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Grievances Between Residents and Their Training Programs
JAMA. 1999;281:379.
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The AMA-RPS receives inquiries from residents engaged in disputes with their training programs and with questions about grievance procedures. The AMA's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs has 2 ethical opinions on these topics.
Ethical Opinion 9.05: Due Process
The basic principles of a fair and objective hearing should always be accorded to the physician or medical student whose professional conduct is being reviewed. The fundamental aspects of a fair hearing are a listing of specific charges, adequate notice of the right of a hearing, the opportunity to be present and to rebut the evidence, and the opportunity to present a defense. These principles apply when the hearing body is a medical society tribunal, medical staff committee, or other similar body composed of peers. The composition of committees sitting in judgment of medical students, residents, or fellows should include a significant number of persons at a similar level of training.
These principles of fair play . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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