TAGME STUDYS LATEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Final approval of program director - ✔✔Final approval resides with the Review
Committee.
✔✔Clinical learning environment - ✔✔An increasingly complex environment that
includes care providers, students, and post-graduate residents and fellows.
✔✔Monitoring the learning environment - ✔✔Programs must ensure that residents'
education is not compromised by the presence of other providers and learners.
✔✔Basic needs of residents - ✔✔Access to food and rest facilities must be met while
residents are working.
✔✔Proximity for safe patient care - ✔✔Facilities and resources must be located close
enough to clinical responsibilities to ensure safety.
✔✔Support for lactation - ✔✔Facilities should provide additional support such as a
computer and phone for residents during lactation.
✔✔Fatigued resident accommodations - ✔✔Rest facilities are necessary to
accommodate residents who may be fatigued.
✔✔Refrigeration for food storage - ✔✔Residents should have access to refrigeration for
storing food.
✔✔Approval process for program director - ✔✔The Review Committee may specify
additional requirements for the approval of the program director.
✔✔Presence of subspecialty fellows - ✔✔Subspecialty fellows must not negatively
impact the education of appointed residents.
,✔✔Advanced practice providers - ✔✔The presence of advanced practice providers
must not compromise the education of residents.
✔✔GMEC - ✔✔Graduate Medical Education Committee that reviews and approves the
program director's nomination.
✔✔Continuity of Leadership - ✔✔The retention of the program director for a length of
time adequate to maintain program stability.
✔✔Succession Planning - ✔✔A strategy encouraged for residency programs to facilitate
stability during turnover in the program director position.
✔✔Program Leadership Team - ✔✔The group that includes the program director and,
as applicable, associate/assistant program director(s).
✔✔Support for Administration - ✔✔Adequate resources provided for the administration
of the program based on its size and configuration.
✔✔Dedicated Time - ✔✔Minimum time specified for program administration that must
be supported by the Review Committee.
✔✔Oversight and Management - ✔✔The responsibilities that the program director and
leadership team devote a portion of their professional effort to.
✔✔Support Examples - ✔✔May include salary support, supplemental compensation,
educational value units, or relief of time from other professional duties.
✔✔Initial Period Support - ✔✔Increased support suggested for new program directors
as they learn and become proficient in their roles.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.a - ✔✔Addresses the need for adequate resources
and support for the program director.
✔✔Qualifications of the Program Director - ✔✔Must possess specialty expertise and at
least three years of documented educational and/or administrative experience.
✔✔Educational Value Units - ✔✔A form of support that may be provided to program
directors as part of their compensation.
✔✔Program Stability - ✔✔The condition achieved through continuity in the program
director position.
, ✔✔Complex Professional Activities - ✔✔Unique tasks required of a program director
that take time to master.
✔✔ACGME Activities - ✔✔Activities that require dedicated time and support for
effective program director responsibilities.
✔✔Minimum Support - ✔✔The baseline level of resources and time required for
program directors as specified by the Review Committee.
✔✔Time Required for Leadership Effort - ✔✔The portion of professional effort that
program directors must devote to program oversight.
✔✔Additional Support Needs - ✔✔The possibility that some programs may require
more support than the minimum specified.
✔✔Educational and Administrative Experience - ✔✔The qualifications that the program
director must have, which can include documented experience.
✔✔Current Certification - ✔✔The requirement for the program director to possess
certification in their specialty from the American Board or the American Osteopathic
Board.
✔✔Ongoing Clinical Activity - ✔✔The necessity for the program director to demonstrate
continuous involvement in clinical practice consistent with their specialty.
✔✔Role Model - ✔✔The expectation that the program director exemplifies
professionalism, compassion, integrity, and respect for residents and faculty.
✔✔Program Design - ✔✔The responsibility of the program director to create a
curriculum that aligns with community health needs and the missions of the Sponsoring
Institution.
✔✔Learning Environment - ✔✔The program director's duty to maintain an educational
atmosphere conducive to the ACGME Competency domains.
✔✔Health Disparities - ✔✔The goal of residency programs to address and eliminate
differences in health outcomes among various populations.
✔✔ACGME Competency Domains - ✔✔The areas of competency that residency
programs must educate residents in, as defined by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education.
✔✔Resident Education - ✔✔The process of teaching and guiding residents in their
clinical and professional development.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Final approval of program director - ✔✔Final approval resides with the Review
Committee.
✔✔Clinical learning environment - ✔✔An increasingly complex environment that
includes care providers, students, and post-graduate residents and fellows.
✔✔Monitoring the learning environment - ✔✔Programs must ensure that residents'
education is not compromised by the presence of other providers and learners.
✔✔Basic needs of residents - ✔✔Access to food and rest facilities must be met while
residents are working.
✔✔Proximity for safe patient care - ✔✔Facilities and resources must be located close
enough to clinical responsibilities to ensure safety.
✔✔Support for lactation - ✔✔Facilities should provide additional support such as a
computer and phone for residents during lactation.
✔✔Fatigued resident accommodations - ✔✔Rest facilities are necessary to
accommodate residents who may be fatigued.
✔✔Refrigeration for food storage - ✔✔Residents should have access to refrigeration for
storing food.
✔✔Approval process for program director - ✔✔The Review Committee may specify
additional requirements for the approval of the program director.
✔✔Presence of subspecialty fellows - ✔✔Subspecialty fellows must not negatively
impact the education of appointed residents.
,✔✔Advanced practice providers - ✔✔The presence of advanced practice providers
must not compromise the education of residents.
✔✔GMEC - ✔✔Graduate Medical Education Committee that reviews and approves the
program director's nomination.
✔✔Continuity of Leadership - ✔✔The retention of the program director for a length of
time adequate to maintain program stability.
✔✔Succession Planning - ✔✔A strategy encouraged for residency programs to facilitate
stability during turnover in the program director position.
✔✔Program Leadership Team - ✔✔The group that includes the program director and,
as applicable, associate/assistant program director(s).
✔✔Support for Administration - ✔✔Adequate resources provided for the administration
of the program based on its size and configuration.
✔✔Dedicated Time - ✔✔Minimum time specified for program administration that must
be supported by the Review Committee.
✔✔Oversight and Management - ✔✔The responsibilities that the program director and
leadership team devote a portion of their professional effort to.
✔✔Support Examples - ✔✔May include salary support, supplemental compensation,
educational value units, or relief of time from other professional duties.
✔✔Initial Period Support - ✔✔Increased support suggested for new program directors
as they learn and become proficient in their roles.
✔✔Institutional Requirement 2.2.a - ✔✔Addresses the need for adequate resources
and support for the program director.
✔✔Qualifications of the Program Director - ✔✔Must possess specialty expertise and at
least three years of documented educational and/or administrative experience.
✔✔Educational Value Units - ✔✔A form of support that may be provided to program
directors as part of their compensation.
✔✔Program Stability - ✔✔The condition achieved through continuity in the program
director position.
, ✔✔Complex Professional Activities - ✔✔Unique tasks required of a program director
that take time to master.
✔✔ACGME Activities - ✔✔Activities that require dedicated time and support for
effective program director responsibilities.
✔✔Minimum Support - ✔✔The baseline level of resources and time required for
program directors as specified by the Review Committee.
✔✔Time Required for Leadership Effort - ✔✔The portion of professional effort that
program directors must devote to program oversight.
✔✔Additional Support Needs - ✔✔The possibility that some programs may require
more support than the minimum specified.
✔✔Educational and Administrative Experience - ✔✔The qualifications that the program
director must have, which can include documented experience.
✔✔Current Certification - ✔✔The requirement for the program director to possess
certification in their specialty from the American Board or the American Osteopathic
Board.
✔✔Ongoing Clinical Activity - ✔✔The necessity for the program director to demonstrate
continuous involvement in clinical practice consistent with their specialty.
✔✔Role Model - ✔✔The expectation that the program director exemplifies
professionalism, compassion, integrity, and respect for residents and faculty.
✔✔Program Design - ✔✔The responsibility of the program director to create a
curriculum that aligns with community health needs and the missions of the Sponsoring
Institution.
✔✔Learning Environment - ✔✔The program director's duty to maintain an educational
atmosphere conducive to the ACGME Competency domains.
✔✔Health Disparities - ✔✔The goal of residency programs to address and eliminate
differences in health outcomes among various populations.
✔✔ACGME Competency Domains - ✔✔The areas of competency that residency
programs must educate residents in, as defined by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education.
✔✔Resident Education - ✔✔The process of teaching and guiding residents in their
clinical and professional development.
