Directors of Clinical Skills Courses
nd
2012 2 Annual Meeting
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Let’s Get to Work!!!
Breakfast
Welcome
8-8:30
8:30-8:45
Matthew Mintz, MD, FACP
Katherine McOwen, M.S.Ed.
Plenary
8:45-9:45
Clinical Skills Education: Back to the Future
Eugene C. Corbett, Jr., MD, MACP
Break
Workshops
Break
Lunch/Business Meeting
Committees and Working Groups
9:45-10:00
10-11:30
11:30-11:45
11:45-1:30
1:30-3:00
Committees and Working Groups
1:30-3:00pm
Committees
Membership and Communications
Advocacy and Advancement
Research
Program Planning
Working Groups
Please See Me If You
Want to Start a Working
Group
Introductions
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Preetha Basaviah, MD, Stanford University School of
Medicine
Andrea Flory, MD The George Washington University
School of Medicine
Jeffrey La Rochelle, MD Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences
Wendy Madigosky, MD, MSPH, University of
Colorado School of Medicine
F. Stanford Massie, MD, University of Alabama School
of Medicine
Felise Milan, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ronald Silvestri, MD, Harvard Medical School
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Julie Taylor, MD, Alpert Medical School at Brown
University
Alex Mechaber, MD, University of Miami Miller School
of Medicine
Michelle Daniel, MD, FACEP, Alpert Medical School
at Brown University
Sara Tariq, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences
Toshiko Uchida, MD, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Housekeeping
Please Sign In,
Even If You
Registered
Dinner
The Food Issue………
Katherine McOwen, M.S.Ed.
Director, Education Programs, AAMC
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Clinical Skills Education:
Back to the Future
Eugene C. Corbett, Jr., MD, MACP
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Workshops 10-11:30
Lunch and Business Meeting 11:45-1:30
Coming to Consensus: Can We Agree on Competencies and Milestones for
a Longitudinal Clinical Skills Curriculum?
Grand Ballroom A/B
Creating Super-Teachers: Challenges and Solutions for Faculty
Development in Clinical Skills Courses
Potrero Hill
DOCS Clinical Skills Research Workshop: Where Should We Focus Our
Collaborative Investigation?
Twin Peaks
Reality Check: Bridging the Gap Between Clinical Skills Curricula and
Actual Practice
Laurel Hill
Creating Performance Based Assessments: What's a course leader to do?
Cathedral Hill
Directors of Clinical Skills Courses
nd
2012 2 Annual Meeting
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Lunch and Business Meeting
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Accomplishments and
Difficulties
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 Who
are we?
 What do we call ourselves?
 What do we want to do?
Pre-Clerkship Clinical Skills
Courses Directors Meeting
In conjunction with
AAMC National Meeting
Denver, CO 11/5/2011
Association of
Doctoring Course
Directors
Association of
Doctoring Course
Directors
Directors of Clinical Skills Courses
nd
2012 2 Annual Meeting
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA
Mission Statement
“The purpose of the Directors of Clinical Skills
Courses (DOCS) is to build a cohesive and productive
national consortium of educators who direct clinical
skills courses for medical students. We aim to promote
scholarship, establish best practices, and encourage
the exchange of ideas across the continuum of clinical
skills education.”
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
can we communicate with
each other?
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
can we communicate with
each other?
We Have A New Website!!!
www.directorsofclinicalskillscourses.com
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Allows members to see each other and communicate
Much easier to register/log on
Easy posting of files
We have much more control
Please join today!!!!
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
do we fit in?
 When do we meet?
Officially Recognized by AAMC
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Part of GEA
Meet Annually with AAMC
Annual Meeting
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Philadelphia 2013
DOCS content/meeting at GEA
regional meetings
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CGEA, NEGEA, WGEA, SGEA
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
out?
do we get noticed/get the word
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
out?
do we get noticed/get the word
Accomplishments and Difficulties
 How
do we get organized and get to
work???
Guiding Principles
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Want to keep our membership relatively open
(any one can join) but focused (med
students/clinical skills) to ensure we pursue our
mission.
Want to be democratic, but can’t wait for a vote
on everything
Need to link with other organizations
Need to get to work ASAP
Need to have our voice heard
Scholarship is a must
As many involved as possible
Proposed Organization
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Review Proposed Organizational Structure
Highlight Important Aspects of Proposed
Bylaws
Explain proposed interim period
Discuss/Feedback
If possible, vote and approve
Proposed Organization
Props to Clerkship Directors of Internal
Medicine
Proposed Leadership Positions
Executive Council
President, Past President, (1 year term),
President-Elect (1 year term),
Secretary (2 year term)
Regional representatives (2 year terms):
NEGEA
CGEA
WGEA
SGEA
Committee Chairs (2 year terms- appointed by
President)
Committees and Working Groups
1:30-3:00pm
Proposed Committees
Membership and Communications
Advocacy and Advancement
Research
Program Planning
Clerkship Group Representatives
• Association for Surgical Education (ASE)
• Association of Directors of Medical Student Education
in Psychiatry (ADMSEP)
• Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics
(APGO)
• Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (CDEM)
• Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine (CDIM)
• Consortium of Neurology Clerkship Directors
(CNCD)
• Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics
(COMSEP)
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)
• Alliance of Clinical Educators (ACE)
Bylaws Basics
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Outlines positions, duties and terms
Name and mission
Membership is available to all faculty or staff
involved with courses that teach medical
students clinical skills and related content such
as clinical reasoning, professionalism, and ethics.
Elections and amendments
Interim period
Interim Period
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Thought that was important to start work at this
meeting (not wait for elected or appointment
positions)
Thought it would be too difficult to hold
meaningful elections before this meeting
Recommend that the membership approve the
steering committee to assume leadership roles
for one interim year, with elections to occur
prior to the 2013 annual meeting, with elected
members starting their terms November 2013.
Proposed Interim Leadership
Executive Council
Interim President-Matthew Mintz
Interim Past President-Stan Massie
Interim President-Elect -Wendy Madigosky
Interim Secretary- Sara Tariq
NEGEA representative- Felise Milan
CGEA representative- Toshi Uchida
WGEA representative- Preetha Basaviah
SGEA representative- Alex Mechaber
Proposed Interim Leadership
Committee Chairs
Program Planning- Andrea Flory
Membership and Communications - Michelle Daniel
Research- Ron Silvestri
Advocacy and Advancement- Jeff La-Rochelle
Proposed Interim Leadership
2013 will elect both a President and President Elect
President will serve immediately November 2013
President Elect assumes Presidency in Nov 2014
2014 elects President Elect who assumes Presidency
in November 2015
For 2013-2014 only, the Past-President will be
appointed by the newly elected Executive Council
and selected from one of the non-elected Interim
Executive Council members from 2012-2013 to
ensure continuity
Discussion
Discussion
Let’s Put it to A Vote!!!
THANKS!!!!!
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Evaluation!!!
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Committees and Working Groups
1:30-3:00 pm
AAMC National Meeting
San Francisco, CA