This document provides an overview and introduction to Graduate Medical Education (GME) and the role of program coordinators. It begins with welcoming the attendees to a presentation on GME basics. It then explains that GME involves residency and fellowship training programs and that program coordinators have different titles but serve to administrate these programs. It also outlines the key requirements from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) that programs must have a program director and coordinator. Finally, it introduces the Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section (GMEAS) as a resource and its mission to support program coordinators.

1. Welcome to GMEAS and
Basics of Graduate Medical
Education
Amy Motta
Residency Program Coordinator
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
July 25, 2017

2. Welcome!
We have different job titles
• Residency Coordinator
• Program Manager
• Administrative Assistant
• Academic Program Administrator
• Other
But, we are all Program Coordinators

3. What is GME?
Graduate Medical Education training programs
People in GME training programs are called
residents
• This includes interns, residents, and fellows

4. Medical School
Residency
Fellowship
Practice
The road to becoming
a physician

5. ACGME Requirement
ACMGE Common Program Requirements
Section II.C.
Other Program Personnel
The institution and the program must
jointly ensure the availability of all
necessary professional, technical, and
clerical personnel for the effective
administration of the program

6. ACGME Requirement
• Every program must have a Program Director
(PD) and a Program Coordinator
• PD + PC = Program Administrative Team

7. ACGME Authority
ACGME
DIO / Sponsoring
Institution (a.k.a.
Local GME Office)
Your GME Program

8. Welcome to GMEAS!
• GMEAS is the Graduate Medical Education
Administrators Section
• GMEAS is one of the sections of the
Association of Pathology Chairs (APC)
• GMEAS is under the Resident Program
Directors (PRODS) section

9. GMEAS Mission
GMEAS was established in 2012 to work in conjunction
with the PRODS Section and the APC to support the
mission of continued development and enhancement of
graduate medical education programs in Pathology.
GMEAS promotes the professional and educational
development of its members by encouraging the exchange
of ideas and methods within the membership and with
other APC Sections and the greater GME community at
large, presenting opportunities for education and career
development, and advocating nationally for the profession.
GMEAS supports and promotes the certification process of
Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education
(TAGME) although it is not affiliated with this organization.

10. GMEAS Resources
• APC Website https://apc.memberclicks.net/
• GMEAS Listserv gmeas@apcprods.org
• GMEAS Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/utoffgk75ni2nu
b/AAAMiRHENfzH5qA-WKEME-Dia?dl=0