Graduate Medical Education Committee

The SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of Medicine Residency Program Graduate Medical Education Committee functions as the oversight committee for the School of Medicine's residency, subspecialty and fellowship programs.

Membership

The Graduate Medical Education Committee consists of at least 14 voting members selected from the faculty of the clinical departments.

At least one voting member from the faculty or affiliated clinical sites must be a patient safety or quality improvement officer.

The departments of internal medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, neurology, family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and surgery each have one standing member appointed to the committee for a three-year term.

At least four residents (elected by their peers) serve one-year terms.

Selected School of Medicine and affiliated teaching hospital administrators are invited to serve as ex-officio members.

• The programs of emergency medicine, orthopedic surgery, anesthesiology, surgical specialties, internal medicine specialties, pediatrics specialties and radiology all have one standing member on the committee standing tow-year terms.
• Otolaryngology and ophthalmology have one standing member on the committee alternating two-year terms
• Dermatology and pathology have one standing member on the committee alternating two-year terms

Newly appointed clinical departmental chairs serve on the committee during their initial year to become familiar with its function.

2023-2024 GMEC House Staff Members

Three-Year Term

Two-Year Term

One-Year Term

Ex Officio

Resident Members (One-Year Term): By SSLURA Nomination

Purpose of the Graduate Medical Education Committee

• Establishment of institutional policies for graduate medical education as detailed in the institutional requirements.
• Establishment and maintenance of appropriate liaison with residency directors and with the administrators of other institutions participating in programs sponsored by the institution.
• Regular review (mid-cycle and pre-RRC site visit) of all residency training programs regarding their compliance with institutional policies and the requirements of the relevant ACGME review committee.
• Establishment and implementation of policies and procedures for the selection, evaluation, promotion and dismissal of residents.
• Establishment and implementation of institutional policies and procedures for discipline and adjudicating complaints and grievances relevant to the graduate medical programs. These policies and procedures must satisfy the requirements for fairness and due process; they must apply equally to all residents, faculty and residency programs in the sponsoring and participating institutions. The GMEC must assume an educational environment where residents may raise and resolve issues without fear, intimidation or retaliation.
• Assurance of appropriate and equitable funding for resident positions, including benefits and support services.
• Establishment and implementation of policies that affect all residency programs regarding the quality of education and the work environment for residents in each program, including monitoring duty hours and other work-environment features as concerns are brought to the committee.
• Regular curriculum review for ethical, socioeconomic, medical and legal, and cost-containment issues affecting graduate medical education and medical practices.
• Regular review of the curriculum for communication skills, research design, statistics, and the critical review of literature, as well as resident participation in departmental scholarly activity.