Policies

To demonstrate the school’s commitment to providing excellent, compassionate and ethical care, IU School of Medicine residents and fellows must adhere to the highest professional standards. The policies and standards established by the school and its clinical partners ensure that these standards of excellent are achieved in all situations.

• Accommodations for Disability
• Annual Program Evaluation
• Away Electives
• Background Checks for Resident and Fellow Positions
• Bureau of Motor Vehicle Record Check
• Clinical and Educational Work Hours
• Closure Reduction Policy for Residency and Fellowship Programs
• Eligibility, Selection, Evaluation, & Promotion of Residents and Fellows
• Emergency Plan for the DIO
• Extra Shifts or Call for Extra Pay
• Fellow Billing for Clinical Services and Procedures
• Fellow Eligibility Exception
• Management of Fitness for Duty
• Management of Impaired Residents
• Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance
• Military Leave Policy
• Moonlighting and Other Professional Activities Outside the Scope of Training
• Non-Academic Criteria (Technical Standards) for Residents
• Official Communications with Residents and Fellows
• Part-Time Residency Positions
• Patient Care Chaperones
• Post-Graduate Year (PGY) Level Appointment
• Procedures on the Newly Deceased
• Purpose and Duties of the Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Record Retention for Residents' Files and Records
• Relations with Colleagues
  
• Remediation, Probation, Non-Reappointment, Summary Suspension, and Termination of Appointment
• Request for New Training Program
• Requests for Resident Complement Increases
• Resident as Teacher Oversight
• Resident Supervision and Accountability
• Resident Transfers
• Resident Wellness
• Review and Approval of Documents Prior to Submission to the ACGME 
• Security of Mobile Computing Devices
• Social Media
• Special Reviews
• Teacher/Learner Conduct & Unprofessional Behavior
• Time Off Work
• Transition of Care
• USMLE or COMLEX Requirements
• Verification of Active Training Status with Specialty Boards