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		<title>In the news: Hospitals not making board certification a requirement for privileges</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/in-the-news-hospitals-not-making-board-certification-a-requirement-for-privileges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study in Archives of Surgery suggest that hospitals do not consistently require physicians to be board certified to receive privileges. 
Out of the 109 hospitals that were surveyed, only 5% required surgeons to be board certified when they received initial privileges. In addition, 82% of all hospitals surveyed allowed surgeons ad non-surgical subspecialists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME announces award recipients</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/acgme-announces-award-recipients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGME posted the winners for the 2010 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Lead Award, Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, David C. Leach, MD Award, and the GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award.
Congratulations to all of the winners, but a special congratulations to Jeri L. Whitten, C-TAGME, who won one of the GME Coordinator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resident doesn&#8217;t bite the bullet for attending physician</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/resident-doesnt-bite-the-bullet-for-attending-physician/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/resident-doesnt-bite-the-bullet-for-attending-physician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do residents do when they see attending physicians doing something unethical? Chances are, not much. Unfortunately, residents are in a position where there is virtually no upside to blowing the whistle on a superior&#8217;s behavior. Unfortunately, this environment does nothing to help the greater cause of ensuring the highest quality of patient care. 
Kudos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME gives guidance on managing emergency situations</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/acgme-gives-guidance-on-program-management-during-emergency-situations/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/acgme-gives-guidance-on-program-management-during-emergency-situations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ACGME Site Visits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Program Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resident Well Being]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the ACGME posted Responsibilities of ACGME-accredited Programs and Institutions in Local Extreme Emergent Situations, which discusses protocols for handling emergency situations.
The ACGME makes the point that &#8220;extreme emergent situation&#8221; differ from &#8220;disasters&#8221; as defined in the ACGME Policies and Procedures. The accreditor states that emergent situations are affect only one sponsoring institution, participating institution, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The results are in: 2009 residency coordinator salary survey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/the-results-are-in-2009-coordinator-salary-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/the-results-are-in-2009-coordinator-salary-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Program Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency Program Alert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With an economy on the rocks, health care reform making its way through Congress, and funding for GME being scrutinized, it&#8217;s not a surprise that our annual coordinator salary survey got a  record 579 responses. Here are some highlights from this year&#8217;s survey.
The good news is that more coordinators report earning higher salaries in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME unviels new Learning Portfolio information</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/acgme-unviels-new-learning-portfolio-information/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/09/acgme-unviels-new-learning-portfolio-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Program Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, the ACGME updated the Learning Portfolio section of their Web site to include a new demo of the online system and the latest time line for completion.
As Ruth Nawtoniak, C-TAGME will discuss at the 4th Annual Residency Program Management Seminar, coordinators and directors should check out this page frequently for the most current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do conflict of interest policies hurt GME and medicine?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/07/do-conflict-of-interest-policies-hurt-gme-and-medicine/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/07/do-conflict-of-interest-policies-hurt-gme-and-medicine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, your program&#8217;s budget has felt the effects of the economic downturn. But according to many of the coordinators I&#8217;ve spoken to, there&#8217;s another factor causing funding woes: Policies that limit or disallow GME programs from accepting money from Pharma and other industry sources.
Although conflict of interest is a real concern, some experts say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME puts Chicago neurosurgery program on probation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/07/acgme-puts-chicago-neurosurgery-program-on-probation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/07/acgme-puts-chicago-neurosurgery-program-on-probation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ACGME Site Visits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGME put the neurosurgery program at the University of Chicago on a two-year probation, according to a FierceHealthcare article.
Although the ACGME has not yet said that this is the reason why the program was put on probation, program leaders have an idea of what caused the adverse action. Several faculty members have recently left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACGME offers new program coordinator award</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/06/acgme-offers-new-program-coordinator-award/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/06/acgme-offers-new-program-coordinator-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Program Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residency News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ACGME will award five program coordinators with the GME Program Coordinator Excellence Award during the 2010 Educational Conference.
This new award seeks to recognize coordinators&#8217; efforts and their roles in graduate medical education training. The award applications are due by August 3, and applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

Be a coordinator for an ACGME [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston surgery program receives duty hour citation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/06/boston-surgery-program-receives-duty-hour-citation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2009/06/boston-surgery-program-receives-duty-hour-citation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie McCoy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Duty Hours and Fatigue]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The surgery residency program at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston received a citation from the ACGME for violating the duty hour standards, according to an article in the Boston Globe.
The program learned about the citation in April and has until August 15 to demonstrate that they&#8217;ve made adjustments to the residents&#8217; schedules. The article [...]]]></description>
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