Graduate Medical Education

FTEE COMMITMENT TO DIRECT AND COORDINATE GME PROGRAMS

• The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that every accredited program have a Program Director.

• The Program Director must be a full-time faculty member of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

• During certain times of the year the Program Director has greater GME program related responsibilities than at other times.

• Some programs may utilize a GME Program Manager to perform some of the administrative functions.

• Every Program Director and Coordinator must devote sufficient time to activities necessary to meet the requirements for maintaining a fully accredited GME program. 

• The programs must meet the program specific RRC requirements, regarding the time commitment of the Program Director. For the rest, MCWAH recommends that a minimum level of support for Program Directors be at 10 percent of salary and administrative assistance support at a minimum of 0.2 FTE; programs may require significantly more support in salary, program manager and administrative assistance.

• It is expected that the GME funds given to the MCW departments by the MCWAH hospitals will be utilized to pay for the FTEEs necessary for administration of GME. 

• MCWAH will monitor and ensure that all of the ACGME requirements are met fully in a timely fashion.

 This policy was approved by the MCWAH Graduate Medical Education Council on  April 19, 2004.