About the Group on Resident Affairs

Membership

Members of the Group on Resident Affairs are responsible for graduate medical education at the institutional level. They have titles such as Assistant or Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Director of Medical Education, Director of Graduate Medical Education, Vice President for Academic Affairs, or Associate Chief of Staff for Education. Each member is appointed by the dean of an accredited U.S. medical school, or the chief executive officer of a member of the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals and Healthcare Systems, or the president of one of the AAMC Council of Academic Societies.

Purpose

The GRA represents the institutional leaders of graduate medical education (GME) who oversee GME quality, accreditation, administration and financing in their AAMC member medical schools and teaching hospitals. The GRA's leadership course and educational programs serve as a resource to improve the quality of resident education and strengthen institutional responsibility for GME.

The GRA leads discussion and dissemination of effective:

• GME institutional policies and practices;

• GME content and program improvement activities spanning all disciplines;

• Approaches to meeting or exceeding ACGME institutional requirements and common program requirements;

• Professional and career development of institutional GME leaders, program directors and educators;

• GME administration, planning, and operation;

• Integration of GME and patient care delivery;

• Advocacy for GME resources; GME budgeting and financial management; and

• Responses to public policies affecting GME.

Through interactions with the Council of Deans, Council of Teaching Hospitals, Council of Academic Societies, Organization of Resident Representatives, and Organization of Student Representatives, and with other AAMC professional development groups, the GRA advises the AAMC on matters of policy relating to the GRA's interest and expertise. The Group on occasion makes recommendations to the AAMC governance for consideration.

Rules and Regulations

The name, purpose, membership, meetings, business, and responsibilities are defined in the GRA Rules and Regulations (PDF, 4 pages).

Staff

The Group on Resident Affairs is staffed by the AAMC Division of Health Care Affairs, headed by Joanne Conroy, M.D. Chief Health Care Officer.