All residency and clinical fellowship programs at AUBMC are overseen by the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and by the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC). Responsibilities of the GMEC include the following:

• Develop and review policies and procedures that affect both ACGME-accredited and non-accredited clinical training programs and their trainees
• Maintain oversight of and liaison with clinical program directors
• Conduct regular reviews of ACGME-accredited clinical training program in accordance with the Common Program Requirements and the RRC Program Requirements
• Review and approve non-ACGME accredited clinical training programs to insure that they meet equivalent standards to those required for accredited programs
• Review and approve changes to training programs which could affect educational quality or require ACGME approval
• Provide a forum for exchange of information among all parties involved in graduate medical education
• Review affiliation proposals that could affect the education of the housestaff or accreditation requirements
• Conduct an annual review of the housestaff positions available and submit them to the dean and make recommendations on resident stipends, benefits and funding for resident positions to assure that these are reasonable and fair
• Receive recommendations from departments concerning appointment of residents at AUBMC, review and approve such recommendations and forward the recommendations of the GMEC to the Medical Board and Academic Committee for review and action
• Review Letters of Report concerning all ACGME-accredited clinical training programs and monitor action plans for correction in areas of non-compliance