GME Times
The UIC Graduate Medical Education Newsletter
April 2008
Vol. 5, No. 10
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GME Resident HotLine - 312-996-8662
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If you have an issue relating to your residency program that you don't feel comfortable discussing with your chief resident or program director, call the GME Resident HotLine. Your  message will be received only by Cathy Canfield-Jepson, the Director of Graduate Medical Education, and Dr. L. J. Sandlow, the College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs. Confidentiality is assured.



  
In Brief
•   GME Resident HotLine: 312-996-8662
•   Leaving Procedure for Residents/Fellows
  
Inside
•   2008-2009 Resident Stipends
•   GME Core Curriculum
•   General Requirements for 2007-2008
•   PGY1 Residents: Teaching Skills Workshops
•   Highlighting GME 105: Health Care Monitoring and Regulatory Systems and Agencies
•   Highlighting GME 108: Managing a Successful Medical Practice
•   Leaving Resident/Fellow Checklist 2008
•   Library of the Health Sciences-Chicago Commitment to the UIC Community
•   Mandatory TB Surveillance PAST DUE

  
Core Curriculum General Requirements for All Residents and Fellows 2007-2008
When did you begin your current training program?
Prior to June 1, 2007
On or After June 1, 2007
If you began your residency or fellowship prior to June 1, 2007 and your program does not have specific and/or additional module requirements, you may choose modules according to your own interests to complete four modules per year or a total of 10 modules for a three-year or longer program. If you began your residency or fellowship program on or after June 1, 2007 and your program does not have additional module requirements, you must first complete GME Module 114, “Introduction to the General Competencies,” followed by the required modules (101, 103, 106, 107, 111 and 115 in any order,) to complete four modules per year or a total of 10 modules for a three-year or longer program.
For both options, please note: Always check with your program director to find out if your program has additional and/or program-specific requirements.

  
Core Curriculum Teaching Skills Workshops for PGY1s
PGY1 Residents:   REGISTER NOW for Mandatory Teaching Skills Workshops
To fulfill mandatory first-year Core Curriculum requirements, PGY1 residents must complete a total of three Teaching Skills workshops including the workshop presented at GME New Resident Orientation last June or at GME Mid-Year New Resident Orientation in January 2008. The following workshops are still available:
  Teaching in Small Groups:  Wednesday, May 14, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
  Teaching through Lectures:  Wednesday, May 21, 3:30 - 5:00 PM
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  Send email to: faculty_dev_dme@uic.edu

  
Core Curriculum - Highlighting GME 105:
Health Care Monitoring and Regulatory Systems and Agencies
Module Description:
This module reviews the social, political and professional purposes served by regulatory systems in health care. It explores the role and pertinent regulations emanating from public health departments, accreditation and certifying agencies, and the medical aspects of environmental and occupational health. Additionally, it examines the role of professional organizations in monitoring, guiding, and directing the practice of medicine.
Educational Objectives:
•   Describe the role of the public health system in the monitoring and maintenance of health care goals of society
•   Discuss the role and implementation of accreditation and certification in health care organizations
•   Identify the key purposes and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA)
•   Identify and discuss the role and effectiveness of key medical professional organizations
ACGME/ABMS Competencies Addressed in GME 105
Systems-Based Practice:
Understand how your patient care and other professional practices affect other health care professionals, the health care organization, and the larger society, and how these elements of the system affect your own practice.

  
Core Curriculum - Highlighting GME 108:
Managing a Successful Medical Practice
Module Description:
Upon initial entry into practice, physicians are often thrust into business situations and confronted with decisions that they are unprepared to handle. This module exposes participants in a comprehensive and coherent manner to those issues, decisions, and management abilities they will need in a variety of practice situations, including solo practice, group practice, fee-for-service, salaried practice, and managed care.
Educational Objectives:
•   Understand the basic practice models and their key characteristics
•   Be aware of the essentials of medical practice budget management
•   Comprehend the critical aspects of medical practice contract negotiation
•   Appreciate the nature of medical practice accountability to patients and institutions
•   Demonstrate awareness of the issues related to:
•   referral relationships in practice
•   hospitals and professional affiliations for practice
•   managing physical facilities for practice
•   managing ancillary services
•   personnel recruitment, supervision and evaluation, compensation and benefits
•   managing office services, communication systems, appointment systems
•   medical records, health insurance claims coding, disease coding, death certificates
•   ethical and legal issues related to medical practice
ACGME/ABMS Competencies Addressed in GME 108
Interpersonal Skills and Communication:
•   Work effectively with others as a member or leader of a health care team or other professional group
Professionalism:
•   Demonstrate a commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of clinical care, confidentiality of patient information, informed consent, and business practices.
Systems-Based Practice:
•   Know how types of medical practice and delivery systems differ from one another, including methods of controlling health care costs and allocating resources
•   Practice cost-effective health care and resource allocation that does not compromise quality of care
•   Advocate for quality patient care and assist patients in dealing with system complexities

  
Leaving Resident/Fellow Checklist 2008
Complete your Clearance Form and secure appropriate signatures beginning at the top of the form.
•   Have you completed the Core Curriculum, Teaching Skills Workshops, HIPAA, Ethics and NetLearning requirements?
•   Core Curriculum
•   Teaching Skills Workshops (for those who spent their PGY1 year at UIMCC
•   HIPAA Modules (completed through NetLearning
•   Ethics Training
•   NetLearning Modules
•   Have you filled in the following sections of your Clearance Form?
•   Mailing Address (post training, if available)
•   Telephone Number (post training, if available)
•   Email Address (post training, if available)
•   Section 1: FUTURE PLANS (front and back sections)
•   Have you secured the appropriate signatures for Section 2, INSTITUTIONAL CLEARANCE?
•   If leaving UIC, you must complete both parts (left and right columns) of Section 2.*
---OR---
•   If continuing at UIC in any work role, complete ONLY the right column of Section 2.*
*NOTE:  You are not authorized to enter any signatures or initial any blanks in Section 2. If you have any questions about signatures, please contact the GME Office, 312-996-2933.
•   Have you met all of the conditions listed in Section 3, GME CLEARANCE?
•   Have you provided the following documents to the GME Office?
•   Most up-to-date version of ECFMG certificate, if applicable
•   Notification of Termination as Exchange Visitor, if applicable
•   Copy of Illinois Temporary Medical License(s)**
•   Copy of Illinois Permanent Medical License**
**Note: Medical licenses must cover full length of training (all programs) at UIMCC
•   Copy of updated CV in mm/dd/yyyy format with no gaps between graduation from Medical or Dental school through the end of your training program(s) at UIMCC
•   All mandatory Duty Hours and Institutional Issues evaluations completed through the New Innovations Residency Management Suite software
•   If you have provided these documents, your GME Office residency and/or fellowship file is complete.
•   Have you secured your Program Director's checks and signature in Section 4, PROGRAM DIRECTOR CLEARANCE?
•   Sign and date your Clearance Form (back of form.)
•   Submit your clearance form at the reception desk in the GME Office.
•   REQUEST A COPY OF YOUR FULLY EXECUTED CLEARANCE FORM BEFORE LEAVING THE GME OFFICE.
•   Receive your Certificate of training in person or arrange to receive it by mail.
Say good-bye and receive our best wishes in your new endeavors!

  
Library of the Health Sciences - Chicago
Commitment to the UIC Community
If you need help doing research or finding information in medical databases, you can contact a librarian at the Library of the Health Sciences - Chicago (LHSC) several ways. Librarians are available:
•   In person at the reference desk,
•   By phone (312-996-9163,)
•   Via email: http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/digital/emailform.shtml, or
•   Through instant messaging on AIM, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and through the University Instant Messaging Server (UIC IM).
The LHSC librarians are committed to supporting the research and educational needs of the UIC community and health science researchers. Librarians present a number of workshops on library resources, research strategies, and components of evidence-based practice each semester which are open to any user of LHSC. See
for additional information. You are also encouraged to arrange an individual consultation session with a librarian if you require research assistance. See
to arrange individual consultation.
For additional information about the Library of the Health Sciences - Chicago and its collections, or to convey your specific information needs, please feel free to contact the Graduate Medical Liaison, Lisa Massengale, at lmassen1@uic.edu or 312-996-0816.

  
Mandatory TB Surveillance for Current Residents and Fellows - PAST DUE
All Current Residents and Fellows:  Please see section “6.5 C” in the “Inoculations and Referrals” section of GME Policy VI. “Resident Health Policies.”
“C.     Annual or Semi Annual TB Screening is required for all residents. This is coordinated through UHS [University Health Services] and the Residency Coordinator. The Resident Agreements for PGY2-PGY7 residents will not be completed until the resident is compliant with annual and/or semi annual TB screening.”
If you have not yet fulfilled this annual or biannual mandatory requirement in April 2008, contact your program coordinator immediately.