Dismissal Procedures
Purpose
Dismissal will occur when a resident fails to meet program requirements or engages in conduct that constitutes just cause for dismissal. Dismissals will follow the procedures set forth below.
Procedures
- After the Program Director or Department Head determines that just cause exists to dismiss a resident, the resident will be informed in a private meeting with the Program Director or Department Head that s/he will be dismissed from the training program.
- The Program Director or Department Head will provide the resident with a written Notice of Action stating that the resident is being dismissed, which will include an explanation of the specific bases for the decision.
- The Program Director will notify the resident of his/her right to request a meeting to review the decision by including a copy of these Due Process Guidelines with the Notice of Action.
- A resident may accept the decision of the program director and submit a letter of resignation in lieu of dismissal from the program; however, the Notice of Action will remain in the resident’s official personnel file. If the resident tenders a resignation, s/he will not thereafter be entitled to a review of that decision before the DRC or to an appeal to the Graduate Medical Education Committee.
- If the resident requests a meeting to review the decision to dismiss, such dismissal will be effective only after a final decision is made on the matter.
- The resident will be entitled to receive his or her full compensation pending a final decision to dismiss him/her from the residency program.
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