VCU Internal Medicine Training Program
June 2005 Update
Stephanie Call, MD MSPH
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Accreditation
o RRC-IM Accreditation Review May 20-23
 Core training program – Full accreditation with progress report 4/1/06, next site visit
8/1/10
 Cardiology – all three programs, continued accreditation, next site visit 8/1/07
 Endocrinology – continued accreditation, next site visit 8/1/10
 Gastroenterology – continued accreditation with progress report, next site visit
8/1/10
 Hematology/Oncology – continued accreditation with warning, next site visit 8/1/07
 Infectious Diseases – continued accreditation, next site visit 8/1/10
 Nephrology – continued accreditation with progress report, next site visit 8/1/10
 Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Medicine – continued accreditation, next site visit
8/1/10
 Rheumatology – continued accreditation, next site visit 8/1/10
 Geriatric Medicine – continued accreditation, next site visit 8/1/10
o New subspecialty program requirements – July 1, 2005
o ACGME Educational Innovations Project
 Letter of Intent submitted
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2005-06 Intern Class
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Awards ceremony – Graduating class
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Leadership/contact changes
o Program Director – Stephanie Call 828-9726, beeper 2279
o Associate Program Directors
 Frank Fulco – VA
 Alistair Erskine – MCVH
 Christian Barrett – specialty medicine, recruiting
 Ambulatory Care – open
o Chief Medical Residents (pagers), CMR on call pager - 1709
 Anne Lipke (8038)
 Katie Bar (1288)
 Jeff Kushinka (8596)
 Betsy Kleiner (8589)
o Office – 828-9726
 Rosa Fox – office manager
 Shelley Burns – program administrator
 Maia Lavalle – recruitment coordinator, IT coordinator
 Matt Murphy – office assistant
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VCU/VA general medicine ward changes
o See additional handout
IM Faculty Meeting-SAC
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2/12/2016
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2004-2005 Training Program Priorities
o Recruitment of Program Director
o Stabilization of program infrastructure – APDs, administrative support, space
o Successful accreditation review
o Meeting the ACGME requirements, including duty hours
 Requires revision of ward/call structures
o Revision of Department and training program website
o Assessment of residency program size
o Successful recruiting season
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2005-2006 Training Program Priorities –
Making education THE priority in ALL settings
o Continuity clinic
o Morning report
 Active learning, adult-centered learning, discussion format
 Resident presented case-based format
 Emphasis on EBM, clinical questioning, basic science correlation
 Encouragement of faculty participation
o “right-sizing” the program
o Development of differentiated “tracks” in pgy-2 year – hospitalist, subspecialty, practicing
internist, academic generalist
o Successful match with high quality candidates
 Review of “marketing” strategies – website
 Restructure of interview day
o Curriculum review
 Clinical rotations
 All rotations - learning objectives, expectations, readings, conferences,
supervision and evaluation, “tests”
 Resident curriculum committee
 Revision of written curricula, restructuring of rotations when appropriate
 Conferences
 Revision of conference series – Anne Lipke
 Evaluation
 Review of core curriculum – ABIM/RRC-IM/Educational goals
o Expanded and improved evaluation – raising the bar
 Change in system – New Innovations
 Change in evaluations – behavior-based, response changes
 Expanded “360” evaluations
 Faculty development – evaluation and feedback
 Setting high standards
o Educational innovation planning – includes EIP proposal
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Expectations of faculty
o Instruction – knowledge, skills, attitudes – through conferences, attending, participation
o Medical educator – setting expectations, instructing/teaching, evaluation, feedback
o Involvement – committees, recruiting, social, conferences, morning reports, journal clubs…
o Input – verbal, written, electronic …
o Role models – professionalism, self-directed learning, clinical skills
IM Faculty Meeting-SAC
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2/12/2016