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Definition of Affiliations |
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Institutional |
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An institutional affiliation is established when either the Health Science Center, or the College of Medicine, as a sponsoring institution, formally affiliates with another hospital or healthcare organization in order to provide training for COM students and/or residents. |
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Institutional affiliations usually include more than one residency program, or graduate and undergraduate training. |
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Programmatic affiliation |
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An institution may affiliate with the College of Medicine in order to participate in a single training program. In this case, an institutional affiliation does not exist, even if, over the course of time, more than one program participates in training at the affiliated institution. |
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| 23.2 |
Written contract |
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All institutional and programmatic affiliations must be secured by a written document that fulfills University regulation and policy, and the General Requirements of the ACGME for “Institutional Agreements.” |
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Institutional and programmatic affiliation agreements are valid only when approved by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. |
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Agreement addenda require University officer approval (Program Director and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education). |
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Institutional Agreements |
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Affiliations sponsored by the Health Science Center require a master affiliation agreement that covers all joint educational activities. Each college (i.e. COM) participating in the affiliation will be covered by a subordinate agreement for graduate medical education. |
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Affiliations sponsored by the College of Medicine will be covered by a single affiliation agreement. |
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Each participating residency program will be covered by an addendum to the affiliation agreement that describes the program's activities with the affiliate. |
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Programmatic affiliations will be formalized by written agreements between UIC College of Medicine and the participating institution, designating the graduate medical education program that is participating in the affiliation. |
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| 23.3 |
Notifications |
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The GME Office will maintain copies of all affiliation agreements, addenda, and correspondence. |
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The GMEC will be informed of all new affiliations and cancellations of affiliations at its regular meetings. |
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The COM Dean's Office will be informed of all new affiliations and cancellations of affiliations. |