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The following provisions apply to all graduate medical education
training programs sponsored by the Brigham and Women’s and/or
Massachusetts General Hospitals.
- Programs shall provide those applicants who are invited for an
interview with a copy of the current trainee contract template and
other program-specific information regarding working conditions
and amenities, as required by the ACGME. This shall be provided
in writing and/or electronically (e.g., via directions to a website)
at or before the time of the interview.
- Sponsoring departments shall issue a contract to each graduate
trainee for the term of one year. This contract shall be signed
by the graduate trainee and by program leadership no later than
the start of the trainee’s appointment or upon the trainee's
arrival, if subsequent to that date. For multi-year GME programs
the contract shall include information about the criteria for reappointment/renewal.
- Sponsoring departments must use the Hospital's contract template
for graduate trainees in ACGME-accredited programs. A separate template
is provided for trainees in non-accredited GME programs. (Significant
revisions shall be approved by the Director or Associate Director
of GME or by the Partners Office of the General Counsel.)
- Graduate trainees will not be asked or required to sign a non-competition
guarantee.
- The following provisions apply to programs that offer successive
years of training:
- A renewal contract will be issued to graduate trainees approved
to continue in the program before the expiration date of the
current appointment.
- A decision not to renew a contract other than by mutual agreement
will be provided to the graduate trainee in writing. The non-renewal
notice will include a brief description of the grounds for this
decision and will be delivered at least four months prior to
the expiration date of the existing annual contract. However,
if the primary reason/s for the non-renewal occur/s within the
four months prior to the end of the agreement or if sufficient
information necessary for the reappointment decision is not
available at least four months prior to the expiration date,
the program will provide the graduate trainee with as much advance
notification of the intent not to renew as the circumstances
will reasonably allow.
- Graduate trainees may exercise their rights under the Graduate
Trainee Adverse Action Process if and when notified that the
contract will not be renewed.
Approved by the Partners Education Committee 03/15/04
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