College faculty and staff members attended the Learn Lead Serve AAMC Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. More than 4,000 attendees from the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals gathered together to share insights and search for solutions to some of the most complex health challenges facing our country.  Attendees participated in sessions that explored macro-level issues and solutions while also having access to sessions featuring innovations in medical education and research.  

 

M2 Students, Amelia Wong and Bengt Grua  represented the  student body at the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) Poster Presentation with their poster "The Implementation and Role of Learning Communities in US Allopathic Medical Schools."

Bengt J Grua, MS²; Angela Song, MS3²; Amelia F Wong, MS2¹, Mary L. Brandt, MD², Joseph S. Kass, MD, JD²; Jennifer W. Caceres, MD¹ (2016) The Implementation and Role of Learning Communities in US Allopathic Medical Schools., AAMC National Meeting, November 2016, Seattle, WA.

 

Dr. Sarah Wood, Dr. Jennifer Caceres, Dr. Michelle-Lizotte-Waniewski presented a poster at the CoreEPA (Entrustable Professional Activity) Poster Session.

Jennifer W. Caceres, MD; Elizabeth C. Gundersen, MD; Darin Trelka, MD, PhD; Jennifer Foster, MD; Mark J. Di Corcia, PhD; Gimol George, EdD; Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski, PhD; Sarah K. Wood, MD (2016) The Role of a Learning Portfolio in Teaching and Assessing Competencies as an Integral Part of Developing Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)., AAMC National Meeting, November 2016, Seattle, WA.

 

Dr. Sarah Wood and Dr. Michelle Lizotte-Waniewski presented an Innovation Poster at the Medical Education Scholarly Poster Session.

Louda, D., Lizotte-Waniewski, M., Wood, S.K., and George, G. (2016). A Foundational First Semester Course of Basic Science Core Concepts in an Integrated Curriculum- Advantages and Challenges., AAMC National Meeting, November 2016, Seattle, WA.

 

View Keynote Speeches from Robert J. Laskowski, MD, MBA, AAMC board chair, and Darrell G. Kirch, MD, AAMC president and CEO here.

 

The Internal Medicine residency program announces results of the national internal medicine subspecialty fellowship matching program.

 

Of 27 post-graduate year 3 (PGY-3) residents eligible for subspecialty fellowship application, 10 applied for fellowship and 8 of the 10 received offers for subspecialty fellowships. They include:

This is an outstanding result for the inaugural class of PGY-3 residents, and is equal to the average matching rate for all internal medicine residency programs nationally. We look forward to announcing the post-graduation positions for all 27 of our senior residents later in the academic year.

 

Made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Phyllis Gladstein, D.Ed., an FAU Foundation Board member and Edith B Jackson Professor of Child Development at the Yale Child Study Center, retired Faculty of the Western New England institute of Psychoanalysis.  T he series kicked off in October with a well-received overview of the topic by Dr. Robert Colton, a South Florida based physician-entrepreneur. Dr. Colton also gave the excellent November lecture on physician reimbursement.