................................................66
4.B.. Chief Medical
Resident.........................................................................66
4.C. Combined Residency
/Fellowship / MPH Training Program..................67
SECTION 5 Salary and Benefits
Index………………………………………………………..........................68
5.A.: Salary
and Payroll for 2008-2009..........................................................69
5.B. Leave
Index......................................................................................................70
5.B.1. Summary of
Leave
Benefits...................................................................71
5.B.2. Paid Vacation
and Educational Leave...................................................71
5.B.3. Paid Sick
Leave.....................................................................................72
5.B.4. Medical Leave
and Short-Term Disability..............................................72
5.B.5. Maternity/Paternity
Leave......................................................................73
5.B.6. Pregnancy-Related
Absences...............................................................73
5.B.7. Family
Leave.........................................................................................73-74
5.B.8. Unpaid
Leave.........................................................................................74
5.B.9. Extension of
Annual
Contract.................................................................74
5.B.10 Worker’s
Compensation........................................................................75
5.B.11. Major
Holidays........................................................................................75
5.B.12. Jury
Duty................................................................................................75
5.B.13. Military
Leave..........................................................................................76
5.B.14. Bereavement
Leave................................................................................76
5.B.15. Emergency
Leave....................................................................................76
5.B.16. Effect of
Leave on Program Completion..................................................76
5.C. Professional
Liability/Malpractice Coverage ......................................77-78
5.D. Medical/Dental/Prescription
Drug Insurance.........................................79
5.E. Financial
Assistance for New Residents and Fellows...........................79-80
5.R. Notification
of COBRA Rights................................................................80-81
5.G. Long-Term
Disability Insurance............................................................81-82
5.H. Life
Insurance........................................................................................82
5.I. Tax-Sheltered
Investment Program......................................................82-83
5.J. Dependent
Care Reimbursement Account/Voluntary Benefits..............83
5.K. Miscellaneous
Benefits...........................................................................84
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Training/Employment Verification
§
Loan Deferments
§
DEA Numbers
§
Policy for State of
Connecticut
Controlled Substance
Registration
§
Lab Coats
§
Meal Allowance
APPENDIX A Contact Information...............................................................................85-86 |
