V.        Policy on Quality Assurance

• Departments participating in GME programs sponsored by MSU/CHM must conduct formal quality-assurance programs and review complications and deaths. This process may take place through the Participating Institutions.

• Residency Program Directors will provide opportunities for residents to participate in clinical quality improvement activities.

• Departments and/or Participating Institutions for GME programs sponsored by MSU/CHM must have a medical records system that is available at all times and documents the course of each patient’s illness and care.  The medical records system must be adequate to support the education of residents.

• Whenever possible and appropriate, residents will be provided with opportunities to participate in autopsies.

• Residency Program Directors will instruct all residents to complete medical records in a timely manner, and will develop strategies to enforce this policy.