Chief Medical Resident - Department of Internal Medicine

Job Purpose

The chief medical resident (CMR) leads the resident physicians in a non-WSU residency program. The chief medical resident primarily serves as a clinician-educator and liaison between the program and residents. The CMR can supervise clinical duties, perform administrative functions, set up and supervise educational conferences, coordinate schedules, participate on committees, assist with recruitment and lead other activities determined by the Program Director.

Essential Functions

• Provides teaching, supervision, and serves as a role model to residents, interns, and medical students. Perform and teach all essential and required procedures.
• Identifies needs for patient education. Provides education and orders including teaching subordinates.
• Provides teaching, support, and other duties as assigned to facilitate core conference series and other residency conferences.
• Actively participates on assigned hospital committees as a member. Participates in the resolution of residents' staffing conflicts and maintains flexibility regarding staffing patterns.
• Developing and implementation of resident schedule, jeopardy schedule and other schedule related issues.
• Develops and maintains a personal program of self-study and professional growth with guidance of the Program Director and Internal Medicine Residency faculty.
• Comprehensively documents in patients' charts in a timely and accurate manner.