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Graduate Medical Education Policies and Procedures
Office of Primary Responsibility: Graduate Medical Education
No. HS 17.0

Promotion Policy

1.0 Purpose
To outline the Institutional policy regarding the promotion of House Officers in training to the next highest level of Training leading to completion of Training

2.0 Procedure
The following procedures will be followed by all Residency or Fellowship Training Programs with appropriate program-specific polices addressing individual Program requirements for House Officer promotion

Promotions to successively higher levels within a Residency or Fellowship programs shall be based on decisions by the Program Director and the Program faculty. A promotion will be based on satisfactory completion of the outlined curriculum and mastery of clinical materials appropriate to the House Officer=s level of training. The House Officer=s progress will have been documented by regular evaluations. Any decisions not to advance a House Officer or to not reappoint a House Officer to the Program will be reviewed by the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and VA Affairs.

The Graduate Medical Education Committee reviews the overall promotion process of each Program each time the Program undergoes an internal review.

Effective Date: 7/05 Revision/Review Date: 12/05   10/07

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October 24, 2007