Nephrology Program Director Protected Time for Program Administration in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) required that program directors receive 10-20 h/wk of protected time for program administration (including didactic teaching). In July 2022, this was reduced for all internal medicine subspecialties on the basis of program size, with 8 h/wk required for programs with fewer than seven fellows, the majority of nephrology programs.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

We surveyed all 151 US adult nephrology program directors (ACGME Public List of Programs 2021-2022) to determine how much protected time they receive, how much they think is necessary, and the division of their professional time. The anonymous 20-question online survey was administered from March 31 to April 30, 202

SUBMITTER: Yuan CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718023 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature