EVALUATION OF CLINICAL AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE FELLOWS

Evaluation of Clinical and Technical Competence

1. Clinical and technical competence of ID fellows will be evaluated by faculty ID attending physicians through observation, assessment, and substantiation of skills in history-taking, physical examination, clinical judgment, management and consultation, ability to critically analyze clinical situations and make medical decisions, and ability to communicate with colleagues, other health care professionals, patients and their families. Observation, assessment and substantiation will also extend to fund of medical and specialty knowledge, professional attitudes and behavior, and commitment to scholarship.
   
   
2. Such observations and assessment will be individually accomplished through direct contact with fellows as they serve with ID faculty during various clinical rotations and during clinical and laboratory-based research rotations. A written evaluation will be recorded by the ID faculty member for each fellow at the time of completion of each clinical rotation and twice yearly for those supervising fellows in the CORE Center clinics . Completed evaluation forms will form the basis for one-on-one discussion between the fellow and faculty member and will then be returned to the Office Manager at Rush and forwarded to the Fellow Evaluation Committee.
   
   
3. A Fellow Evaluation Committee, consisting of three ID faculty members from Rush and three from CCH, will meet at least twice yearly to review written evaluations and to discuss any additional observations or input into fellow evaluation made known to them either through direct contact, observation, or discussion with other ID faculty with whom the fellows have worked. Following this review, the Chair of the Fellow Evaluation Committee will write a summary of the fellow's quarterly performance and the pertinent data gleaned from the Committee's review. The written summary will be forwarded to the Program Director.

   Fellow Evaluation Committee (2003-2004)
   David Schwartz, M.D. (Chair)	Stroger
   Mary Hayden, M.D.	Rush
   John Segreti, M.D.	Rush
   Patricia Herrera, M.D.	Stroger
   Joseph Pulvirenti, M.D.	Stroger
   Robert Weinstein, M.D. (Ex-officio)	Stroger
   Kimberly Smith, M.D.	Rush

   
   
   
4. The Program Director will be responsible for meeting with and counseling individual fellows regarding their performance and the content of their review and evaluation, and for providing feedback regarding necessary remedial effort.
   
   
5. At the end of each academic year, the Program Director will be responsible for preparation of a written evaluation of the clinical competence of each ID fellow. These written evaluations will be maintained in the Program files. The Program Director will have the overall responsibility for determining whether individual fellows have met the requirements for completion of the fellowship program and will certify their qualification to sit for Infectious Disease Subspecialty Board Examinations.