Emergency Medicine

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Evaluation Tools

The department uses several tools to evaluate each resident and the program. The residency utilizes New Innovations, a web-based residency management program for many aspects of evaluation and documentation. Each faculty member will complete an electronic evaluation of each resident analyzing their abilities in each of the six core competencies developed by the ACGME. Residents will read weekly assignments in Tintinalli, Rosen's, and/or Roberts and Hedges Emergency Medicine texts and complete weekly quizzes developed by the faculty. At the end of each month, each resident is expected to complete a board type exam on the monthly reading topic. This test is taken through the Council of Residency Directors' website. Mock oral boards will occur semi-annually. Medical record documentation is evaluated on a monthly basis by the program director and billing office. The residents will perform a quarterly self review to evaluate how they feel they are progressing. Residents will meet semi-annually with the Residency Director to discuss their performance in the residency. In addition, a 360° evaluation performed by nursing staff, clerks, patients, and fellow residents will be done on each resident. Lastly, the annual American Board of Emergency Medicine in-service exam will be administered. To evaluate the program curriculum, the residents will complete an evaluation of each rotation and each conference attended as well as quarterly faculty evaluations.