Department of AnesthesiologyMarcos F. Vidal Melo, MD, PhD - Professor
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Rebecca Terry White Distinguished Chair

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Composition:

• The PEC must be composed of at least 4 anesthesiology program faculty members and at least 2 residents.
• The PEC will be structured as a subcommittee of the Anesthesiology Education Committee.

Responsibilities: As stated in the ACGME Common Program Requirements, the PEC should actively participate in:

• Planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating educational activities of the program.
• Reviewing and making recommendations for revision of competency-based curriculum goals and objectives.
• Addressing areas of non-compliance with ACGME standards.
• Reviewing the program annually using evaluations of faculty, residents, and others, as specified below.
• The program, through the PEC, must document formal, systematic evaluation of the curriculum at least annually, and is responsible for rendering a written and Annual Program Evaluation (APE).

The program must monitor and track each of the following areas:

• resident performance
• faculty development
• graduate performance, including performance of program graduates on the certification examination
• program quality
• Residents and faculty must have the opportunity to evaluate the program confidentially and in writing at least annually,
• The program must use the results of residents’ and faculty members’ assessments of the program together with other program evaluation results to improve the program.
• Monitor progress on the previous year’s action plan(s).

PEC must prepare Annual Program Evaluation (APE) and written plan of action that includes:

• Documentation of initiatives to improve performance in one or more of the areas of resident performance, faculty development, graduate performance or program quality.
• Delineates how these initiatives will be measured and monitored.

Review and approval of APE and Action Plan:

• The action plan should be reviewed and approved by the teaching faculty (Education Committee).
• The action plan should be documented in PEC and Education Committee meeting minutes.
• The APE and action plan should be submitted annually via New Innovations for review by UTMB Graduate Medical Education Committee.