8. POLICY ON SUPERVISION

Peer evaluations are held from resident-access until the end of the year to protect anonymity. However, at the semi-annual review meeting, the program director will share aggregated feedback of these evaluations verbally. Resident(s) with the highest peer ratings for outstanding teaching will be awarded the “Resident Teacher of the Year” award at the end of the year. An award will also be given for the resident rated highest as an outstanding team player by their peers.

Meaningful evaluation of the faculty and the program is a critical aspect of the residency program; it is a tool for improving educational quality and the resident learning environment. Residents are therefore expected to complete faculty and rotation evaluations in a timely fashion after the end of each rotation.

Residents will have access to their evaluations by faculty upon completion of their faculty/rotation evaluations. To assure anonymity, the evaluations of faculty and rotations will not be collated or made available to faculty until the end of the academic year. Evaluations by residents are always anonymous.

8. Policy on Supervision

See GME handbook for policies.

Stanford OHNS System Triggers for Attending Communication

• Admission/discharge • Transfer in/out of ICU • Unplanned intubation • Cardiac arrest or hemodynamic instability • Neurological changes • Wound complications • Any medication or therapeutic error that leads to a change in patient management • Unplanned transfusion • Any clinical problem requiring an invasive procedure • ER visit • Any concern by a trainee that a situation is more complicated than he or she can manage • Any request that an attending surgeon be contacted • Any situation in which a parent requests attending notification or feels that an issue has not been adequately resolved or addressed • Any new onset/worsening of symptoms out of proportion to expectations