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AAFP Residency Assessment Tool: Strategic Planning and Institutional Engagement

Strategic Planning and Institutional Engagement Assessment

Review the statements below and select the option that best reflects your residency program.
1. Our program completes a strategic plan that is reviewed and updated on a regular basis, at a minimum of every five years.
5: Exemplary4: Effective3: Adequate2: Needs improvement1: Ineffective
2. Our sponsoring institution has a regular dialogue with our program leadership to refine and update the strategic vision.
5: Exemplary4: Effective3: Adequate2: Needs improvement1: Ineffective
3. Our program demonstrates a process that evaluates progress on the specific action steps in the strategic plan and adapts the action plan to support the strategic vision.
5: Exemplary4: Effective3: Adequate2: Needs improvement1: Ineffective
4. Sponsoring institution leadership works proactively and collaboratively with program leadership to robustly support graduate medical education (GME) programs, as shown by the following:
  • Annual reports to the governing board with reaffirmation of program return on investment.
  • Competitive compensation for faculty and program staff.
  • Full engagement of the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) in oversight of the learning and working environment.
5: Exemplary4: Effective3: Adequate2: Needs improvement1: Ineffective
5. The sponsoring and participating institutions work proactively with their GME programs to promote best practices and continuous improvement planning toward integrating program faculty and residents into key institutional initiatives in patient safety, quality improvement, and other goals related to the learning and working environment as delineated in the Common Program Requirements.
5: Exemplary4: Effective3: Adequate2: Needs improvement1: Ineffective
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