Residency Newsletters

Residency program managers in all specialties are challenged to effectively manage their programs as accrediting agencies focus on outcome measures, the core competencies, proper documentation, resident supervision, and program, faculty, and resident evaluation. Add to those responsibilities the challenge to prepare for site visits, develop budgets for your program, and mitigate legal risks. Residency Program Alert is the source you need to confidently meet these challenges. This monthly resource provides residency managers with essential tips, tools, and best practices from the most well-respected, in-the-trenches experts.

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Residency Program Alert

Issue 2, February 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Alumni surveys a valuable tool to help evaluate residency programs

  Residency programs are not required to survey alumni, but doing so can help your organization...

• Residency programs: There's an app for that

  It didn't take long for leaders at the anesthesiology residency program at Mount Sinai School of...

• Benchmarks, dashboards, and quality indicators help meet ACGME outcomes

  The ACGME's new Common Program Requirements (effective July 2011) stipulate that residency programs...

• Make faculty development work for your residency program

  Residency programs face increasing pressure to document robust faculty development. At the same...

• Joint Commission adds its voice to prevention of fatigue-related adverse events

  Add another voice to the call to improve patient safety by addressing healthcare worker fatigue...

Issue 1, January 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Monday Morning Quarterback meetings bring quality projects to life for residents

  It didn't take long for residents at the University of Tennessee's Graduate School of Medicine in...

• Virtual paychecks help residents understand proper billing and coding methods

  It's not always easy to get residents to see the ­impact of improper billing and coding...

• How one residency program promotes scholarly activity

  While program coordinators worry about tracking and documenting scholarly activity, residency...

• Track residents' scholarly activity

  The ACGME requires residents to engage in scholarly activity. However, tracking research projects...