Volume 1 - Issue 2


May 1, 2009

 

Graduate Medical Education

Need a checklist for orientation?

Data collection for OPTI report

Barreiro inducted into new academy

Use new innovations for data

Faculty Development

New leadership program started

Effectively evaluate trainees

Questions?

Research News

OOA/CORE call for abstracts

Brannan elected to global group

Dates to remember

 

Graduate Medical Education

Do you need a checklist for orientation?

If so, you can easily create a checklist using a feature in the New Innovations Residency Suite under Personnel Data. This feature is a great way to track information to ensure you have a complete file.

A checklist will help you make sure you receive a copy of the medical school diploma, BLS and ACLS cards, immunizations and updated addresses.

To learn more about the checklist feature, call Pam Royston at 740-597-1377 or e-mail to Royston@oucom.ohiou.edu. 

Data Collection for OPTI Report    

CORE is required to submit an annual report to the AOA summarizing the activities of the academic year as well as tracking the progress of the core competencies within our separate institutions.

Each member hospital will be asked for faculty information and an annual report of  the institutional core competency plan. Data collection forms will be sent to each hospital in May.

Institutional core competency reports need to be sent to Pam Royston at  Royston@oucom.ohiou.edu by Aug. 1.

Barreiro among first inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators

Timothy J. Barreiro, D.O. (’97), clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at St. Joseph Health Center (Warren, Ohio), was inducted into the inaugural class of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME) Friday, April 17.

The induction took place at the awards banquet of the 2009 annual meeting for the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine in Maryland.

NAOME was created by the American Academy of Osteopathic Educators to develop a community of outstanding osteopathic medical educators who have met rigorous standards of academic scholarship. Each Academy Fellow serves as a leader and mentor for academic scholarship in the osteopathic medical education profession for a five-year period.

Remember: Use new innovations to provide personnel data

In order to reduce the number of data requests from CORE to its member hospitals, there is a minimum requirement to populate personnel data by July 1, 2009. 

This step will help GME offices submit their Trainee Information Verification Registration Audit (TIVRA) electronically and also provide information to the RPAC offices. So don’t wait--now is the time to start using New Innovations, the internet-based software for residency tracking.  Remember also, you can download information right from the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) to get a head start!

For more information on NI, call Pam Royston at 740-597-1377 or Royston@oucom.ohiou.edu.

 

Faculty Development News

Sign up now for leadership certificate program

Residency Directors Residency Administration Program (RDRAP) application forms are still available. If you’re interested in joining a cadre of program directors who want to learn more about leading and managing CORE residency programs, please apply to the RDRAP today.

Deadline for application submissions is May 15, 2009.

To read about the program, go to http://www.ohiocore.org/news/RDRAPSTORY.htm.

For information, contact Olivia Sheehan, Ph.D., assistant director, CORE faculty development (sheehan@oucom.ohiou.edu).  

Guidelines available for effectively evaluating trainees

Timely and systematic evaluation completes the learning cycle. It provides the learner with a yardstick by which to compare his or her performance to a predetermined standard.  Evaluation is most meaningful when it provides the trainee with a summary of the information the preceptor has collected through previous observations and shared in earlier feedback sessions. 

For more information on the five phases of an effective evaluation, check out the evaluation module at http://www.ohiocore.org/gfx/media/contribute/PresentationSkills.pdf.

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Reseach Office News

OOA/CORE 2009 Research Competition call for abstracts

The abstract deadline has been extended to May 8 for the OOA/CORE 2009 Research Poster Exhibition and Competition, which will take place at the 111th OOA Convention.

The poster exhibition is open to students, interns, residents, faculty and physicians presenting clinical/biomedical research, case reports or health policy/educational issues.

The poster competition is restricted to student, intern and resident projects, and must be either clinical/biomedical research or case reports.

  • Deadline extension: Friday, May 8
  • Submit abstracts to Grace Brannan at brannang@ohio.edu. Guidelines are available at www.ohiocore.org/research/OOA-CORE.htm.
  • OOA Convention: June 18-21, Kalahari Waterpark Resort and Nia Conference Center in Sandusky
  • Poster judging: June 20, 8:30 a.m.

Research director elected to prestigious global organization

Grace Brannan, Ph.D., CORE research director, was elected associate member of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), a prestigious global organization dedicated to examining and promoting practices of achieving quality at individual, organizational and international levels.

This affiliation helps raise the profile of the CORE and the college,” she said.

IAQ, an independent, non-profit organization, brings together academic and business leaders from around the world to examine global issues related to managerial and occupational quality, including the sustainable use of resources and effective conflict resolution.

To read about Brannan’s achievement, go to http://www.ohiocore.org/news/Brannan.htm.

 

 

Dates to remember

  • OU-COM, CORE 4th Annual Hospital Librarians Meeting, May 8, 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Firelands Regional Medical Center, Sandusky
  • CORE Academic Steering Committee, May 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., McConnell Heart Health Center
  • 30th OU-COM Commencement, June 6, 10 a.m., Athens
  • OOA Convention, June 18-21, Sandusky
  • OOA Research Poster and Exhibition, June 20, OOA Convention, Sandusky
  • CORE Academic Steering Committee, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., McConnell Heart Health Center
  • Convocation Ceremony, Aug. 15, OU-COM, Athens