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  • #2400
    Shawn Shaw
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    Hello, currently our program has one chief resident who oversees 15 residents. Does anyone else have more than one? If so, how are their responsibilities split up? Thank you.

    #2401
    Ramona Guyden
    Participant

    Hello,
    My Ortho dept has 20 residents- 4 residents per PGY so for chief resident we have 4 and rotate every 3 months on their sports rotation.
    July-Sept
    Oct-Dec
    Jan-Mar
    Apr-Jun

    Hope that helps! 🙂

    #2402
    Laurie Lynch
    Keymaster

    Hi Shawn!
    Our program has 15 residents (3 per class) and each PGY-5 serves as a chief resident during their PGY-5 year. Our clinical activity is split between two community hospitals, with one being a level 1 trauma site. So on any given rotation, we have an administrative chief at one hospital, an administrative chief at the other hospital, and a trauma chief responsible for the activity for the level 1 trauma. As they progress through their rotations for the year, each PGY-5 resident cycles from trauma chief to admin at one hospital to admin at the other hospital, depending on which hospital and rotation they are assigned to.

    The administrative chiefs are responsible for:
    -call schedule for each block (which includes approving vacation requests to keep call balanced)
    -weekly clinic and OR assignments, with daily updates, for ortho surgery residents
    -assignments for M4 students on ortho surgery required and elective clerkships
    All three chiefs are responsible for:
    -weekly morning conference schedule of presentations (M&M, X-ray Indications, Basic Science, Business of Medicine, etc.) with the exception of Grand Rounds speakers who are scheduled once a month by the department chair
    -presenting one Grand Rounds each
    -weekly schedule of resident presentations for OITE review

    Hope this helps!

    Laurie
    WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine

    #2403
    Shawn Shaw
    Participant

    Thank you! Yes this helps tremendously!

    #2513
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    This thread is very helpful! Mind if I piggyback off of Shawn’s post and ask if any programs have a Chief manual or a duties list handy? We are a newer program and will have our first PGY class available for Chiefs next year. I am trying to prep ahead so we can prepare the current residents for their responsibilities next year.

     

    Thank you!

    #2514
    Ramona Guyden
    Participant

    This is our policy and procedure for chief residents.

    Administrative Chief Resident Job Description

    • This is the assignment of the Sports — PGY-5 Resident

    • Resident Liaison
    o Acts as liaison between the Chairman, Program Director, and Residency Coordinator regarding issues with the residency program as it pertains to the day to day operations as well the overall structure or individual residents.
    o Approve/coordinate resident coverage and vacation requests with OR and clinic needs

    • Administrative Duties
    o Department representative to the department quality assurance committee –QI Perform administrative tasks as assigned by the Chairman or Program Director
     Primarily related to OR, ER, Clinic, and other matters as they relate to resident interactions and efficiency

    • Residency Policy and Procedures Manual (Blue Book)
    o Organize the yearly changes and ongoing updates to the Blue Book that pertain to the residents in conjunction with the Program Director and the Residency Coordinator

    • Didactics
    o Coordinate (with the Program Director) the Didactic Program for the year.
     Make resident assignments to didactic activities as needed.
     Assign topics and order of completion of the yearly didactic program
     Ensure didactic sessions are appropriately staffed and supply interim material as necessary

    o Complete own didactic activities as assigned
     Grand Rounds
     OITE reviews
     Journal Club Selections
     Pediatric Conference Lectures

    • Committees

    o Representative at the Ortho Operations meeting
    o Department QI Committees
    o Resident representative at Program Evaluation Committee Meeting
    o JPS Chief Resident Meetings

    • Resident Supervision

     

    #2519
    Shawn Shaw
    Participant

    Thank you all!  This has been very helpful!  Like Erin, I am prepping for next academic year.  We have decided to make all three PGY 5s to share responsibilities, as our program is growing.  Does anyone have a Chief Resident contract in place that they would be willing to share?

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