Fellowship Director’s Meeting
August 9, 2007; Hiways
Meeting Minutes
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Blowey, Doug ~ Nephrology Program Director
Butler, Merlin ~ Cytogenetics Program Director
Daniel, James ~ Gastroenterology Program Director
Dowling, Paul ~ Allergy/Immunology Program Director
Graf, William ~ Child Neurology Program Director
Jacobson, Jill ~ Endocrinology Program Director
Jordan, Kerrie ~ Graduate Medical Education Coordinator
Kallur, Ravi ~ Graduate Medical Education Administrative Director
Kennedy, Chris ~ Pediatric Emergency Medicine Program Director
Knapp, Jane ~ Medical Director, Graduate Medical Education
Lewing, Karen ~ Hematology/Oncology Associate Program Director
Lowe, Lisa ~ Pediatric Radiology Program Director
Nopper, Amy Jo ~ Pediatric Dermatology Program Director
Rinaldi, Robert ~ Rehabilitation Medicine Program Director
Truog, William ~ Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program Director
Zwick, David ~ Pediatric Pathology Program Director
Bruegger, Daniel ~ Pediatric Otolaryngology Program Director
Garrison, Carol ~ Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Holcomb, George ~ Pediatric Surgery Program Director
Jackson, Mary Anne ~ Infectious Diseases Program Director
Kearns, Greg ~ Clinical Pharmacology Program Director
Olitsky, Scott ~ Pediatric Ophthalmology Program Director
Ostlie, Daniel ~ Surgical Critical Care Program Director
Singhal, Virender ~ Plastic Surgery Program Director
Walsh, Irene ~ Pediatric Child Abuse & Neglect Program Director
Woods, Gerald ~ Hematology/Oncology Section Chief & Program Director
The meeting started at 12:08 pm.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes from the June 4, 2007, meeting was approved.
Common Curriculum
All topics and dates outlined for the common curriculum have been handed out and are posted on
the GME Website. The core curriculum conferences take place the first Tuesday of every month
at 8am as follows:
 July 3, 2007 @ 8am in Board Room
o Orientation
 August 7, 2007 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Effective Communication Skills with Families and Colleagues
 September 4, 2007 @ 8am in Community Room
o Effective Teaching I
 October 2, 2007 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Effective Teaching II
 November 6, 2007 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
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o QI Part I
December 4, 2007 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o QI Part II
January 8, 2008 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Finding and Working with a Mentor
February 5, 2008 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Ethics
March 4, 2008 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Outcomes
April 1, 2008 @ 8am in Community Room
o Interpreting the Medical Literature
May 13, 2008 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Principles of Evidence Based Medicine
June 3, 2008 @ 8am in Housestaff Classroom
o Patient Safety
All Fellows will be required to attend. Program Directors will build the common curriculum into
the Fellowship Curriculum. Goals and Objectives will be created for these conferences to share
with all Program Directors. The GME Office would like for valuations of the speaker and
presentation topic done and set up in New Innovations.
The Research and statistics courses are offered online. Dr. Knapp asked that all PD’s look over
the information provided in the packets and give GME feedback on Research Education.
New Innovations Feedback
New software to track residents, fellows, rotators, and medical students has been implemented
and all Program Coordinators have been trained on the system to set up and schedule
evaluations, report duty hours, track conferences, set up schedules for attendings, fellows, and
faculty, etc. GME expects all programs to use the duty hours, evaluations, and scheduling
modules in this system commencing April 1, 2007. All Program Directors are set up in the
system and are encouraged to log onto the system by visiting https://www.new-innov.com/Login.
When you first log into the system, use CMHC as the Institution Login and you first initial and
your last name in lower case letters as your Username and Password. Please contact Kerrie
Jordan in the GME Office at (816) 983-6487 or by email at kjjordan@cmh.edu if help is needed.
All Program Coordinators have been trained to set up evaluations for the 2007-2008 academic
year. Kerrie Jordan from the GME Office will be in contact with all PD’s to set up individual
times to go over your program set up in NI and make sure everything is working properly for the
new year.
UMKC Tuition Reduction
Dr. Truog brought up the issue of fellows getting the discounted tuition similar to UMKC
employees while enrolled in UMKC degree programs. After further discussion Dr. Knapp and
Kallur agreed to review the matter further with Dr. Kelly, Dr. Burry and SOM. This group will
be appraised of the outcome of such discussions.
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Planning for 2007 Annual Report
The 2006-2007 GME Annual Report was presented and approved by the committee with a
quorum present. .
Annual Program Reviews
The educational effectiveness of all CMH training programs should be evaluated at least
annually in a systematic manner by reviewing the program goals and objectives and the
effectiveness with which they are achieved. This must be done by the Program Director, a
representative faculty, and one resident/fellow. This group will document the evaluation
process, taking into consideration written comments from the faculty, the most recent report of
the GMEC, and the resident’s evaluation results. If deficiencies are found, the group should
prepare a plan of action, which is documented in the minutes of the group meeting. This group
should also review the faculty evaluations and the certification examination performance by
graduates of the program as a way to measure program effectiveness. This process together with
resident/fellow/faculty evaluation results should be used to improve the training program. The
GME Office expects all programs to turn an annual report into them by end of September 2007.
Call Rooms
The GME Office is in the process of accounting for all Hospital call rooms to determine if,
residents/fellows have adequate call rooms.
International Medical Graduate Observership Requests
CMH will only allow short term observerships (two to three days) for medical graduates. All
observership requests must be approved by the GME. Please contact Kerrie Jordan or Ravi
Kallur.
Disciplinary/Grievance Process for Residents/Fellows
A revised disciplinary/grievance policy was included in the packets for review by all PD’s.
Each Program Director is expected to develop such policy for their programs and must be shared
with the residents/fellows.
UMKC GMEC Meeting Dates
 August 17, 2007, in Humanities Conference Room
 October 18, 2007, in Bamberger Room
 December 20, 2007, in Humanities Conference Room
Audience Response System
The GME Office has purchased 90 key pads and software that can be uploaded onto your
computer to use for presentations in which audience can participate. Please contact the GME
Office at 5-3373.
Feedback from Graduation and Orientation
Overall, the PD’s thought the graduation went well. The only remark made was to have it in a
larger room with a more accessible parking garage with plenty of place next time. Overall, the
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PD’s thought the orientation went well. The only suggestion was to shorten the orientation to 1
day instead of 2 days and have a separate HR portion specialized to fellows.
GME office has consulted the HR and for 2008 we will have exclusive Fellow orientation.
Educational Stipends for Residents/Fellows
All residents/fellows receive an educational stipend annually for books, travel to educational
conferences, PDA’s and any other computer/software related item to use towards their training
with CMH. PGY 1’s receive $500.00, PGY 2’s receive $1,000.00, and PGY 3 and higher
receive $1,500.00. Each program should be tracking how its residents/fellows use this money.
Unused amounts cannot be carried over from year to year.
Questions/Comments/Announcements
The next meeting is scheduled for September 12, 2007 in HHC 538.
The meeting adjourned at 12:59 pm.
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