Editor's Picks “We know we can improve physician education ... We aspire to so much more than settling for our current state of training. We want to develop the needed tools and best practices for our faculty, our residents and our students, to provide the best care to our patients and communities.”
- Susan Skochelak, MD, discusses transforming medical education with AMA Wire.  Legislation introduced earlier this week in the U.S. Senate and House of Representative aims to alter Medicare GME funding caps for community hospitals starting new residency programs. Thank you to everyone who has already taken our annual coordinator salary survey. If you haven’t had a chance to take it, please do so before Friday, March 25. The survey only takes a few minutes and you’ll be eligible for a drawing to win a copy of HCPro’s latest book, Beyond ACGME Compliance.
Click here or enter this URL into the address bar of your browser to take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ResidencySalary2016. Representative Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) introduced legislation that would add federal support for an additional 3,000 residency slots per year. Nearly one-third of medical students surveyed for a study recently published in Academic Medicine met the criteria for alcohol abuse/dependence.
Marketing Spotlight The Advancing Residency Program Coordinator Boot Camp provides an interactive setting for seasoned residency program coordinators who are looking to advance their careers. This two-day intensive course moves beyond the basics and focuses on topics like implementing ACGME requirements, mentoring newer coordinators, involvement in scholarly activities, interacting with program directors, and managing disciplinary actions.
A combination of instructor-led presentation, class interaction, and hands-on learning, this boot camp will give coordinators the skills to move out of their comfort zone and build their confidence in areas such as poster presentation development and writing academic papers.
You will leave this program knowing how to: - Train new program coordinators
- Create a poster presentation for educational conferences
- Turn a poster presentation into a published paper
- Manage disciplinary actions
- Provide feedback to residents, faculty, and program directors
- Utilize and implement new information from the ACGME
- Support resident scholarly activity
For more detailed information about the Advancing Residency Program Coordinator Boot Camp, click here, contact customer service at 800-650-6787 or email customerservice@hcpro.com.
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