May 1, 2013

SACME Spotlight – Society for Academic CME (SACME)
SACME announces a search for Editor and Associate Editor of INTERCOM, the society’s official newsletter published three times a year. The overall mission of INTERCOM is to provide SACME members with current news and information to help professionals better function in the roles associated with CME in academic institutions, as well as provide updates on current SACME activities.

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
ABMS Evidence Library – This online database is a searchable, convenient resource that highlights empirical evidence supporting the ABMS Member Board Certification and ABMS Maintenance of Certification® (ABMS MOC®). The evidence library represents an organic body of literature relevant to Board Certification/MOC.

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
Accreditation Council for CME Standards for Commercial Support Recognized in CMS Physician Payment Transparency Rule

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
New AHRQ Evidence Report Details Top Patient Safety Strategies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS Mulls Use of Specialty Registries for Quality Data – HealthLeaders Media

Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Making the Case for Continuous Learning from Routinely Collected Data

Other News
ACS [American College of Surgeons] Releases Limited-Edition Book on Improving Surgical Health Care – News Medical

News & Topics in Quality/Performance Improvement for the CME Community
Patient-Centered Care Linked to Better Outcomes – Reuters

Transforming Patient Care: Aligning Interprofessional Education with Clinical Practice Redesign – The Macy Foundation
Medical Errors and Safety
Hospitals Profit From Surgical Errors, Study Finds – The New York Times

Reducing Readmissions
Health Law’s Rules Help Hospitals Cut Patient Readmission Rate – The Washington Post

AHRQ Releases Revised Discharge Toolkit Aimed at Curbing Readmissions – Modern Healthcare

Measuring and Paying for Quality
Publicly-Reported Data Leads to Quality – Healthcare Finance News

Provider/Patient Relationships
Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care – The Cleveland Clinic

Care Improves When Docs Consider Context – MedPage Today

The Talking Cure for Health Care – The Wall Street Journal

Physician, Hear Thyself—Why Communication Matters – The Wall Street Journal

Patient Experience Is Next Measurement in Value-Based Care – American Medical News

Orlando Health Shares Medical Outcomes with Patients, Families – Newswise

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FEATURED MedEdPORTAL® RESOURCES
CE Directory: Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain)

iCollaborative: Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care: A Targeted Action Plan for Academic Medical Centers

Publications: Geriatric Health Literacy Workshop

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) issues two funding announcements for up to $68 million to improve the nation’s capacity to efficiently conduct patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Based on PCORI’s National Priorities for Research, the two announcements listed under “Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Methodological Research” (item number five at the bottom of the PCORI Funding Announcements page) will support the development of Clinical Data Research Networks (CDRN) and Patient-Powered Research Networks (PPRN). Letters of Intent Deadline for New Funding Applications: June 15, 2013.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities and Notices

The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) Educational Institute, May 15-17, 2013, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

2013 AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting: Improving Value and Educating for Quality, June 6-7, 2013, InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Ill.

17th Annual International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), June 8-11, 2013, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland

The Next Level: The Necessary Interaction of Outcomes, Instructional Design, and Assessment, 2013 Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) Annual Conference, June 9-11, 2013, Hotel Diagonal Zero, Barcelona, Spain

Evolving the Continuum of Learning; Shifting Cultures Towards Collaboration—How we work and learn together for the benefit of learners and patients, Canadian Association of Continuing Health Education (CACHE) Conference 2013, June 11, 2013, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice, Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IV, June 12-14, 2013, The Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Building a Foundation in CEhp, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2013 Basics Institute, June 13-14, 2013, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago

2013 Association of Standardized Patient Educators (ASPE) Annual Conference, June 22-26, 2013, Grand Hyatt at Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia

Summer Institutes on Quality Improvement, the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE), the Improvement Science Research Network (ISRN), and the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, July 9-13, 2013, Grand Hyatt Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

● Webinars, Teleconferences, and Online Courses
AAMC Integrating Quality Initiative Webinar Series, A Strategic Partnership MGH/MIT Sloan Improving Efficiency and Quality in Perioperative Care, May 9, 2013,12-1 p.m. ET

Knowledge Translation Canada 2013 Seminar Series, John Lavis, McMaster University, May 9, 2013, 12-1 p.m. ET

AAMC Integrating Quality Initiative Webinar Series, Advancing Faculty Development and Scholarly Careers in Quality Improvement, May 14, 2013, 3-4 p.m. ET

Physician Payment Sunshine Act and Its Effect on Hospital Medical Education, Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME), June 11, 2013, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET

Promoting a Culture of Safety as a Patient Safety Strategy: A Systematic Review – Weaver SJ, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Mar 5;158(5 Pt 2):369-74.

Publicly Reported Quality-of-Care Measures Influenced Wisconsin Physician Groups to Improve Performance- Lamb GC, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Mar;32(3):536-43.

Quality Improvement Methods Increase Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing for Childhood Pneumonia – Ambroggio L, et al. Pediatrics. 2013 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Computer-Generated Reminders Delivered on Paper to Healthcare Professionals; Effects on Professional Practice and Health Care Outcomes – Arditi C, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Dec 12;12:CD001175.

Multi-Method Needs Assessment Optimizes Learning – Keister D, Grames H. Clin Teach. 2012 Oct;9(5):295-8.

April 4, 2013

SACME Spotlight – Society for Academic CME
Register Today for the SACME 2013 Spring Meeting!
Partnering to Improve Evidence, Quality, and Patient Safety in Medical Education, April 10-13, 2013, the Fluno Center, Madison, Wis.

Other News
Equity of Care has released a short video on the collection and use of race, ethnicity, and language (REAL) preference data and its important role in reducing health care disparities.

News & Topics in Quality/Performance Improvement for the CME Community
End-of-Life Plans Often Not Shared, Followed – MedPage Today

Funding Options for Academic Detailing Programs - The National Resource Center for Academic Detailing (NaRCAD)

Innovations/Technology
Integrating EHR with Medical Education for Improved Care – EHR Intelligence

Reducing Readmissions
Hospitals Question Medicare Rules on Readmissions – The New York Times

Measuring and Paying for Quality
Small, Rural Hospitals Lag on Some Quality Measures – The Chicago Tribune

Provider/Patient Relationships
U.S. Health Care System, Culturally Incompetent for Hispanic Patients – VOXXI

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FEATURED MedEdPORTAL® RESOURCES
CE Directory: Overdose Prevention: Project Lazarus Community Care Chronic Pain Initiative

iCollaborative: Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?: Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities and Notices

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
● Event Spotlight
Innovations in Medical Education: Aligning Values and Competencies, NEGEA 2013 Educational Retreat, April 12-13, 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York

Webinar: How to Develop Guidelines Within the Context of a Clinical Quality Improvement Program, G-I-N North America – Sheri Ann Strite and Mike Stuart, M.D., April 16, 2013, 3:00-4:30 p.m. ET. Meeting Number: 576 080 903, Meeting Password: 16April2013

Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills, Harvard Medical School, April 4-6, 2013, Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, Mass.

Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Save Lives, 2013 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the BMJ Publishing Group, April 16-19, 2013, ExCeL London, London, England

CCME 2013 – The Quest for Quality Improvement: Going for Gold through Medical Education, Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME), April 20-23, 2013, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

It’s About TiME: Technology in Medical Education, 2013 WGEA Regional Meeting, May 4-7, 2013, Irvine, Calif., hosted by the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

Academic Detailing Training, National Resource Center for Academic Detailing (NaRCAD), May 6-7, 2013, Boston

15th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress, May 8-10, 2013, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, La.

The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) Educational Institute, May 15-17, 2013, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nev.

2013 AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting: Improving Value and Educating for Quality, June 6-7, 2013, InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Ill.

The Next Level: The Necessary Interaction of Outcomes, Instructional Design, and Assessment, 2013 Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) Annual Conference, June 9-11, 2013, Hotel Diagonal Zero, Barcelona, Spain

Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice, Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IV, June 12-14, 2013, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 4, 2013, Better Knowledge for Better Health, 21st Cochrane Colloquium, Sept. 19-23, 2013, Quebec City Convention Centre, Quebec City, Canada

Using Social Media to Improve Continuing Medical Education: A Survey of Course Participants – Wang AT, et al. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Dec;87(12):1162-70.

Academic Detailing Can Play a Key Role in Assessing and Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research Findings – Fischer MA, Avorn J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Oct;31(10):2206-12.

February 21, 2013

Special Webinar
Integrating Quality: The UC Davis Clinical and Education Collaborative Effort to Improve Care Transitions, March 6, 2013, 2-3 p.m. ET

SACME Spotlight – Highlights on news and activities of the Society for Academic Society for Academic CME
Partnering to Improve Evidence, Quality and Patient Safety in Medical Education, SACME 2013 Spring Meeting, April 10-13, 2013, the Fluno Center, Madison, Wis.

CME Funding and Managing COI
Pharma Gift Bans for Budding Doctors have Long-term Impact – American Medical News

News & Topics in Quality/Performance Improvement for the CME Community
Demand Rises for CME Linked to Physician Quality Improvement – American Medical News

Physicians Swap Traditional Practices for New Models – Kaiser Health News

Changing Delivery System Increases Focus on Interprofessional Education – AAMC Reporter

Enhancing Communication to Advance Research and Practice is Among PCORI’s Key Priorities – Health Affairs

Medical Errors and Safety
Re-Engineering Health Care to Keep Patients Safe – The Huffington Post

Medical Errors, Adverse Events, and Patient Safety – MedPage Today

Reducing Readmissions
Check Out of the Hospital and Stay Out – CNNMoney

LGBT Focus
New Doctors Trained to Overcome LGBT Health Care Gap – American Medical News

Measuring and Paying for Quality
Acute Care Model Improves Surgical Care Quality, Lowers Costs for Two Procedures – MedicalXpress

Provider/Patient Relationships
Choosing Hospitality Over Hospitals – The Vancouver Sun

Changing the Culture of Medicine – The Huffington Post

For US Researchers
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities and Notices

Innovations in Medical Education: Aligning Values and Competencies, NEGEA 2013 Educational Retreat, April 12-13, 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York

● Meetings
Quality and Safety Educators Academy – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: No Longer Just an Elective for Trainees, The Society of Hospital Medicine and The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, March 7-9, 2013, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, Ariz.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Executive Development Program, March 7-13, 2013, The Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Mass.

Achieving Equity in an Era of Innovation and Health System Transformation – The Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations, DiversityRx, March 11-14, 2013, Oakland, Calif.

The Thirteenth Population Health and Care Coordination Colloquium, A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event, March 13-15, 2013, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills, Harvard Medical School, April 4-6, 2013, Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, Mass.

Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Save Lives, 2013 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the BMJ Publishing Group, April 16-19, 2013, ExCeL London, London, England

CCME 2013 – The Quest for Quality Improvement: Going for Gold through Medical Education, Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME), April 20-23, 2013, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

2013 WGEA Regional Meeting, May 4-7, 2013, Irvine, Calif., hosted by the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine

15th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress, May 8-10, 2013, Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, La.

The Association for Hospital Medical Education (AHME) Educational Institute, May 15-17, 2013, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nev.

Interprofessional Faculty Development Institute for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC), May 20-22, 2013, Dulles Hyatt, Herndon, Va.

2013 AAMC Integrating Quality Meeting: Improving Value and Educating for Quality, June 6-7, 2013, InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel, Rosemont, Ill.

The Next Level: The Necessary Interaction of Outcomes, Instructional Design, and Assessment, 2013 Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME) Annual Conference, June 9-11, 2013, Hotel Diagonal Zero, Barcelona, Spain

Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice, Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IV, June 12-14, 2013, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Visit our website for the complete calendar list!

The AO Foundation’s publication, Changing Patterns of Lifelong Learning—A Study in Surgeon Education, is a model for understanding a surgeon’s career stages and associated educational needs.

Improving Quality in Systems of Care: Solving Complicated Challenges with Simulation-Based Continuing Professional Development – Dow AW, Salas E, Mazmanian PE. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2012 Sep;32(4):230-5.

“It Depends”: Results of a Qualitative Study Investigating How Practicing Internists Approach Professional Dilemmas – Ginsburg S, et al. Acad Med. 2012 Dec;87(12):1685-93.

In Situ Simulation in Continuing Education for the Health Care Professions: A Systematic Review – Rosen MA, et al. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2012 Sep;32(4):243-54.

Reshaping Orthopaedic Resident Education in Systems-Based Practice – Roberts SM, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012 Aug 1;94(15):e1131-7.

Converging Prescription Brand Shares as Evidence of Physician Learning – Walker D. Health Mark Q. 2012;29(2):163-79.

Medical School Hotline: Interprofessional Education: Future Nurses and Physicians Learning Together – Sakai DH, et al. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2012 Jun;71(6):168-71.

Practice-Based Small Group Learning Programs: Systematic Review – Zaher E, Ratnapalan S. Can Fam Physician. 2012 Jun;58(6):637-42, e310-6.

Training and Action for Patient Safety: Embedding Interprofessional Education for Patient Safety within an Improvement Methodology – Slater BL, et al. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2012 Spring;32(2):80-9.

Systematic Review of the Application of Quality Improvement Methodologies from the Manufacturing Industry to Surgical Healthcare – Nicolay CR, et al. Br J Surg. 2012 Mar;99(3):324-35.

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January 22, 2013

Teaching for Quality (Te4Q) Report Published
Te4Q is the medical education effort of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Best Practices for Better Care campaign, which seeks to improve the quality and safety of health care.  The report, Teaching for Quality: Integrating Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Across the Continuum of Medical Education, is the result of the work of an expert panel and provides an overview of the current state of teaching quality and safety, competencies for faculty, and recommendations for enhancing programs.  We hope this report and its recommendations will facilitate the continued improvement of care in medical schools, practice plans, and teaching hospitals. For more information, please contact Nancy Davis, Ph.D., Director, Practice Based Learning and Improvement, at ndavis@aamc.org.

Call for Abstracts
The Society for Academic CME (SACME) invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at the 2013 Spring Meeting (April 10-13) in Madison, Wis. The spring meeting promises to provide lively and stimulating atmosphere and award opportunities for scholarly interactions. Abstract Submission Deadline: Feb. 1, 2013.

IPEC Interprofessional Faculty Development Institute for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety
The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) is pleased to offer an opportunity for faculty teams to attend the Interprofessional Faculty Development Institute for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, May 20-22, 2013, at the Dulles Hyatt in Herndon, Va. The overall goal of the team-based institute is to create faculty champions who can enhance interprofessional curricula, learning experiences, and assessment of learners in quality improvement and patient safety at the point of care, through team-focused activities designing and implementing an institutional-based project.

January 9, 2013

AAMC News
The annual 2013 Integrating Quality Meeting: Improving Value and Educating for Quality (June 6-7, 2013) is a highly interactive, interprofessional program that brings together health care leaders, faculty, educators, trainees, and students from teaching hospitals, medical schools, health professions schools, and other health care organizations to share strategies for enhancing the culture of quality in clinical care and health professions education. Proposals for poster presentations, interactive workshops/sessions, and plenary presentations are invited in selected topic areas. Registration and complete program details will be available online in March. Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline: Jan. 18, 2013.

AHRQ
AHRQ presents important research reviews and protocols:
Chronic Kidney Disease Stages 1-3: Screening, Monitoring, and Treatment

Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy

Comparative Effectiveness of Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in Women

IOM
The Institute of Medicine presents Core Principles & Values of Effective Team-Based Health Care, a discussion paper developed from discussions of the IOM’s Best Practices Innovation Collaborative outlining themes to guide the growth of team-based health care delivery. A related viewpoint, Challenges at the Intersection of Team-Based and Patient-Centered Health Care, is presented by JAMA.

Other News
The New England Journal of Medicine is spotlighting a health policy report from Mr. John Iglehart and Dr. Robert Baron that traces efforts to ensure physician competence and the development of the Maintenance of Certification program sponsored by the ABMS. In Ensuring Physicians’ Competence—Is Maintenance of Certification the Answer?, the authors discuss the challenges facing the program and the need for the ABMS and the boards to actively (and transparently) respond to the MOC concerns of all physicians, young and old alike, and accelerate its collaborative efforts with external organizations as they strive to navigate a complex system that melds professionalism, government regulation, and market forces.

News & Topics in Quality/Performance Improvement for the CME Community
Reluctant Hospitals Slowly Join Community-Based Care – FierceHealthcare

Online ‘Spaced Education’ Improves Safety Practices of Interns – News-Medical

Demand Rises for CME Linked to Physician Quality Improvement – American Medical News

Reducing Readmissions
Hospitals Need Networks to Cut Readmissions – MedPage Today

Provider/Patient Relationships
5 Reasons Healthcare Shouldn’t Fear Patient Negativity on Social Media – Healthcare IT News

Meetings Spotlight
Celebrating Professional Advancement, Performance Improvement, and Personal Growth, Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions 38th Annual Conference, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 2013, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, Calif.

Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME) 2013 Spring Meeting, April 10-13, 2013, the Fluno Center, Madison, Wis.

Transforming Quality and Safety in the Era of Change, American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) Medical Quality 2013 Conference, Feb.20-23, 2013, Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort, Phoenix, Ariz.

Quality and Safety Educators Academy – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: No Longer Just an Elective for Trainees, The Society of Hospital Medicine and The Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, March 7-9, 2013, Tempe Mission Palms, Tempe, Ariz.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement Patient Safety Executive Development Program, March 7-13, 2013, The Charles Hotel, Cambridge, Mass.

Achieving Equity in an Era of Innovation and Health System Transformation – The Eighth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations, DiversityRx, March 11-14, 2013, Oakland, Calif.

The Thirteenth Population Health and Care Coordination Colloquium, A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event, March 13-15, 2013, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, Pa.

CGEA 2013 Spring Meeting, March 21-23, 2013, The Westin Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, hosted by the University of Cincinnati

Innovations in Medical Education: Aligning Values and Competencies, NEGEA 2013 Educational Retreat, April 12-13, 2013, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York

Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Save Lives, 2013 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the BMJ Publishing Group, April 16-19, 2013, ExCeL London, London, England

CCME 2013 – The Quest for Quality Improvement: Going for Gold through Medical Education, Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME), April 20-23, 2013, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Building the GME Platform, Association for Hospital Medical Education, Jan. 22, 2013, 1-2 p.m. ET. As we all know, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement is a major component of the Next Accreditation System (NAS) Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER). This teleconference will provide you with practices to implement a solid Patient Safety and Quality program to your medical education learning environment.

AAMC Webinar: Improving Patient Outcomes for Central Venous Catheter Insertion with Simulation-based Mastery Learning, Best Practices for Better Care and the Research on Care Community (ROCC), Jan. 22, 2013, 3-4 p.m. ET. Dr. Jeff Barsuk of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University will present the educational program he developed using simulation based training for training on central venous catheter insertion. Based on a two year multi-center research project, the approach trains residents on proper catheter insertion prior to rotation in the ICU. Dr. Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D. senior vice president for patient safety and quality, and director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, will elaborate on considerations for scaling and spreading this innovation to other academic medical centers.

Using TeamSTEPPS to Build a Culture of Safety in Health Care, National Patient Safety Foundation, Jan. 30, 2013, 2-3 p.m. ET. An evidence-based teamwork system geared at optimizing patient outcomes by improving teamwork and communication skills among health care professionals, TeamSTEPPS was developed through a collaboration between the Department of Defense and AHRQ. In this webcast, faculty will provide an overview of the program and what it means for patient safety efforts.

WHAT’S NEW IN THE LITERATURE?
The ABIM’s Clinical Supervision Practice Improvement Module and Its Effect on Faculty’s Supervisory Skills – Reddy SG, et al. Acad Med. 2012 Nov;87(11):1632-8.

Engaging Physicians and Leveraging Professionalism: A Key to Success for Quality Measurement and Improvement – Conway PH, Cassel CK. JAMA. 2012 Sep 12;308(10):979-80.

A Multinational Randomised Study Comparing Didactic Lectures with Case Scenario in a Severe Sepsis Medical Simulation Course – Li CH, et al. Emerg Med J. 2012 Jul;29(7):559-64.

Use of SMART Learning Objectives to Introduce Continuing Professional Development into the Pharmacy Curriculum – Tofade T, Khandoobhai A, Leadon K. Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 May 10;76(4):68.

University-Based Continuing Education for Pharmacists – Schindel TJ, et al. Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Mar 12;76(2):20.

Infection Prevention Promotion Program Based on the PRECEDE Model: Improving Hand Hygiene Behaviors among Healthcare Personnel – Aboumatar H, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Feb;33(2):144-51.

No Longer Simply a Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) Health Improvement Networks – Williams RL, Rhyne RL. J Am Board Fam Med. 2011 Sep-Oct;24(5):485-8.

November 27, 2012

SACME Spotlight – Highlights on news and activities of the Society for Academic CME (SACME)
SACME Opens Call for Nominations
SACME is pleased to announce that its call for nominations of officers is open through January 8, 2013. This provides a great opportunity for leaders in CME to help serve the organization’s mission of promoting the research, scholarship, evaluation, and development of CME/CPD that helps enhance the performance of physicians and other healthcare professionals practicing in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere for purposes of improving individual and population health. Please visit SACME’s News & Announcements.

AAFP
‘Dear Prescriber’ Letter Describes Opioids REMS, Encourages Physician Participation

AHRQ

Research Review: Practice-Based Interventions Addressing Concomitant Depression and Chronic Medical Conditions in the Primary Care Setting

Research Review: First-Generation Versus Second-Generation Antipsychotics in Adults: Comparative Effectiveness

IOM
The Institute of Medicine has released a new report, Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. The report is the work of a panel chaired by Dr. Mark Smith of the California HealthCare Foundation.

News & Topics in Quality/Performance Improvement for the CME Community
Overtreatment Is Taking a Harmful Toll – The New York Times

Seizing the Opportunity to Improve Medication Adherence – Health Affairs

Health IT’s Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research – Information Week

4 Approaches to Implement Evidence-Based Care Practices – Becker’s Clinical Quality & Infection Control

U.S. Has More Deaths Preventable Through Health Care than European Nations – Healthcare Quality News

EHR Use May Not Correlate with Higher Quality – Healthcare Quality News

Doctors Urged to Be More Mindful of Costs of Procedures They Order – The Chicago Tribune

Few Doctors Know How To Treat Addiction. A New Program Aims To Change That – The Washington Post

Medical Errors and Safety
“Sully” Sullenberger Takes On Patient Safety – Stanford School of Medicine

Diagnostic Errors Found in 1 of 4 ICU Patient Deaths – HealthLeaders Media

Medical Errors Harm Huge Number of Patients – The Huffington Post

CE Directory: The Regulatory Environment and Prescription Monitoring

iCollaborative: Impact of Structured Communication Tools for Interprofessional Teamwork on Pre-Clerkship Medical Students

MedEdPORTAL®: Emergency Department Sign-Out Pulmonary Embolism Simulation Case

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

For US Researchers
The National Institutes of Health announces a Funding Opportunity for the Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA). The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), which administers the CTSA program, intends to commit approximately $110 million to fund up to 18 awards, for up to five years of support. Letter of Intent Deadline: Dec. 10, 2012. Proposal Deadline: Jan. 8, 2013.

Extension of Expiration Date by one year for the AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcements in Health Information Technology (IT) – PAR-08-268: Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03) and PAR-08-269: Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21). Current Expiration Date: Nov. 17, 2012 – NEW Expiration Date: Nov. 17, 2013.

National Health Council Health Research Funding

WHAT’S NEW IN THE LITERATURE?
Adverse Drug Events Caused by Serious Medication Administration Errors – Kale A, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Nov;21(11):933-8.

“First, Do No Harm”: Balancing Competing Priorities in Surgical Practice – Leung A, et al. Acad Med. 2012 Oct;87(10):1368-1374.

Continuing Professional Development for Public Health: An Andragogical Approach – Bennetts C, Elliston K, Maconachie M. Public Health. 2012 Jun;126(6):541-5.

Bundling Hand Hygiene Interventions and Measurement to Decrease Health Care-Associated Infections – Pincock T, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 May;40(4 Suppl 1):S18-27.

Patient-Centered Hand Hygiene: The Next Step in Infection Prevention – Landers T, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2012 May;40(4 Suppl 1):S11-7.

Navigating Change: How Outreach Facilitators Can Help Clinicians Improve Patient Outcomes – Laferriere D, et al. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012 Mar-Apr;25(2):232-7.

Are Continuing Medical Education Activities Effective in Improving the Competence and Performance of Clinicians? Evidence from Activities for Primary Care Clinicians Who Manage Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes – Sampath J, et al. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2012 Mar;11(1):1-9.

Using Standardized Patients in Continuing Medical Education Courses on Proper Prescribing of Controlled Substances – Swiggart WH, Ghulyan MV, Dewey CM. Subst Abus. 2012;33(2):182-5.

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UCSF 11th Annual Developmental Disabilities Conference
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To meet these needs, UCSF typically signs contracts for course venues years in advance, and our contracts with hotels in San Francisco are cases in point. Two San Francisco hotels with which UCSF has contracts for CME courses, the Grand Hyatt Union Square and Hyatt Regency Embarcadero, are involved in a labor dispute with their employees’ union, Unite Here! Local 2.  In response to this dispute, the union is boycotting these two hotels.  Union representatives recently asked UCSF to cancel its CME courses at these hotels, including courses scheduled for later this year, and relocate to other venues.

UCSF has carefully reviewed the factors involved  – including the cost to relocate, the availability of suitable alternative venues, the time frames of each of the CME courses, and the attendees who have already made plans — and decided that relocation is not feasible.

UCSF is committed to making every effort not to book future events at facilities under boycott by labor organizations.

Background on the San Francisco Labor Dispute between Hotels and Unite HERE! Local 2

Contracts between Local 2 and several San Francisco hotels expired in August 2009.  Beginning in March 2011, most hotels reached agreement with Local 2 and signed new contracts.  The Grand Hyatt Union Square and the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero have not yet reached a contract agreement with Local 2 and are on the union’s boycott list.

For information about Local 2’s position, visit this website.

For information about the hotels’ position, visit this website.

UCSF’s Contracts with the Grand Hyatt Union Square and the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero

UCSF has contracts with the Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency for CME courses ranging in size from 50 to 600 attendees and running through February 2014.  Each CME course was booked separately and each contract has a cancellation clause. If UCSF were to cancel the CME courses currently scheduled at the Grant Hyatt and Hyatt Regency, the cost of contract cancellation alone would be more than $800,000.  This dollar amount does not include additional costs that would be incurred such as the cost of booking new venues, the travel costs of participants who would have to either cancel or reschedule their trip to San Francisco,  and other related costs.

It should be noted that participants typically plan many months in advance to attend CME courses in order to maintain their skills and competencies and to learn about new or developing areas in their field.  Forty-four states, including California, require CME for medical professionals to maintain their licenses.

UCSF acknowledges and respects that many people feel strongly about labor disputes, and we are sensitive to the fact that people will be attending CME courses at hotels that are on a boycott list.  As such, UCSF will make every effort not to book future events at facilities that are being boycotted by labor organizations.  To meet this commitment, UCSF departments will be asked to have their meeting planners, both internal and external, regularly check information on boycotted facilities when they are researching event venues and to book events at facilities that are not being boycotted at the time the contract is finalized.  However, even if the hotel is not being boycotted at the time the contract is signed, there may be situations in which there may be a boycott or other labor action at the time of the CME activity.

The UCSF Community and Government Relations staff will also stay informed on this issue and will serve as a resource to the rest of the UCSF community.

If you have any question, please contact:

Melissa White—Associate Director, Government Relations (Local)
Tel:  415-476-8433
Fax:  415-476-3541
mwhite@cgr.ucsf.edu

Crystal Wang studies at the library at UCSF, which has earned four separate accreditations, reflecting academic excellence across the health sciences university.

It’s a little bit like academia’s equivalent of a grand slam home run in baseball: UCSF has been awarded four separate accreditations this year, with stellar grades in every case.

“The quality of medical education is ensured through this process,” said David Irby, PhD, a professor of medicine at UCSF, vice dean for education at the UCSF School of Medicine. “This was a banner year for accreditation.”

Robert Baron, MD, MS, was equally pleased with UCSF’s performance. “We were pretty confident that our programs were of the very highest standards. This reinforces our academic excellence,” said the professor of medicine, who is associate dean for graduate and continuing medical education as well as vice chief of the division of general internal medicine.

Schools must be accredited in order for them to receive federal funds for medical education and for their students to obtain federal loans and sit for national board exams. “To not get accreditation would essentially shut down the front door,” Irby said.

Baron oversaw the accreditation process for UCSF’s Continuing Medical Education (CME) program, which was accredited with commendation for the maximum term of six years, and for Graduate Medical Education (GME), which received the maximum five-year accreditation. Irby, who is stepping down from the vice dean position next month, was in charge of the School of Medicine’s quest. Its Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) program garnered an eight-year accreditation, also the maximum, from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

David Irby, PhD

Earlier this year, as reported, UCSF’s overall campus was given a maximum 10-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) across all schools and the Graduate Division.

“To do all four of these in one year is a lot,” Baron said. “We did extraordinarily well.”

In a message thanking the medical school teams for their achievement, Sam Hawgood, MBBS, dean of the School of Medicine, said that “our academic vitality continues to be an inspiration and a paradigm for schools nationwide.”

Review Process Takes a Village

The accreditation process is grueling and exacting. Irby estimates it took more than three years to prepare for the rigorous review of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, for instance. “It is a huge institutional responsibility,” he said. “They have standards every school must meet. There are 120 standards, but if you subdivide them there are really over 330. The database we had to provide for the self-study was 2,500 pages long.”

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, administered by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association, is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to MD degrees in US and Canadian medical schools.

Irby said the report by the liaison committee commended the School of Medicine for its strengths in creating an extraordinary environment of collaboration, innovation and scholarship, especially in medical education. It noted that the energy and passion of the faculty for teaching and mentoring was apparent throughout the site committee’s three-day visit.

Robert Baron, MD, MS

The report also called the quality and cohesion of the faculty exemplary, and praised the outstanding clinical resources at UCSF Medical Center as well as San Francisco General Hospital and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, all three important training grounds for future health care professionals.

Similarly, Baron said, the evaluators of Continuing Medical Education commented on the program’s process of engaging its activities with other functions of the University and the community at large, and described the continuing education program as a “change agent” for physicians. The external review of Graduate Medical Education praised its overall compliance with standards.

“For an institution as big as ours, with 80 different programs, that’s quite a positive report,” Baron said.

Continuing Medical Education helps physicians and other health care professionals sharpen their abilities through classes in all medical specialties, Graduate Medical Education offers training courses for residents and fellows, and Undergraduate Medical Education provides curricula and services that guide students through four years of medical school.

A commendation was awarded to continuing education because it complied with all 22 criteria and accreditation policies. Graduate education was cited in two areas needing improvement, while Undergraduate Medical Education had eight citations, some of which have already been remedied.

Although it’s easy for institutions to be critical of the accreditation process, Baron prefers to view it as a cup half full.

“There are a lot of requirements and very often one is criticized for what seems to be a relatively minor violation,” Baron said. “That can be frustrating. On the other hand, accreditation can be an effective lever for change – a stimulus to improve one’s own practice. It is peer-reviewed and transparent. One identifies problems, and often the institution is more willing to invest in solutions.”

Given that all three programs received the maximum terms, Baron and Irby were relieved and gratified.

“It’s a major process that involves a lot of time and energy,” Irby said. “But the good news is that it all works to improve the educational process for our students. It’s a way to review your strengths and limitations and to develop a work plan to address the problems and improve the overall quality of the learning environment.”

He said 250 to 300 students, faculty and staff were involved in the undergraduate program accreditation marathon, and the visiting Liaison Committee on Medical Education reviewers met with 140 people in all.

“It takes a village,” Baron said. “It reflects the kind of community we’ve built, where we work on these things in a very open way.”

Photo by Cindy Chew