Mission

The Mission of the Graduate Medical Education Department and its Graduate Medical Education Committee is to provide institutional support and sponsorship to all graduate programs.

Policies

The Graduate Medical Education Department has a policy manual that include:

1. Institutional Agreements with Participating Institutions
2. Quality Assurance
3. Institutional Responsibilities to Residents
4. Residents Contracts
5. Resident Recruitment
6. Resident Promotion
7. Resident supervision, teaching of medical students and working environment
8. Sexual Harassment
9. Resident Impairment
10. Resident Dismissal
11. Resident Grievance Procedures
12. Resident's Duty Hours

The Graduate Medical Education Committee

1. Purpose
   The GMEC will oversee all the San Juan Bautista Medical Center graduate programs. It will ensure that all SJBMC sponsored resident programs are:
   1. Accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
   2. Quality graduate educational experiences for residents.
   3. In compliance with ACGME requirements.
   4. Regularly reviewed by the IRC.
2. Authority
   The GMEC will be under the direction of its president.
3. Frequency of Meetings
   The GMEC will meet at least quarterly. Written minutes will be kept and submitted for approval at each quarterly meeting.
4. Responsibilities
   The major responsibilities include:
   1. Establishment and implementation of policies that affect all sponsored residency programs.
   2. Establishment of oversight of program directors.
   3. Regular Review of all residencies programs to assess their compliance to ACGME requirements.
   4. Develop and review institutional agrrements.
   5. Serving as the body that sets forth the process and procedures related to the hearing and resolution of resident grievances.
5. Internal Review
   The GMEC shall conduct internal reviews of each sponsored program to determine their compliance with both the Institutional and Program Requirements by ACGME.
   
   The review will follow a written protocol approved by the GMEC. The composition of this committee will include faculty, residents and administrators of other departments. Internal reviews will be conducted at least between cycles of AGME site visits. The Chairperson of the Internal Review Committee will present a written report toe the Chair of the GMEC with a copy to the Director of the reviewed program within 60 days following the review.
   
   The report will be presented and discussed at a GMEC meeting. The GMEC will make sure that any deficiencies found by the IRC are corrected.
6. Graduate Medical Education Programs
   Pediatrics, Dr. Myrna Borges, Program Director.
   Transitional Year, Dr. Lawrence C. Olsen, Program Director.
   Internal Medicine, Dr. José Martínez, Program Director.
   Psychiatry, Dr. José Torres, Program Director.
   Primary Medicine and Management, Dr. Luis Izquierdo, Program Director.
7. Requirements for Admission to Programs
   Applicants with one of the following qualifications are eligible for appointment:
   1. Valid Certificate from the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduate.
   2. Have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a US licensing jurisdiction.
   3. Graduate from Medical School outside the United States who have completed a Fifth Pathway program provided by an LCME-accredited Medical School.