TAGME CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Flexibility in Support - ✔✔Programs may provide support for core faculty
responsibilities in a variety of ways, in partnership with their Sponsoring Institutions.
✔✔Mentoring Residents - ✔✔Core faculty members are involved in mentoring residents
as part of their educational responsibilities.
✔✔Clinical Teaching - ✔✔Core faculty members provide clinical teaching and
supervision of residents.
✔✔Program Evaluation Committee - ✔✔A committee that core faculty members may
participate in as part of their non-clinical activities.
✔✔Didactic Instruction - ✔✔Core faculty members provide didactic instruction as part of
their educational role.
✔✔Simulation Exercises - ✔✔Core faculty members may conduct simulation exercises
as part of resident education.
✔✔Significant Role - ✔✔Core faculty members must have a significant role in the
education and supervision of residents.
✔✔Time Commitment - ✔✔The Review Committee may specify the corresponding time
commitment required to meet the responsibilities of core faculty members.
✔✔Sponsoring Institutions - ✔✔Organizations that partner with programs to provide
support for core faculty responsibilities.
✔✔Formative Feedback - ✔✔Feedback provided by core faculty members to residents
as part of their educational activities.
,✔✔Curriculum Development - ✔✔Core faculty members support program leadership in
developing and implementing the curriculum.
✔✔Assessment of Competence - ✔✔Core faculty members assess residents' progress
toward achieving competence in their specialty.
✔✔Salary support - ✔✔Financial assistance provided to faculty members for their roles.
✔✔Supplemental compensation - ✔✔Additional financial remuneration beyond base
salary.
✔✔Relief of time from other professional duties - ✔✔Reduction of responsibilities in
other areas to focus on specific tasks.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.b - ✔✔A guideline addressing the need for adequate
resources for faculty.
✔✔Review Committee - ✔✔A group that evaluates and sets requirements for programs.
✔✔Dedicated time and support for program coordinator - ✔✔Time and resources
allocated for the effective administration of the program.
✔✔Lead administrative person - ✔✔The primary individual overseeing program
administration.
✔✔Liaison - ✔✔A person who facilitates communication between different groups.
✔✔Personnel management - ✔✔The process of overseeing and directing staff
activities.
✔✔Accreditation requirements - ✔✔Standards that programs must meet to be
recognized by ACGME.
✔✔Professional development - ✔✔Opportunities for growth and advancement in one's
career.
✔✔Full-time coordinator - ✔✔A program coordinator dedicated entirely to one program.
✔✔Departmental administrative responsibilities - ✔✔Tasks related to the management
of a department beyond program-specific duties.
✔✔Mandatory reporting - ✔✔Required submissions of information to regulatory bodies.
, ✔✔Allocation of additional support - ✔✔Distribution of extra resources to assist in
fulfilling responsibilities.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.d - ✔✔Addresses the need for adequate resources,
including support and dedicated time for the program coordinator.
✔✔Resident Appointments - ✔✔Regulations regarding the appointment of residents to
ACGME-accredited programs.
✔✔Non-competition guarantee - ✔✔Residents must not be required to sign this
agreement.
✔✔LCME - ✔✔Liaison Committee on Medical Education, accrediting medical schools in
the United States.
✔✔AOACOCA - ✔✔American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic
College Accreditation, accrediting osteopathic colleges in the United States.
✔✔ACGME-I - ✔✔ACGME International, providing accreditation for international
residency programs.
✔✔Post-graduate clinical education - ✔✔Required training completed in accredited
residency programs for entry or transfer into ACGME-accredited programs.
✔✔ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Accreditation - ✔✔Accreditation for programs that
meet advanced specialty training standards.
✔✔Competency verification - ✔✔Residency programs must verify each resident's level
of competency using evaluations from prior training programs.
✔✔CanMEDS - ✔✔A framework for medical education and practice that outlines
competencies for physicians.
✔✔ACGME-I Milestones - ✔✔Evaluative benchmarks used to assess resident
competency in training programs.
✔✔Resident Eligibility Exception - ✔✔An exception to the eligibility requirements that
may be permitted by the Review Committee.
✔✔Prerequisite residency program - ✔✔A residency program that must be completed
prior to admission to another program.
✔✔ACGME-accredited residency program - ✔✔A residency program that meets the
standards set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
SURE A+
✔✔Flexibility in Support - ✔✔Programs may provide support for core faculty
responsibilities in a variety of ways, in partnership with their Sponsoring Institutions.
✔✔Mentoring Residents - ✔✔Core faculty members are involved in mentoring residents
as part of their educational responsibilities.
✔✔Clinical Teaching - ✔✔Core faculty members provide clinical teaching and
supervision of residents.
✔✔Program Evaluation Committee - ✔✔A committee that core faculty members may
participate in as part of their non-clinical activities.
✔✔Didactic Instruction - ✔✔Core faculty members provide didactic instruction as part of
their educational role.
✔✔Simulation Exercises - ✔✔Core faculty members may conduct simulation exercises
as part of resident education.
✔✔Significant Role - ✔✔Core faculty members must have a significant role in the
education and supervision of residents.
✔✔Time Commitment - ✔✔The Review Committee may specify the corresponding time
commitment required to meet the responsibilities of core faculty members.
✔✔Sponsoring Institutions - ✔✔Organizations that partner with programs to provide
support for core faculty responsibilities.
✔✔Formative Feedback - ✔✔Feedback provided by core faculty members to residents
as part of their educational activities.
,✔✔Curriculum Development - ✔✔Core faculty members support program leadership in
developing and implementing the curriculum.
✔✔Assessment of Competence - ✔✔Core faculty members assess residents' progress
toward achieving competence in their specialty.
✔✔Salary support - ✔✔Financial assistance provided to faculty members for their roles.
✔✔Supplemental compensation - ✔✔Additional financial remuneration beyond base
salary.
✔✔Relief of time from other professional duties - ✔✔Reduction of responsibilities in
other areas to focus on specific tasks.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.b - ✔✔A guideline addressing the need for adequate
resources for faculty.
✔✔Review Committee - ✔✔A group that evaluates and sets requirements for programs.
✔✔Dedicated time and support for program coordinator - ✔✔Time and resources
allocated for the effective administration of the program.
✔✔Lead administrative person - ✔✔The primary individual overseeing program
administration.
✔✔Liaison - ✔✔A person who facilitates communication between different groups.
✔✔Personnel management - ✔✔The process of overseeing and directing staff
activities.
✔✔Accreditation requirements - ✔✔Standards that programs must meet to be
recognized by ACGME.
✔✔Professional development - ✔✔Opportunities for growth and advancement in one's
career.
✔✔Full-time coordinator - ✔✔A program coordinator dedicated entirely to one program.
✔✔Departmental administrative responsibilities - ✔✔Tasks related to the management
of a department beyond program-specific duties.
✔✔Mandatory reporting - ✔✔Required submissions of information to regulatory bodies.
, ✔✔Allocation of additional support - ✔✔Distribution of extra resources to assist in
fulfilling responsibilities.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.d - ✔✔Addresses the need for adequate resources,
including support and dedicated time for the program coordinator.
✔✔Resident Appointments - ✔✔Regulations regarding the appointment of residents to
ACGME-accredited programs.
✔✔Non-competition guarantee - ✔✔Residents must not be required to sign this
agreement.
✔✔LCME - ✔✔Liaison Committee on Medical Education, accrediting medical schools in
the United States.
✔✔AOACOCA - ✔✔American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic
College Accreditation, accrediting osteopathic colleges in the United States.
✔✔ACGME-I - ✔✔ACGME International, providing accreditation for international
residency programs.
✔✔Post-graduate clinical education - ✔✔Required training completed in accredited
residency programs for entry or transfer into ACGME-accredited programs.
✔✔ACGME-I Advanced Specialty Accreditation - ✔✔Accreditation for programs that
meet advanced specialty training standards.
✔✔Competency verification - ✔✔Residency programs must verify each resident's level
of competency using evaluations from prior training programs.
✔✔CanMEDS - ✔✔A framework for medical education and practice that outlines
competencies for physicians.
✔✔ACGME-I Milestones - ✔✔Evaluative benchmarks used to assess resident
competency in training programs.
✔✔Resident Eligibility Exception - ✔✔An exception to the eligibility requirements that
may be permitted by the Review Committee.
✔✔Prerequisite residency program - ✔✔A residency program that must be completed
prior to admission to another program.
✔✔ACGME-accredited residency program - ✔✔A residency program that meets the
standards set by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
