David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Graduate Medical Education
 
 
Away Rotations

Each department should develop a policy on residents participating in electives outside the UCLA family or institutions with existing affiliations.

Residents may participate in outside electives if the following criteria are addressed:
  1. Elective must have educational value and be of superior educational quality.
  2. Elective must have Goals and Objectives that are written and meet RRC/ACGME Essentials.
  3. Resident participation must be evaluated using the Core ACGME competencies and Goals and Objectives for the rotation.
  4. A Letter of Agreement or MOU must exist with the receiving Program/Institution accepting responsibility for resident training, supervision, evaluation and staying within ACGME and RRC guidelines on work duty.
  5. Malpractice should be assumed by the accepting institutions.
  6. Salary and Benefits need to be addressed. For short rotations that cannot be provided through UCLA's affiliations, these should be continued to be paid by UCLA.
  7. Travel, lodging and other trip-related expenses are the responsibility of the resident unless part of the training program and agreed to prior to the rotation.
  8. There must be a Program policy on how to apply for away rotations, amount of time away and make up of core educational session (if applicable).
  9. For international rotations, in addition to the above, the county to be visited MUST NOT have a U.S. State Department "Travel Warning".


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