The chief administrative residents, selected each year by the residents and attendings of the department, share administrative service, and educational responsibilities with the service chiefs and faculty. In this position, the chief administrative residents work closely with the program director and coordinator to plan departmental conferences, ensure proper staffing, supervise and teach medical students and junior residents, assign experiences and participate in progress evaluations. The chief administrative residents represent the interests of residents to departmental administration, faculty and attending physicians. The chief administrative residents are a senior member of the Resident Education Committee.

Description of Administrative Chief Resident Position
The duties, roles and expectations of the department's CR will include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Chair a monthly resident administrative meeting;
   
2. Represent the residents as needed on department or hospital committees as deemed appropriate by the departmental chairman/program director;
   
3. Attend the monthly departmental meetings;
   
4. Responsible for call schedules, vacation and educational leave schedules and for settling all conflicts pertinent to such schedules;
   
5. Assist program director with new resident and rotating resident orientations;
   
6. Assist the chairman/director/faculty as needed in planning educational and patient care conferences;
   
7. Serve as liaison between the residents and attending staff and assist in resolving conflicts/issues between them as needed;
   
8. Serve as liaison between the residents and pharmaceutical/equipment representatives who wish to hold conferences, distribute textbooks, etc.;
   
9. Assist the director and coordinator in keeping residents informed of events, conferences, resident responsibilities, duties, etc.;
   
10. In general, serve as a representative of all residents in the administration of the Residency program; serve as a resident advocate; serve as a leader in the finest sense of the word in all matters involving resident issues and welfare in the program.

Chief Resident Selection Criteria
The principle criteria upon which the CR will be selected are as follows, in approximate descending order of importance:

1. Leadership skills - demonstrated and potential;
   
2. Rapport/relationship with residents, both peer level and junior level;
   
3. Rapport/relationship with attending staff, nurses, paramedical personnel;
   
4. Rapport/relationship with department chairman/program director;
   
5. Organizational skills;
   
6. Support and enthusiasm for program;
   
7. Ideas and plans expressed during interview for position;
   
8. Teaching interest and abilities;
   
9. Extracurricular academic activities;
   
10. General clinical and academic capabilities.

Chief Resident Selection Process
The CR will ultimately be selected by the chairman/program director, the input of the faculty, attending staff and all residents is considered.