Outside Employment
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Intent:
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Institutional Requirement (II.C.II) requires policies regarding professional activities outside the educational program.
Policy Statement:
Housestaff must adhere to State University System Guidelines regarding outside activities/outside employment, conflict of interest, and additional compensation. Such outside activity includes private practice, private consultation, teaching, research, or other employment outside State government which is not part of assigned University duties and for which the University provides no compensation. Individual housestaff programs are accredited by their Residency Review Committee (RRC) and must adhere to RRC requirements regarding outside employment. Although RRC's vary, the general theme is that any professional activities which are outside the established educational program must not interfere with the resident's established educational process or the quality care of patients.
Description:
- Each program must have a policy regarding outside and extracurricular employment which meets RRC requirements and University of Florida College of Medicine policy. There are two categories of such employment in University of Florida policy:
- Programmatic: These activities are initiated by departments to provide clinical experiences in addition to the standard curriculum and which usually occur at non-campus health care affiliates. Supplemental salary income is provided by the University to housestaff who participate in programmatic activities.
- Non-programmatic: These activities are initiated by the resident and do not involve any agreement between the College of Medicine and an outside employer.
Each program's rules regarding outside and extracurricular employment must be reviewed and approved by the Institutional Committee for Graduate Medical Education during the periodic program reviews.
The program director is ultimately responsible for assuring that outside activities do not interfere with the educational program and should monitor all outside activities of the residents in their program on an ongoing basis.
- A summary annual report of programmatic and nonprogrammatic professional employment of housestaff will be provided by the program director to the ICGME indicating that the program director is aware of the activities and approves.
- All housestaff participating in nonprogrammatic outside professional employment must first complete a Non-Programmatic Professional Activity Form for approval and signature by their chairperson or program director and the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education..
- Programs, departments and services will be responsible for enforcement of this policy. Violation by the resident may lead to immediate dismissal.
Last Review: Institutional Committee for Graduate Medical Education June 12, 2003
