TAGME QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Accreditation Data System (ADS) - CORRECT ANSWERS- A web-based software
system to collect, organize, and maintain information for accreditation and
recognition purposes, and a means of communication between the ACGME and
Sponsoring Institutions and programs.
Accreditation status - CORRECT ANSWERS- The official decision made by a
Review Committee based on its review and assessment of a Sponsoring
Institution's or program's compliance with the applicable requirements. (See
appendix)
Advancing Innovations in Residency Education (AIRE) - CORRECT ANSWERS- A
pilot program with the dual aims of 1)enabling the exploration of novel
approaches and pathways in GME, and 2) enhancing the attainment of
educational and clinical outcomes through innovative structure and processes in
resident and fellowship education.
Adverse action - CORRECT ANSWERS- A Review or Recognition Committee's
decision to confer an adverse accreditation or recognition status on a
Sponsoring Institution or program (i.e., Accreditation Withheld, Probationary
Accreditation, Withdrawal of Accreditation, Withdrawal of Accreditation Under
Special Circumstances, and non-voluntary Reduction in Resident Complement).
Adverse event - CORRECT ANSWERS- An injury that was caused by medical
management (rather than the underlying disease), and that prolonged
hospitalization, produced a disability at the time of discharge, or both.
Alleged egregious event - CORRECT ANSWERS- The occurrence of an alleged
accreditation violation affecting a Sponsoring Institution or program determined
by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the ACGME to be of sufficient
importance and urgency to require a rapid response.
, Applicant - CORRECT ANSWERS- An individual invited to interview with a GME
program
At-home call (pager call) - CORRECT ANSWERS- Call taken from outside the
assigned site. Clinical work done while on at-home call, including time spent in
the hospital and work done at home, such as taking calls or entering notes in
an EHR, counts against the 80-hour-per-week limit but does not restart the
clock for time off between scheduled in-house clinical and educational work
periods. The remaining time, free of clinical work, does not count. At-home call
may not be scheduled on a resident's or fellow's one free day per week
(averaged over four weeks).
Attending physician - CORRECT ANSWERS- The single identifiable physician
ultimately responsible and accountable for an individual patient's care, who may
or may not be responsible for supervision residents or fellows.
Categorical resident - CORRECT ANSWERS- A resident who enters a program
and has the objective of completing the entire program.
Certification - CORRECT ANSWERS- The official attestation by a specialty
certifying board of an individual physician's knowledge and skills relative to the
provision of high-quality care in a particular specialty, generally following
successful completion of one or more examinations. The ACGME does not
provide certification services.
Citation - CORRECT ANSWERS- A finding of a Review or Recognition Committee
that a Sponsoring Institution or program has failed to comply substantially with
a particular accreditation or recognition requirement.
Clarifying information - CORRECT ANSWERS- Additional information that may be
requested by a Review or Recognition Committee as part of the review process.
Accreditation Data System (ADS) - CORRECT ANSWERS- A web-based software
system to collect, organize, and maintain information for accreditation and
recognition purposes, and a means of communication between the ACGME and
Sponsoring Institutions and programs.
Accreditation status - CORRECT ANSWERS- The official decision made by a
Review Committee based on its review and assessment of a Sponsoring
Institution's or program's compliance with the applicable requirements. (See
appendix)
Advancing Innovations in Residency Education (AIRE) - CORRECT ANSWERS- A
pilot program with the dual aims of 1)enabling the exploration of novel
approaches and pathways in GME, and 2) enhancing the attainment of
educational and clinical outcomes through innovative structure and processes in
resident and fellowship education.
Adverse action - CORRECT ANSWERS- A Review or Recognition Committee's
decision to confer an adverse accreditation or recognition status on a
Sponsoring Institution or program (i.e., Accreditation Withheld, Probationary
Accreditation, Withdrawal of Accreditation, Withdrawal of Accreditation Under
Special Circumstances, and non-voluntary Reduction in Resident Complement).
Adverse event - CORRECT ANSWERS- An injury that was caused by medical
management (rather than the underlying disease), and that prolonged
hospitalization, produced a disability at the time of discharge, or both.
Alleged egregious event - CORRECT ANSWERS- The occurrence of an alleged
accreditation violation affecting a Sponsoring Institution or program determined
by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the ACGME to be of sufficient
importance and urgency to require a rapid response.
, Applicant - CORRECT ANSWERS- An individual invited to interview with a GME
program
At-home call (pager call) - CORRECT ANSWERS- Call taken from outside the
assigned site. Clinical work done while on at-home call, including time spent in
the hospital and work done at home, such as taking calls or entering notes in
an EHR, counts against the 80-hour-per-week limit but does not restart the
clock for time off between scheduled in-house clinical and educational work
periods. The remaining time, free of clinical work, does not count. At-home call
may not be scheduled on a resident's or fellow's one free day per week
(averaged over four weeks).
Attending physician - CORRECT ANSWERS- The single identifiable physician
ultimately responsible and accountable for an individual patient's care, who may
or may not be responsible for supervision residents or fellows.
Categorical resident - CORRECT ANSWERS- A resident who enters a program
and has the objective of completing the entire program.
Certification - CORRECT ANSWERS- The official attestation by a specialty
certifying board of an individual physician's knowledge and skills relative to the
provision of high-quality care in a particular specialty, generally following
successful completion of one or more examinations. The ACGME does not
provide certification services.
Citation - CORRECT ANSWERS- A finding of a Review or Recognition Committee
that a Sponsoring Institution or program has failed to comply substantially with
a particular accreditation or recognition requirement.
Clarifying information - CORRECT ANSWERS- Additional information that may be
requested by a Review or Recognition Committee as part of the review process.
