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2008

 

Oct. 31- Nov. 5

AAMC Annual Meeting
San Antonio

Nov. 8-12

AMIA 2008 Annual Symposium
Washington, D.C.

2009

 

March 1-4

AMC Security and Privacy Conference
Chapel Hill, N.C.

March 15-17

AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics
San Francisco, Calif.

April 23-25

GIR Spring Meeting
The Ritz-Carlton
Atlanta

April 28-30

MedBiquitous 2009 Annual Conference
Baltimore


To submit calendar events, contact Morgan Passiment at mpassiment@aamc.org or 202-828-0476.

GIR provides a forum for individuals in roles of leadership and responsibility to promote excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine.

Member Profile

Each month we feature a member institution and an interesting application or project. This month we are featuring the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine, a medical university and its GIR member.

Viewpoint

ePortfolios and Assessing Competence: The Western Reserve2 Curriculum
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine launched the Western Reserve2 (WR2) curriculum in July 2006. This student-centered curriculum focuses on the development of skills physicians need for the practice of healthcare in the 21st century—skills in reflection, self assessment and self-directed life long learning. Taking its lead from the six ACGME competencies, the WR2 curriculum was built with a competency-based educational design.

GIR News

Summary of the GIR Leadership Institute
The third GIR Leadership Institute (GLI) demonstrated through both the faculty and fellows the wealth of talent and dedication that exists in today's academic medical centers. With the addition of a new leader and several new faculty members the GLI continues to evolve to meet the demands of today's health care environment making it the forum for rising leaders in academic medicine.

Report on Organizational Models and Educational Technology in U.S. and Canadian Medical Schools
This report examines the organizational structure of educational technology units within U.S. and Canadian medical schools in order to identify organizational models that support educational technology, describe key attributes of these models and discuss the strengths and challenges associated with these models.

GIR, in collaboration with the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research (ECAR), announces a new research study, IT Engagement in Research: A View of Medical School Practice (PDF, 4 pages) analyzing the practices and perspectives of IT organizations that support the academic research enterprise in medical schools and colleges. An ECAR roadmap summary synthesizes important IT issues and provides recommendations for action in higher education. A PDF of the full report is available in the GIR members only section.

Electronic Health Records Resources
In collaboration with other AAMC divisions, the GIR has developed a Web resource containing links to information about electronic health records. Please take a look and let us know if you have comments, suggestions, or contributions.

Veteran's Affairs Issues and Resources
In early 2007, AAMC staff were contacted by constituents about increasing confusion and concerns with respect to Veteran's Affairs (VA) policies in several areas. The issues were raised by individuals with operational responsibilities in areas such as clinical contracting, effort reporting, and resident supervision. From those initial discussions, AAMC staff felt that it would be useful to confer with a small group of constituents to discuss the ways in which the AAMC could be helpful to our members in their many interactions with the VA.

Academic Medical Center Security and Privacy Conference and Webinar Series
On Feb. 13, the FISMA Impact on AMC/VA Medical Research Webinar covered issues surrounding the recent U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Directive, which makes compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) mandatory throughout the department. This applies not just to clinical systems but to "the security of all VA information and information systems, at all levels of sensitivity and at any location or facility." This directive has greatly impacted academic medical centers that conduct research with VA facilities. Presenters discussed their experience with FISMA and actions their organizations have taken.

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AAMC News and Updates

AAMC Submits Language to Democratic Platform (PDF, 2 pages)
In a letter to the chairs of the Democratic Party Platform Committee last week, AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D. asked the committee to consider including in the party platform language noting the "enormous contributions" made by medical schools and teaching hospitals to the nation's health and well being. The letter also calls for the party to support "a sustained federal investment" in public health activities, including the work of the National Institutes of Health. The AAMC has urged the Democratic Party to continue to promote policies that strengthen medical schools' and teaching hospitals' core missions of medical education, patient care, and medical research. A similar letter is being submitted to the Republican Platform Committee.

2008 AAMC Data Book
The 2008 edition of the AAMC Data Book is now available. The annual publication provides statistical data on U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals, with 86 tables of current and historical data on the following topics: applicants and students; faculty; medical school revenue; tuition, financial aid, and student debt; graduate medical education; teaching hospitals; health care financing; biomedical research; physicians; faculty compensation and reference data such as price indices. The Data Book tables are derived from the AAMC's reports and databases and external sources such as the National Institutes of Health, the American Medical Association, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the American Hospital Association. The Data Book is available in print and online with a subscription.

Perspective: Prospective Health Care and the Role of Academic Medicine: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way (PDF, 1 page)—Academic Medicine, August 2008

AAMC Commends Congress for Overriding Medicare Veto
The AAMC has commended Congress for voting to override President Bush's veto of legislation that averts major reductions in Medicare physician payments. (July 17, 2008)

House Panel Approves HIT, Privacy Measure (Washington Highlights, July 25, 2008)

Analysis in Brief: U.S. Medical School Faculty Job Satisfaction (PDF, 2 pages)Analysis in Brief, July 2008

AAMC Job Board
The AAMC Job Board—an online forum for medical schools and teaching hospitals to connect with the best and brightest talent—has expanded its services to include faculty positions in academic medicine. The Job Board continues to post non-faculty and administrative job openings. The service is free to all job seekers; rates for employers are very reasonable.

In the News

Wireless Locating System Implemented (Health Data Management, Sept. 24, 2008)

Federal Health Official to Step Down (The New York Times, Sept. 24, 2008)

Monster, the Job-Search Behemoth, Enters the Admissions Game (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 24, 2008)

Amherst Administrator's 'IT Index' Highlights Trends in Student Technology Use (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 24, 2008)

Palm Readers Provide Identification (Health Data Management, Sept. 23, 2008)

Global Thoughts on Waking the Health Care IT 'Sleeping Giant' (iHealth Beat, Sept. 18, 2008)

Critics: Homeland Security Unprepared for Cyberthreats (CNET, Sept. 17, 2008)

Challenging Conventional Wisdom on STEM Supply (Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 17, 2008)

Survey Says Epocrates Enoys iPhone Success (Digital Health Care and Productivity, Sept. 16, 2008)

eHealth Initiative Survey Links Health IT to Lower Costs and Improved Outcomes (eHealth Initiative, Sept. 11, 2008)

ICD-10-CM/PCS National Provider Conference Calls (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Sept. 2008)

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