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Cynthia Taradejna

JAMA. 1999;282:602.

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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) review committees (Residency Review Committee [RRC], Transitional Year Review Committee, and Institutional Review Committee) are responsible for monitoring compliance with the ACGME institutional requirements and each specialty's program requirements. If a resident believes that a residency program is not complying with its requirements, the resident can alert the ACGME to this through a formal mechanism.

Before implementing the ACGME's complaint procedures, residents should understand that the ACGME and its review committees will not adjudicate disputes between individual residents and residency programs. All institutions are required to have formal grievance procedures; residents who are involved in disputes with a program regarding promotion, nonrenewal of contract, dismissal, sexual harassment, or discrimination should first use the institution's grievance procedures. If the institution lacks grievance procedures, it may be appropriate for a resident to file a formal complaint using ACGME's complaint procedures.

Residents who . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Executive Director, ACGME Institutional
Review Committee
Chicago, Ill