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Program Letters of Agreement (PLA): What They Are and Essentials for Success
Simply stated the primary focus of PLAs are to ensure an appropriate educational experience and to protect residents from undue service requirements that do not enrich their education. The ACGME states, “there must be PLAs between an accredited program and all participating sites to which the learner rotates for required education or assignments”. PLAs are both necessary and required for sponsored learners (based on the aforementioned information) and for visiting learners. Generally, the PLAs are established for a given assignment and/or rotation.
