The position of resident or fellow physician entails provision of patient care matching with the individual physician's level of advancement and competence. A resident physician's responsibilities include patient care activities within the scope of their clinical privileges commensurate with the level of training, attendance at clinical rounds and seminars, timely completion of medical records, and other responsibilities as assigned or as required of all members of the medical staff.

• Applicants must meet one of the following qualifications to be eligible for appointment to Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited residency and fellowship programs at D-H:



• Graduates of medical schools in the United States and Canada accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees. Some programs require successful passage of board exams (or good faith effort to pass) for promotion through subsequent years of fellowship.



• Graduates of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees.



• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States and Canada who meet one of the following qualifications:



• Have a currently valid certificate from the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates prior to appointment, or



• Have a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a US licensing jurisdiction in which they are in training, and



• Successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training specified by ACGME Residency Review Committees.



• Graduates of medical schools outside the United States who have completed a Fifth Pathway program* provided by an LCME-accredited medical school and successful completion of any pre-requisite accredited training.



• Academic year of supervised clinical education provided by an LCME-accredited medical school to students who meet the following conditions: (1) have completed, in an accredited college or university in the United States, undergraduate premedical education of the quality acceptable for matriculation in an accredited United States medical school; (2) have studied at a medical school outside the United States and Canada but listed in the World Health Organization Directory of Medical Schools; (3) have completed all of the formal requirements of the foreign medical school except internship and/or social service; (4) have attained a score satisfactory to the sponsoring medical school on a screening examination; and (5) have passed either Parts I and II of the examination of the National Board of Medical Examiners or Steps 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).

1. Under the supervision of attending physicians, general responsibilities of the resident physician may include:
2. Initial and ongoing assessment of patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status
3. Perform history and physical
4. Develop assessment and treatment plan
5. Perform rounds
6. Record progress notes
7. Order tests, examinations, medications, and therapies
8. Arrange for discharge and aftercare
9. Write/dictate admission notes, progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries
10. Provide patient education and counseling covering health status, test results, disease processes, and discharge planning
11. Perform procedures
12. Assist in surgery

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