GME Policies and Guidelines

The John A. Burns School of Medicine, as the Sponsoring Institution, follows ACGME Institutional Requirements and ensures that its ACGME-accredited programs are in substantial compliance with the Institutional, Common, and specialty-specific Program Requirements and the ACGME Policies and Procedures. 

Policies and Guidelines:

• Accommodation for Disabilities
• Anti-Harassment Policy
• Assessment - Evaluation of Residents
• Assessment - Feedback Guidelines
• Asessment - Special Review Process Guidelines (GMEC)
• Clinical Experience & Education Work Hours
• Committees - Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) Guidelines
• Committees - Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) Meeting Summary Template
• Committees - Program Evaluation Committee (PEC) Guidelines
• Emergency Disaster Plan and Procedures
• GMEC Institutional Policy
• Harassment, Discrimination, and Other Inappropriate cnoduct
• Hearing, Grievance, and Administrative Procedures
• HIPAA
• Leadership - Associate Program Director Qualification Guidelines
• Lactation Guide
• Leave - Educational Leave
• Leave - Vacation and Leave of Absences
• Letters of Recommendation Guidelines (LOR)
• Physician Impairment Prevention
• Programs - Closing or Reducing Program Guidelines
• Programs - Starting and Expanding Programs Guidelines
• Recruitment - Season Guideline 2023-2024
• Reporting Concerns Guidelines
• Residents as Teachers
• Retreat Policy and Guidelines (please obtain from your Program Administrator)
• Supervision Policy
• Transfer of Resident/Fellow
• Transitions of Care
• Vendor Interactions
• Volunteerism and Humanitarian Efforts

Additional Helpful Forms/Links:

• Title IX - Additional information, policies, and procedures related to Title IX, Gender Equity, Sexual Harassment, and Non-Discrimination can be found on the JABSOM and the University of Hawaii Office of Title IX websites.
• JABSOM Media Release Form
• For HRP health system employment-related policies, please refer to the HRP or Health System Employment Handbook and specific Resident/Fellow Appointment Agreements.

To provide feedback related to GME anonymously, please click HERE.

The University of Hawaiʻi is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of physical or mental disability. Please email uhgme@hawaii.edu for accomodation requests or any other question related to this page.