Editor's Picks “You like ice cream and don’t like broccoli? You eat the broccoli before the ice cream … What physicians have tended to do is take that to a pathological degree. You’re always deferring pleasure.”
- Timothy Brigham, MDiv, PhD, discusses resident wellness during his keynote at the AMA’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium.  This academic year saw the number of ACGME-accredited programs rise 3% to 9,977, according to the newly released 2015-2016 Data Resource Book. A total of 394 programs were newly accredited, which is the largest annual increase of accredited programs, following a decade of steady growth. A bill introduced in Congress last month aims to change how Medicare-funded GME training positions are allocated. Sponsored by Rep. Cresent Hardy of Nevada, the bill proposes that hospitals with unused training slots would have a portion of those slots redistributed to hospitals located in health professional shortage areas (HPSA). The National Resident Matching Program recently published its set of reports documenting how applicant qualifications affect their success in the Main Residency Match.
Marketing Spotlight ACGME-accredited programs are required to establish a clinical competency committee (CCC) to evaluate their residents—a task made even more complicated by the lack of guidance on how to properly run a CCC.
Clinical Competency Committees Made Simple provides clear processes, guidelines, and sample tools for building a successful and lasting CCC. Reduce unnecessary burden on committee members and program administrators while also meeting the ACGME requirements for CCCs.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. Get the inside scoop from GME program officials at the Cleveland Clinic who have successfully established their CCCs. This book will help you take the tools you are already using—such as an evaluation/promotion committee and resident evaluation forms—and shape them to meet the ACGME requirements for CCCs and Milestone reporting.
This book will help you:
• Customize a CCC for your residency program
• Understand why CCCs have been put into place
• Properly evaluate your residents using Milestones
• Teach faculty members and residents the importance of CCCs and Milestones
• Write a policy regarding the functions of your CCC
For more information or to reserve your copy, click here.
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