Transforming health care through leadership education
Vol. I, Issue 10
News
GREAT Group Annual Meeting Adds MD-PhD and Postdoctorate Leaders Sections
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Graduate Education and Research and Training (GREAT) held its annual meeting in early October in Seattle Washington. This was the first meeting held jointly with its two relatively new sections, the MD-PhD Section and the Postdoctorate Leaders Section. The sections were organized by Allan J. Yates, MD, PhD, last year’s chair of the GREAT Steering Committee. This year’s theme was “Integrating Research Education and Training at Medical Centers: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions.”
January 13 Deadline for SGIM Proposals
The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) is accepting proposals for presentations to be made at the 32nd annual meeting in Miami, Florida, May 13-16, 2009. Faculty interested in participating should submit proposals for Scientific Abstracts, Clinical Vignettes, Innovations in Medical Education (IME), Web-Enhanced Innovations in Medical Education, and Innovations in Practice Management no later than Tuesday, January 13, 2009. The annual meeting theme is Art and Science of Generalist Care.
February 20 Deadline for AAMC RIME conference submissions
The AAMC is requesting submissions for papers and abstracts to be presented at the 48th Annual Research in Medical Education (RIME) Conference, which will be held Nov. 6-11 in conjunction with the association's annual meeting in Boston. The conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research concerning all aspects of medical education.
Submissions must be received by Feb. 20. Submission guidelines and forms are available at http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/rime/start.htm
Information: Caroline Ford Coleman, AAMC Medical Education, 202.828.0412, ccoleman@aamc.org
Reports
New IOM Report Recommends Revisions to Medical Residents' Duty Hours, Workloads
A new report from the Institute of Medicine proposes revisions to medical residents' duty hours and workloads "to decrease the chances of fatigue-related medical errors and to enhance the learning environment for resident training." Some of the recommended changes include a five-hour, mandated nap for any shift that exceeds 16 hours; five days off per month, one each week and one two-day time period off; night float shifts limited to four nights in a row; and external, as well as internal, moonlighting in the 80 hour/week maximum. The committee, which was chaired by Dr. Michael Johns of Emory, estimates that the cost for additional personnel to handle reduced resident work could be roughly $1.7 billion annually. These guidelines have not been vetted for implementation by the ACGME; members will meet in March 2009 to discuss the extent to which they will be incorporated into GME program requirements. Critics note that the proposed guidelines alone may not improve patient safety if errors related to lack of continuity replace errors caused by fatigue and suggest that substantial redesign of care processes and residency training will be needed if these guidelines are accepted as currently written. Read more.
CGS Reports on Completion and Attrition Rates
Ohio State was one of 29 major U.S. and Canadian research universities to participate in a seven-year project conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools to examine intervention strategies that impact doctoral completion rates and attrition patterns among students. The report, PhD Completion and Attrition: Analysis of Baseline Demographic Data from the PhD Completion Project, released in September, 2008, details the ten- and seven-year completion rates on students who entered their PhD programs in academic years 1992-93 through 2003-04. For students who entered Ohio State’s Integrated Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (IBGP) 2001 incoming class and who represented the first entire class to graduate since the IBGP inception, the statistics show completion rates of men (75%) and women (69%).
Educational Leadership Positions
Faculty Tutors Sought
The Office of Student Life in the College of Medicine is seeking several faculty members to tutor medical students. Faculty will be reimbursed for six to eight hours of academic tutoring on a one-to-one basis and in a group setting. Interested faculty should contact Carla Granger in 242 Meiling Hall, or via e-mail at Carla.granger@osumc.edu.
Recognition & Awards
OSU COM Recognizes Outstanding Educators
Several physicians and faculty associated with Ohio State University College of Medicine have received awards for sharing their time and expertise with medical students. Among the Distinguished Educator awards are Mark Arnold, surgery; Ghaleb Hannun, surgery; Attila Poka, orthopedic surgery; John Sotos pediatrics; Philip Taylor Jr., surgery; and Dale Vandré, physiology. Lifetime Achievement awards went to Thomas Meyer (posthumously), Barbara Rayo, Brenda Sickle-Santanello, and Robert Wyatt. Sherri Martinez received the Preclinical Preceptor of the Year Award, and Richard Oberlander receive the Ambulatory Care Clerkship Preceptor of the Year Award.
http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/mediaroom/press/article.cfm?ID=4442
Kevin D. Evans, PhD, director of the Division of Radiologic Science and Therapy in the School of Allied Medical Professions, has been named Ultrasound Pioneer by CIVCO Medical Solutions, a specialist in the design, manufacture and distribution of products in the field of ultrasound to improve patient care. Evans received the honor for contributions to the field of ultrasound and will be profiled in the winter 2008 issue of Program, the firm’s semi-annual industry newsmagazine.
Educational Journal Club
Cardall, S, Krupat, E and Ulrich, M, Live Lecture Versus Video-Recorded Lecture: Are Students Voting With Their Feet?, Academic Medicine, Vol. 83, No. 12, December 2008, 1174-8.
In light of educators’ concerns that lecture attendance in medical school has declined, the authors sought to assess students’ perceptions, evaluations, and motivations concerning live lectures compared with accelerated, video-recorded lectures viewed online. Students find accelerated, video-recorded lectures equally or more valuable than live lectures. When using accelerated, video-recorded lecture as opposed to attending lecture, students felt they were more likely to increase their speed of knowledge acquisition (79.3% of students), look up additional information (67.7%), stay focused (64.8%), and learn more (63.7%).
This article is available through the E-Journals on the Prior Health Sciences Web Site (use this link if you are off campus).
Upcoming Seminars
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
“When you need the WHOLE class to know: Engaging Large Group Presentations”
Speaker: Dr. Robert DePhilip
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Prior Health Sciences Library Room 400 A&B
What makes a large group presentation, memorable teaching and learning? Today it is more important than ever to make all student interactions effective. This session will discuss a variety of ways to make your large group presentations more effective.
One (1) hour of Category I CME credit is available To enroll please e-mail Arlinda.Perryman@osumc.edu
December 8, 2008 – January 23, 2009
“OPENING DOORS: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons Traveling Exhibition”
Exhibit: December 8, 2008 – January 23, 2009
Monday-Friday, 9a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed on OSU holidays)
Free and open to the public
Scheduled Events
January 15: Panel Discussion
Complimentary luncheon and panel discussion with African American surgeons from central
Ohio
RSVP by January 7 at www.medicine.osu.edu/alumni. (click on “events”)
Wednesday January 21, 2009
“Using Emotional Intelligence Skills as a Teaching Competency”
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Martin
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Prior Health Sciences Library Room 400 A&B
One (1) hour of Category I CME credit is available To enroll please e-mail Arlinda.Perryman@osumc.edu
January 22: Maurice Mullet Forum
OSU Medical Heritage Center
Fifth Floor, Prior Health Science Library
376 West 10th Ave.
Complimentary dinner and presentation of oral histories by guest lecturer Alvin Jackson, MD, Director, Ohio Department of Health
RSVP by January 19 at www.medicine.osu.edu/alumni. (click on “events”)
More information is available by calling (614) 292-9966.
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