Director of Graduate Medical Education

About the role

The Director of Graduate Medical Education is responsible for overseeing accreditation processes, administrative operations, and compliance with accrediting and regulatory agencies for medical education programs.

Responsibilities

• Supports and monitors resident activities via program directors and coordinators
• Facilitates readiness for ACGME Annual Institutional Review
• Affixes correspondence with ACGME at institutional and program levels
• Oversights resident work hours, supervision, and evaluation processes meeting ACGME requirements
• Tracks residency program citations and action plans to address ACGME citations
• Ensures annual institutional WebADS program updates to ACGME
• Facilitates program letters of agreement for learners and inter-institutional affiliation agreements
• Conducts quarterly audits (internal program reviews) through the resident management suite (New Innovations)
• Develops mechanisms to ensure appropriate teaching of ACGME competencies
• Liaises between programs and division GME leadership
• Assists hospitals with the creation of new programs through the application building process
• Coordinates facility orientation for incoming trainees
• Supervises GME program administrative staff
• Manages operating and capital budgets for related programs
• Schedules, disciplines, and performs performance appraisals for program coordinators
• Provides formal feedback to program coordinators and develops training sessions on New Innovations essentials, leadership essentials, annual program evaluations, and other compliance areas
• Assists program directors with resident remediation and referrals to EAP and external assistance programs
• Works in conjunction with GME leadership team to create or update affiliation agreements
• Supports policy development and maintains documents relative to GMEC meetings and accreditation

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and 3 years’ experience in a graduate medical education or healthcare medical education setting
• Preferred: Master’s degree from an accredited college or university and 3 years’ experience in a graduate medical education setting
• Minimum of 3 years of graduate medical education experience or an equivalent combination of experience and education is required
• Management experience is preferred