LSU School of Medicine – New Orleans (School of Medicine) serves as the Sponsoring Institution for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) residency and fellowship programs. The School of Medicine's oversight of House Officer assignments and the quality of the learning and working environment extends to all participating sites.
The Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) passed a resolution that each training program must have a policy and process for the following areas, outlining a method to monitor and assure effectiveness of each:
- Ensuring effective transitions (hand-offs)
- Encouraging residents to use alertness management strategies
- Monitoring resident use of strategic napping
- Monitoring frequency and intensity of house call events
- Ensuring each case in which a resident stays longer than 24+4 is documented and reviewed
- Ensuring continuity of care if a resident is unable to perform his/her duties
- Setting specific guidelines for when residents must communicate with their attending
- Ensuring residents and faculty inform patients of their respective role in patient care
- Demonstrating appropriate levels of supervision exist for all residents
- Developing rotational schedules associated with attending call schedules in New Innovations
- Developing guidelines for supervision
- Ensuring wellness
- Ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion in recruitment activities
All the methods noted above are monitored by the institution during Annual Program Evaluations (APEs), GME Program Performance Reviews, and Special Focused Reviews Approved by GMEC-February 2011.