GME P&P Quality Assurance

	GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION POLICIES & PROCEDURES Graduate Medical Education Policy For Monitoring Quality Assurance At Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas	Policy Number: 15
		Date Issued: 01/2003
		Prior Revision Date:
		Date Revised:

PURPOSE

To ensure that formal quality-assurance programs are conducted and that there is a review of complications and deaths.

SCOPE

Applies to medical students, interns, residents and fellows (hereafter all will be referred to as trainees) in graduate medical education training programs sponsored by Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas (THD).

PROVISIONS

All trainees will receive instruction in quality-assurance and performance improvement according to their respective residency program.
Trainees will participate in the performance improvement program at THD according to assignments from their Program Directors.
Autopsies will be performed whenever possible and appropriate, including autopsies that represent a diverse spectrum of diseases and complications. The review of death through autopsies will provide educational experience and enhance the quality of patient care.

LESLIE H. SECREST, MD
Medical Director, Graduate Medical Education

BRUCE BOUGENO
Vice President, Medical Staff Affairs