The Council includes tenured professors, university researchers, and contract professors from the National Health Service facilities within the training network, as well as representatives of the medical residents.
Composition
• Head, Residency Program
• Faculty
• Residents’ Representatives: Joseph Kazem, Graziella Basili, Francesca Poleo, Alessio Biretti
Functions
The Council performs the following duties:
- Educational Planning: Schedule of teaching and training activities, including rotations within the training network and the specific activities required for admission to the annual proficiency exam.
- Leadership: Elects the Head of the Residency Program.
- Tutorship: Appoints Tutors responsible for guidance, qualitative learning assessment, and certification of the resident's acquired skills. It may also appoint tutors to monitor practical activities and designate a coordinator to act as a liaison for these activities.
- Teaching Assignments: Proposes teaching assignments for the different disciplines
- Didactic Commission: May establish a specific Didactic Commission to define training paths, rotation requirements, and indicators for evaluating educational quality and continuity.
- Monitoring: Establishes methods for recording and certifying resident activities, particularly practical activities, as per current regulations.
- External Agreements: Deliberates on proposed agreements with external facilities to establish or update the training network or for internships/traineeships outside the network.