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Resource for teaching residents about The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals
In March’s issue of Residency Program Alert, I wrote an article about how to tie The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) in to core competency training.
Many GME professionals and hospital quality managers told me they’re shocked at how many residents have never heard of the NPSGs. Many residents don’t realize that the NPSGs are behind many of the processes that they have to follow everyday as they care for patients.
Orientation is a great time to introduce residents to the NPSGs, says Constance K. Haan, MD, MS, senior associate dean of educational affairs and designated institutional official at Unviersity of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville.
She developed a matrix that gives residents all the information they need to know about the NPSGs. Listen to her explain what’s on the handout, and consider developing your own for next year’s new residents.
Tell us how you teach residents about the NPSGs in the comment box below.
Download a copy of Haan’s NPSG Policy and Procedures to use as a template for your own handout. Obviously, a lot of the information included is specific to Haan’s institution, but it gives you a great start!
Soundbooth Friday: Creating a new resident manual
Besides interview season, a coordinator’s office doesn’t get much busier than at the start of the academic year. Your office is like a revolving door of new and senior residents coming in with questions about paperwork, parking, and policies, just to name a few.
Soundbooth Friday: A day in the life of a resident
I decided to spice things up a bit this week and share some cool videos I found profiling a medical resident from KELOLAND TV in South Dakota. Over a three-part series, the reporter followed first-year resident, Nate Miller, MD as he described what life as a resident is like.
Soundbooth Friday: A tool for GME offices to provide program oversight
In the February issue of Residency Program Alert, I wrote an article about the coordinator’s role in creating, distributing, and collecting the annual program evaluations residents complete per ACGME requirements.
As I researched the topic, I discovered that many GME offices use their programs’ annual program evaluations as a yearly check up. I came across a great annual program evaluation checklist created by the GME office at Albert Einstein School of Medicine. I gave GME administrator Linda Collazzi a call and asked her about their tool.
With 73 programs to monitor, Collazzi said they needed an easy way to get a peek at what’s happening in each program every year. They decided to use information taken from each program’s annual program evaluation. But, because annual program evaluations can be lengthy, Collazzi and her DIO created their checklist for program directors to fill out using information from their annual review. This saves countless trees, and gives Collazzi’s office the information it needs to ensure their programs are complying with all ACGME regulations.
If you’re interested in checking out the form, you can download it from our Forms and Documents page.
Listen what Collazzi has to say about how they developed the form and follow up with program directors when the checklist reveals there are problems.
Soundbooth Friday: Mapping out the year ahead
As I’ve mentioned in several posts, I wrote an article in January’s Residency Program Alert, which included time management and stress busting tips. I interviewed Residency Manager Blog’s own blogger, Diane Farineau for the article.
One way Farineau keeps her cool is by creating a calendar outlining the year’s tasks with her program director. But Diane’s calendar isn’t tucked away in a desktop planner. She uses easel pads and hangs them on the wall for everyone to see. Everyone in her office is on the same page, and their to do list is right in their faces.
Listen to Diane explain how she creates her yearly calendar below.
Tell us how you keep your yearly to-do lists organized in the comment box!
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