The faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine is responsible for the specific content and conduct of the house staff education and training program. You will report through your Chief Resident to the Director of the Residency Training Program in all matters involving education, training, professional care and patient management.

The faculty is responsible for resident supervision. Staff concerns over resident competency in performing procedures or writing orders should be addressed with the attending faculty member of the service involved.

The Medical School, through the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, has broad responsibility for house staff educational programs at all the affiliated hospitals.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics, through the Chief of Staff and its Office of Graduate Medical Education, is responsible for the administrative aspects of the educational programs. These include: pay, personnel benefits, legal matters, procedures concerned with admission and discharge of patients, medical records, consents for treatment, use of pharmacy, laboratories, x-ray and similar matters.

The house staff training programs are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Resident Physician Responsibilities

The hospital supports the delineation of resident responsibilities as outlined in the Essentials of Accredited Residencies in Graduate Medical Education, which appear below:

Resident physicians are expected to:

Develop a personal program of self study and professional growth with guidance from the faculty.
Participate in safe, effective and compassionate patient care under supervision, commensurate with their level of advancement and responsibility.
Participate fully in the educational and scholarly activities of their program and, assume responsibility for teaching and supervising other residents and students.
Participate in institutional programs and activities involving the medical staff and adhere to established practices, procedures, and policies of the institutions.
Participate in institutional committees and councils, especially those that relate to patient care review activities.
Develop an understanding of ethical, socioeconomic, and medical/legal issues that affect graduate medical education and of how to apply cost containment measures in the provision of patient care.
Cooperate with any reporting requirements in connection with the national practitioner data bank.
Comply with the ethical standards of the American Medical Association.
Participate in risk management, compliance and quality assurance/improvement activities.
Participate in evaluation of the quality of education provided by the program.

There may be additional responsibilities and expectations of resident physicians specific to the service to which they are assigned.

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