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The College of Medicine is committed to providing residents/fellows with a complete, high-quality educational program. In the event of a disaster or interruption in patient care that has the potential to interrupt their training, arrangements will be made to enable residents/fellows currently in the program to complete their educational program in the least disruptive manner. |
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Procedure |
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In the event of a disaster or interruption in patient care that would cause residents/fellows to be displaced from their scheduled training programs and/or training sites, temporary training sites will be arranged for the displaced residents/fellows. |
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The DIO will immediately communicate with the program directors to determine their needs. The residents/fellows will also be informed that an emergency has occurred. |
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The DIO will communicate with the ACGME Institutional Review Committee's Executive Director to inform them of the situation that has occurred and to request assistance in placement of affected residents/fellows for continuation of their training. |
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The DIO will continue to communicate with the IRC Executive Director to discuss due dates for program reconfigurations and transfer decisions. |
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Program directors and residents/fellows will be kept informed and will be instructed to contact their respective RRCs with information or requests for information. |
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The DIO will work with the program directors of affected programs to identify programs that are willing and able to accept transferred residents/fellows. |
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Residents/fellows who transfer temporarily will be informed initially and continually by the program director about the estimated duration of the transfer. |
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Documentation of resident/fellow demographics, licensure, ECFMG certification, and other training information is maintained in New Innovations, a comprehensive resident database located on a secure remote server. Any program that accepts a transferring resident/fellow will be asked to submit all evaluations to the GME Office to be uploaded through the New Innovations program to allow continuity for the trainees when they return to UIC. |
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In the event that the disaster renders UIC incapable of reestablishing the training environment within a reasonable period of time, the DIO and respective program directors will arrange for permanent transfer of the trainees to suitable programs. |
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UIC will also, to the best of its ability, offer to accept temporary and/or permanent transfers of trainees displaced by disasters at other ACGME-accredited institutions. |
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| Approved by GMEC: 6-5-2009, 11-4-2011 |