Supervision & Procedures: Carter, Amanda Beth (MD)
The Residency Supervision Area is designed to assist hospitals and clinics with the protocols outlined for specific duties residents and fellows can perform. These guidelines are determined by the faculty of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Any questions about certain procedures not listed should be addressed to the faculty and not decided by the resident or fellow.
A credentialed and privileged attending physician ultimately provides supervision or oversight of each Resident's patient care activities. Direct supervision by a qualified attending physician (or a more senior Resident with Indirect Supervision immediately available) is required in the OR/Delivery Room or for non-routine invasive procedures like Cardiac Cath, Endoscopy, and Interventional Radiology.
Click here to view the UT GME Policy 400 Resident Supervision 2018.
Click here to view the UT GME Policy 405 Patient Care Settings - Resident Supervision Standards 2018.
Resident Supervision will consist of four categories/levels:
As a 1st Year Urology Resident (PGY-2 level), the Resident can perform any general surgerty or urology physician skill or procedure deemed appropriate by his/her attending physician or specialty physician in a department in which the Resident is assigned for rotation (e.g., Surgery or Emergency Medicine). Residents are expected to progressively assume more responsibility throughout each level of training and demonstrate competence in skills/procedures requiring less Direct Supervision. The supervising physician may make adjustments in the level of supervision required for that specific procedure.
Patient Care Skills or Procedures that do not require Direct or Indirect Supervision presence of a supervising physician (i.e., Oversight/General Supervision) are listed below. Anything not specifically listed requires either Direct Supervision, Indirect Supervision with Direct Supervision Immediately Available, or Indirect Supervision with Direct Supervision available by phone or other electronic media, at the discretion of the supervising physician.
Updated 5/1/2018 |