|
Residents and Clinical Fellows will treat patients at Massachusetts
General Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital only under
the supervision of staff attending physicians who are independently
licensed and duly credentialed by the institution. Each patient will
be assigned an attending physician of record who is responsible for
his/her care and for determining and implementing the appropriate
level of supervision of the trainee.
- Patients shall be notified of the name of the attending staff
physician responsible for their care and that residents and fellows
participating in their care are supervised by such staff physician(s).
- In providing clinical supervision to residents and fellows, the
attending staff physician shall liberally provide advice and support
and shall encourage trainees to freely seek their input.
- Residents and fellows are expected to make liberal use of the
supervisory resources available to them and are encouraged to seek
advice and input from the attending staff physician.
- The supervising physician’s involvement in a patient’s
case shall be documented in the medical record.
- Additional guidelines regarding supervision of residents and fellows
shall be developed by individual departments or training programs*.
- At least annually, a report shall be made to the Board of Trustees
of the Hospital regarding the activities of the graduate medical
education and training programs.
*Most or all RRCs require that the program director develop written
“lines of supervision” (or similar language) for the program.
Approved by Partners Education Committee 12/11/01, Rev.
12/05/03, Approved 1/12/04
Approved by MGH General Executive Committee 3/27/02
Approved by BWH Care Improvement Committee 4/8/02
|
Back to Top