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approval must be made part of the resident file, forwarded to the Office of
Graduate Medical Education, and the employing Consortium hospital (if
applicable). Residents must not be required to engage in moonlighting.
All residents engaged in moonlighting must be licensed for unsupervised
medical practice in the state where the moonlighting occurs.
Moonlighting duties are not covered under the professional liability
insurance arrangements presently in place and, accordingly, each resident
is personally responsible for obtaining and maintaining professional
liability insurance coverage while engaging in any Moonlighting
activities. Failure to adhere to any of these policies may result in the
immediate dismissal of the resident from the program. Residents on J-1 or
H-1 visas may not moonlight.
VIII. RESIDENT PROBATION, DISMISSAL AND PROMOTION
Probation
A resident having difficulty in the program, as discovered through the
evaluation process or brought directly to the attention of the program
director, is first counseled by the program director directly. These areas of
difficulty may include educational difficulties or personality problems.
The resident is first given an opportunity to show improvement prior to
being placed on probation. At this time they would typically be given
one-on-one instruction with several faculty members in areas in which
they are felt to be weak. An extensive reading list is given to them at this
time. If the resident does not show improvement in a short period of time,
they are then placed on probation. When possible, specific details with
regard to the reason for probation are always given to the resident.
Mechanisms to improve their status in the program are spelled out
directly. A timetable for removal of the probationary status is made as
well as possible consequences if they are unable to remove themselves
from probation. Both the chairman and program director strongly believe
that probation is a mechanism of improving the resident and is not a
punitive measure. However, certain violations can lead to immediate
probation.
Dismissal
A resident who has been placed on probation and is unable or unwilling to
meet the requirements to be removed from probation may be dismissed
from the program. If the resident feels that their dismissal has been
without prior cause, the may engage the appeals process provided by the
University at Buffalo.
Promotion
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