|
Interested in sharing your expertise with the GME community? HCPro is still looking for authors to write a book on the six ACGME core competencies. This book will be the go-to guide for residency program directors, coordinators, and medical educators on teaching, assessing, and documenting the core competencies. If you aren’t interested in serving as an author, but have ideas for the book, your feedback is appreciated. For more information, please contact editor Son Hoang at shoang@hcpro.com. |
|
Editor's Picks When we called for a possible revamp of the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS), our intention was to initiate discussions for bettering the application review process. To take our discussion forward, the next logical step is to envisage a mandate for making the interview call process blind. Irrespective of whether this mandate may come from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) through the ERAS or the ACGME, the time seems to warrant following the lead of European countries that have embarked on an honest, progressive, and potentially anti-discriminatory and bias-free effort of name-blind recruitment for the purpose of diversifying workforces. Read more.
 “We have many patients for whom we have no more options to eradicate the disease. We always have options to help the person.”
President Donald Trump’s January 27 executive order placing significant restrictions on travel and immigration to the U.S. from seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen—for 90 days has hospitals and academic medical centers struggling to understand what it means for current and future physicians in training.
There’s still time to take HCPro’s residency survey. We need your input about your biggest challenges, the resources you use, and what tools you need to help us develop the products to make your job easier. Here are some of the early results of the survey.
Juggling a busy schedule during residency requires streamlining some personal life duties. Gwynne Kirchen, MD, recently shared a few life hacks for residents with AMA Wire.
What is the role of the program coordinator (PC) in the clinical competency committee (CCC)? He or she cannot be an active voting member of the committee, but will play an active role in organizing and managing the CCC alongside the chair.
Marketing Spotlight HCPro's Residency Program Coordinator Boot Camp—Online is an intensive course that will train both osteopathic and allopathic program coordinators on ACGME requirements, best practices for survey readiness, the Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER), and overall program support and management.
After completing the online Residency Program Coordinator Boot Camp, you’ll be able to: - Interpret ACGME standards and support compliance efforts
- Support the program director in meeting the ACGME standards
- Understand GME and associated terminology
- Clearly define the roles, tasks, and expectations of the program director, program coordinator, and residents
- Manage recruitment, orientation, and credentialing processes
- Develop strategies to optimize daily program management tasks
- Support the accreditation process
- Learn responsibilities specific to managing surgical, medical, and hospital-based programs
For more information, visit http://hcmarketplace.com/residency-program-coordinator-online-boot-camp.
Is All of Your Team In The Know? Our weekly e-newsletters can keep your team abreast of up-to-date industry information; including expert analysis where you need it most. Subscribe to any -- or all -- of our e-newsletters. |
