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 11, November 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Build a faculty development program from scratch

  Residents and fellows are not the only people you’re responsible for educating. The ACGME...

• Avoid data overload with quarterly reports

  Program directors and coordinators have developed sophisticated systems for collecting data...

• Set new coordinators up for success with orientation

  Brand new program coordinators are often blindsided by the scope of their responsibilities and the...

Issue 10, October 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Bring abstract ethical concepts to life through a multidimensional approach

  Changing healthcare laws and increasing cultural, religious, and political diversity mean that...

• Called out: Recruitment best practices

  You’ve analyzed every recruitment statistic from the previous three years. You’ve...

• Five ways to work smarter and save time

  In a month dedicated to ghosts, witches, and zombies, program coordinators have their own Halloween...

Issue 9, September 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Help residents chill out, not burn out

  Residents don’t start their training thinking it’s going to be a cakewalk. They expect...

• Mastering your to-do list: Stay organized and one step ahead

  Coordinators have more to do than there are hours in a day. RPA gives you pointers for keeping on...

• Tips for selecting the best new residents

  Recruitment tips for screening applications, organizing the interview day, and using ERAS.

Issue 8, August 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• The results are in: 2009 salary survey

  Hardly anyone has escaped the effects of the economic downturn, and the results of RPA’s 2009...

• Evaluate program director performance to promote development and program success

  Despite all of the evaluations that GME training programs must carry out, program director...

Issue 7, July 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• The debate continues: The high costs of new duty hour standards

  Countless news stories and articles describing the unsafe conditions caused by sleep-deprived...

• Three field-tested examples of how to integrate systems-based practice into your curriculum

  Freshen up your systems-based practice curriculum by borrowing some of your colleagues’ ideas...

• Coordinator’s corner: The resident portfolio-file conundrum

  Clear up the confusion between residency portfolios and files.

• From the news desk: Milestones: The next step for competency-based education

  Get the inside scoop about the milestones initiative

Issue 6, June 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• E-professionalism is a must for tech-savvy residents

  Keep residents’ virtual reputations intact and avoid legal actions by educating them about...

• Survey says: Use a mock ACGME Resident Survey to enhance program quality

  Find out how you can link the ACGME Resident Survey to quality improvement ?in your program.  

• Five tips for using electronic management systems to collect faculty evaluations of residents

  Discover five tips for using an electronic management system to get evaluations back from faculty...

• Getting creative: Step-by-step guide for implementing innovative projects in your program

  RPA gives you strategies for turning your great ideas into a reality.

Issue 5, May 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Make exit interviews valuable for you and graduating residents

  To be effective, program directors and other exit interviewers must remember that exit interviews...

• Get ready for duty hour reform now

  RPA sat down with two program directors who have spent the past several years scrutinizing and...

• Enhancing communication with faculty members

  Who are the worst offenders—the ones hardest to reach? Coordinators attending the...

• A guide for successful PIF preparation

  RPA lays out the steps you should take while preparing your PIF six months before the site visit.

Issue 4, April 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Gauge residents’ skills on day one

  Take a look at how one institution conducts OSCEs with new residents.

• Professionalism lectures that grab residents’ attention

  RPA profiles how two programs teach this complicated competency by thinking outside the box.

• 10 Tips for a trouble-free orientation

  Get 10 tips to make your orientation a success.

Issue 3, March 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Develop leaders: Training tools for chief residents

  Set chief residents up for success by structuring your program to support their leadership role and...

• Put answers at first-year residents' fingertips

  Whether you’re creating a first-year resident manual for the first time or performing a...

• Avoid ACGME citations for a lack of patient cases

  Program directors must determine whether a resident or program problem is preventing them from...

• Link core competencies to National Patient Safety Goals

  Consider tying the NPSGs into these four activities typically utilized to teach the core...

Issue 2, February 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Experts respond to the I0M’s recommendations

  Few GME developments caused a bigger splash in 2008 than the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM...

• Strengthen your program with leadership best practices

  Editor’s note: The February 2008 ACGME e-Bulletin outlined nine red flags commonly found...

• Crafting an annual resident program evaluation form

  As a residency program coordinator, you’ll probably have a hand in developing, distributing...

Issue 1, January 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Find a balance between service and education

  Editor’s note: The February 2008 ACGME e-Bulletin outlined nine red flags commonly found...

• Reduce legal risks: Respond wisely to verification requests

  Residency program directors and coordinators are buried with verification requests, and...

• Ten time management tips and stress busters

  Even with the stress of holidays behind us, there’s lit-tle rest for coordinators in the grip...