Chief Resident Physician

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Location:

Milford Primary Care Status:

Full Time 80

Hours Shift:

Variable General Summary:

Chief residents are critical to the success of resident education. They support the program leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing curriculum and in providing teaching, mentorship, and leadership for the residents in the program. Chief residents are selected on an annual basis by the IM program director for their broad knowledge of and involvement in the residency program, as well as competence in clinical care, administration, teaching, and leadership. Chief residents must have a significant clinical role in the education and supervision of residents. Chief residents must devote a significant portion of their entire effort to resident education and/or administration, and must, as a component of their activities, teach, evaluate, and provide formative feedback to residents. Chief residents will be provided with significant protected time from clinical duties to fulfill these roles.

BASIC PURPOSE

To supervise, teach, evaluate, and provide formative feedback to internal medicine residents. To develop, coach, mentor, and guide internal medicine residents throughout their training. To collaborate with the Program Director, associate program director, program coordinator and the Internal Medicine Residency Program faculty and staff in order to: Develop, assess, and implement curriculum & Assess residents' progression towards competency in the specialty. To provide administrative support for the residency program (scheduling, duty hour compliance, etc.). To represent the IM residency program in meetings and discussions with faculty and hospital leadership. To participate in scholarly activity and patient safety initiatives including clinical research, quality improvement, and peer review. To be role models in clinical practice, medical knowledge, lifelong learning, professionalism, teamwork, and communication.

CLINICAL RESPONSBILITES FOR CHIEF RESIDENT

- Hospitalist ~ Primary physician for a census of hospitalized patients. Scheduled for 91 shifts per year (0.5 FTE)- Anticipate a 7 on, 7 off schedules. Any changes to that schedule will involve consultation with Chief Resident. Shifts are 12 hours in duration (anticipate 7am-7pm for day shifts). Any changes to hours will be done in consultation with Chief Resident. Shifts will be primarily scheduled during the day (7am-7pm) but scheduled night shifts (7pm-7am) will be considered if clinical need arises. Credentialed at both Kent and Sussex campus and anticipate being scheduled at both campuses. Residents (IM, FM) and medical students will be assigned to work with Chief Resident at the direction of the

IM PD, FM

PD, and IM clerkship director(s). Additional shifts will be compensated based on a per shift or hourly basis (details in offer). PTO and CME time consistent with BMG policy.

Responsibilities:

1. Membership on the Clinical Competency Committee 2. Participation in the annual program review as a member of the Program Evaluation Committee 3. Implementation and analysis of the outcome of action plans developed by the Program Evaluation Committee 4. Significant participation in recruitment and selection, including efforts related to the program's commitment to diversity 5. Advising, mentoring, and coaching residents (co-creating, implementing, and monitoring individualized learning plans) 6. Supporting/overseeing residents in the development/assessment of quality improvement/patient safety projects 7. Supporting/overseeing residents in the conduct of their scholarly work, including the dissemination of such work through presentations, posters/abstracts, and peer-reviewed publications 8. Significant participation in educational activities (didactics, lab, or simulation) 9. Attending faculty development sessions to promote life-long learning 10. Designing and implementing simulation and/or standardized patients for teaching and assessment 11. Developing, implementing, and assessing one or more of the major components of the curriculum, such as patient safety, quality, health disparities, or core didactics 12. Designing and implementing the program's assessment strategies, making certain there are robust methods used to assess each competency, and ensuring they provide meaningful information by which the Clinical Competency Committee can judge resident performance on the Milestones 13. Leading the program's efforts related to resident well-being 14.

Leadership:

Take responsibility and ownership of aspects of the Internal Medicine residency program as directed by the Program Director. Active participation in the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and/or Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) including attending scheduled meetings. Collaboration with in-hospital services to maintain balance of service and education. Consultant in all aspects of residency quality, including, but not limited to: Development of policies and procedures; Evaluations - residents, rotations, faculty, etc., Accreditation processes, including Internal and RRC reviews, Curriculum development, Planning and participation for Residency Retreat, orientation, and graduation. 15.

Education:

Clinical ~ residents and medical students will be scheduled to work with you during your clinical time. This will provide enough direct contact for a chief resident to have a sense of strengths and weaknesses of individual residents as well as the residency program and system at large. Didactics ~ Attends and/or leads noon based lecture series on days of week designated by Program Director, Creates didactic content as directed by Program Director, Review anticipated educational needs of residents as RRC and ACGME requirements change and as Internal Medicine practices evolve. , Review structural and educational changes to the program to address identified weaknesses or implement improvements to the Internal Medicine residency curriculum. 16.

Evaluation:

Collaborate with the Program Director to evaluate the Internal Medicine residency educational program on an ongoing basis to assess strengths, weaknesses, and adherence to educational objectives. Collaborate with the Program Director to assess specific rotations to determine strengths, weaknesses, and adherence to educational objectives. Complete resident evaluations as requested within 14 days of completion of a rotation. Role model comprehensive and specific assessment of resident performance. Role model real time, specific feedback which promotes resident development and growth. 17.

Recruitment:

Assist the program in recruitment of Internal Medicine residents. Interview intern candidates as directed by the Program Director. Attend rank meetings which will follow your interview days. Attend yearly rank meeting which will occur after interview season is completed. Prioritize Match week (in March) scheduling to assist in SOAP ("scramble") if needed. Collaborate with the Program Director to develop recruitment strategies for Internal Medicine residents. Collaborate with marketing to develop and update content for IM residency program social media and website. Participate in the evaluation of prior season's recruitment and development of intern recruitment logistics and interview day agenda. 18.

Mentoring/Coaching:

Serve as mentor for Internal Medicine residents. Meet with residents as needed and be available at all reasonable times for questions/concerns/issues. Mentor residents in scholarly activity as requested. Participate in all orientation and end of year events, such as graduation, as directed by the Program Director. Administration of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Assist program director and program coordinator in annual development of resident schedule. Consult on schedule changes and adjustments required by residents or program throughout the academic year. Assist in selection of residents for annual teaching and service awards. Serves on assigned committees. Attending Residency Administration meetings as requested, expectation minimum 2 hours per 4 weeks. Meet with the program director monthly. Available to departmental leadership for consultation on local, regional, and national developments that affect program. 19.

Personal Development and Lifelong Learning:

Attends assigned faculty and departmental conferences and meetings. Completes a scholarly activity project.

Domains include:

Research in basic science, education, translational science, patient care, or population health, Peer-reviewed grants, Quality improvement and/or patient safety initiatives, Systematic reviews, meta-analyses, review articles, chapters in medical textbooks, or case reports, Creation of curricula, evaluation tools, didactic educational activities, or electronic educational materials, Contribution to professional committees, educational organizations, or editorial boards, Innovations in education. Encouraged to disseminate scholarly activity via the following: Faculty participation in grand rounds, posters, workshops, quality improvement presentations, podium presentations, grant leadership, non-peer- reviewed print/electronic resources, articles or publications, book chapters, textbooks, webinars, service on professional committees, or serving as a journal reviewer, journal editorial board member, or editor, Peer reviewed publication, Maintains board certification through regular CME activities and board exams, Attends CME activities as requested by Program Director (costs will be reimbursed). Required Education, Credential(s) and

Experience:

Education:

Doctor of Medicine ; ; Completed Residency. BC/BE per Bayhealth Medical Staff Bylaws. Credential(s): Physician MD Physician - CSR (if required by defined job duties) DEA (if required by defined job duties) ; Or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) licensure. 45627

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