Master 25 Residency Program Director interview questions covering accreditation, faculty development, and resident evaluation.
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Residency training programs have detailed and elaborate policies and procedures for their trainees, which delve into things like clinical evaluations, leaves of absence, hours requirements, moonlighting, and other day-to-day activities of the residents. As a residency program director, you will have the top responsibility for the enforcement of the policies and the altering/creation of new and existing policies. When doing this, you'll also have to ensure that the program you are responsible for is meeting all ACGME requirements. With this question, the interview panel is simply looking to hear if you have direct experience in policy administration. Be honest as you answer and don't fret if you feel your experience is lacking here. What will be important is that you show your excitement and passion for this part of the job.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Having served as an interim department chief for a year in the past, I became much more familiar with the importance of why policies were in place and having the responsibility of enforcing policies in many different situations. Prior to meeting with the team here today, I've taken a good hard look at your residency policies and they all seem very reasonable for those training in your program. Ensuring that policies and procedures in the future meet both the requirements of ACGME and remain flexible for this to remain a top program for the best medical students would always be at the front of my mind."
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