PGY1 Subcommittee

The PGY1 Subcommittee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC) has been established to make recommendations to the PGMEC regarding affairs of the PGY1 programs.  The PGY1 Subcommittee will discuss several key topics including:

• Queen's postgraduate quotas in the Canadian Residency Matching Service (CaRMS)
• curriculum review and development for the Core Academic Days
• resident assignment and management for PGY1 required rotations

Terms of Reference

PGY1 Allocation Subcommittee

The PGY1 Allocation Subcommittee reviews requests and makes recommendations to the Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education on the annual PGY 1 position allocations for the CaRMS intake cycle. 

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The Resident Advisory Committee was established in August 2012 to provide a forum for resident engagement in policy and management decisions within the affiliated teaching hospitals.  Working collaboratively with hospital administration, the committee reports to the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC).

Resident Advisory Committee Terms of Reference

The Critical Care Medicine (CCM) Position Allocation Subcommittee reviews requests and makes recommendations to the CCM Training Program and the Associate Dean, PGME, on the annual allocation of trainees participating in CCM at Queen's University and at CCM designated training sites.

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The Internal Review Subcommittee (IRSC) is a standing committee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC) and is responsible for reviewing all external (both Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) and College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)) and internal accreditation activities (e.g. Internal Reviews, Queen’s Action Plan Outcome Reports (QPORs)). This includes monitoring programs’ progress on previously identified areas for improvement (AFIs), as well as identifying new AFIs and monitoring follow through of newly identified AFIs. The committee will provide constructive feedback to individual programs to support continuous quality improvement (CQI) and will recommend follow up reporting requirements. 

The committee will be responsible for identifying common themes and issues across programs, as well as leading practices and innovations, and to report back on these at the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee meetings. 

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The Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Advisory Subcommittee is an executive-level group supporting the Associate Dean PGME (AD-PGME). This group will be a subcommittee of the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC). It provides high-level executive review of policies, procedures, and other educational matters as well as strategic planning, to effectively support Queen’s University residency and fellowship programs. Items coming forward from this group will be referred to the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PGMEC), as the committee charged with review and ultimate ratification of educational matters and policies. 

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The Subspecialty Subcommittee makes recommendations and approves business directly relating subspecialty programs (MSM, Psychiatry Subspecialty, and Critical Care). Information will be shared with the PGMEC. Recommendations of the Subspecialty Subcommittee that will affect all programs will be brought to the PGMEC committee for final approval. 

Terms of Reference