Graduate Medical Education
Program Directors Handbook
University of Arkansas College of Medicine

This handbook provides useful information and assistance to program directors in execution of responsibilities for directing ACGME - accredited residency/fellowship training programs sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine (UAMS COM).  

Table of Contents

• Items that require GME Committee/DIO approval before submission to the ACGME
   

• Program Director Resources
  ACGME web site 
  Association for Hospital Medical Education
  Computer facilities on UAMS campus
  Employee Assistance Program 
  Opportunities for Leadership and Scholarship 
  Guidelines for Maintaining the Resident's Educational Record
  Human Resource Services
  Selected Policies of UAMS
  Student/Employee Health Services
  AMA web site: Vacant residency and fellowship positions 
  International Medical Graduates
  Customs and Culture in the United States web site
  The Residents' Teaching Skills Web Site link

• Graduate Medical Education Organization
  List of Residency/Fellowship Training Program Directors
  UA COM Organizational Chart
  UA COM GME Committee
  Participating Institutions
  
  

• Core Curriculum for Housestaff
   

• Responsibilities of Program Directors
   

• Hints for Success in the Job
   

• Visitors - Short Term Rotations
   

• Terms and Conditions for Appointment
   

• ACGME Site Visits
  ACGME Program Director Reference Guide link
  Preparing for an ACGME Site Visit
  UA COM Documents you will need for your site visit
  Helpful Hints for the site visit
  Describing the internal review process for the ACGME site visit
  What happens during the ACGME resident interview
  FAQ about the accreditation site visit
   

• GME Committee Internal Review
   

• Residency Position Allocation Committee
   

• Policies of the GME Committee
   

• For cause drug test for residents - instructions
   

• Templates - selected policies and letters of agreement
   

• Template for Description of Program's Evaluation System
   

• Examples of Scholarly Activity
   

• Annual Reminders to Program Directors
   

• Residency Educator Award

• Resident Handbook Suggestions