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Friday, November 2

7:30 - 10:30am

GSA Committee on Admissions Meeting*

MWP-Eisenhower

7:30 - 10:30am

GSA Committee on Student Records Meeting*

MWP-Truman

7:30 - 10:30am

GSA Committee on Student Financial Assistance Meeting*

MWP-Taft

7:30 - 10:30am

GSA Committee on Student Affairs Meeting*

MWP-Roosevelt

3:15 - 5:15pm

GSA Plenary: A Balancing Act: Self Care, Health, and Professional Behavior

The purpose of this session is to discuss the aspects of health, wellness and professional behavior in the context of medical education and student affairs. Medical school and residency training represent periods of intense study and training and can be very stressful life periods. There is a large literature on impaired physicians, addiction and substance abuse as unhealthy coping mechanisms. Identifying stressful situations early in one's career, as a medical student or before and providing models for healthy coping has the potential to reduce the likelihood that a physician will make poor choices later in life.

This session will have 4 speakers who will address various aspects of self-care, health and professional behaviors. One speaker is a psychiatrist with a large experience of working with impaired physicians and with physicians who have had complaints of disruptive behaviors in the work place. A second speaker, also a psychiatrist, is a Dean of Students with a strong interest in taking a proactive approach to health in the medical student population. The third speaker, a medical student, who will talk about balance issues during medical school. The fourth speaker comes with a long history of work in student affairs and medical education and will give his personal reactions and responses to the issues raised. The session will allow significant time for audience questions and discussion.

Moderator:
Maureen Garrity, Ph.D.
Associate Dean Student Affairs
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Panelist:
Shana Elman, M.A.; M.S.-4 (PDF, 7 pages)
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX

Michael Gendel, M.D. (PDF, 43 pages)
Medical Director Colorado Physician Health Program

Scott Rodgers, M.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Student Affairs
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Pat Wall, M.D.
Professor
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Memphis, TN

MWP-Virginia

5:30 - 7:30pm

GSA/GSA - MAS Welcome Reception

All GSA and GSA-MAS members are welcome to attend this reception. There will be a special introduction period for the new members of the GSA community.

MWP-Delaware A

Saturday, November 3

8:00 - 9:30am

GSA Plenary: Justice in the Balance: Weighing Risks and Rights in the Criminal Background Check (Joint Plenary)

Criminal Background Checks are now a reality for entering medical school classes of many constituent schools. The decision's been made, the process is in place, and the pilot year is underway. What is the status of the AAMC's pilot implementation? Are there any preliminary data from the pilot? What considerations should be factored in for Admissions Committees and CBC review committees at the institutional level to make sure accepted and potentially accepted applicants are not negatively affected when there are "hits" on the record? How do you interpret "hits" and can the impact be standardized across institutions? How do you account for variability in state laws? Are there any populations "at risk" for being impacted negatively more disproportionately than others? Is a CBC report a part of the educational record and how should it be maintained? What other questions should you be asking? Join us in this interactive session as we explore the potential benefits, pitfalls and consequences (intended and unintended) of the implementation of the CBC program by examining simulated cases to see "What would you do?"

Objectives:

1) To update the constituency on the status of the pilot year and the implementation process.
2) Raise the awareness of the constituency on what they need to focus on at their home institution, given the variability of state laws, institutional policies, etc. - which is the creation of their own CBC review committee, committee membership, and governing policies.
3) Involve the attendees in an interactive exercise where they actually review (in groups) one of two scenarios that will be presented for discussion. One group from each scenario will be asked to present a summary of their group's discussion and decision.
4) Educate the attendees on terminology germane to the CBC (this will include distribution of a handout) Rather than "talking at" the attendees through yet another panel, we are looking to get them involved so they can see first hand the potential concerns and questions that they need to take home with them.

Handouts:
Case Studies 1A-1E (PDF, 6 pages)
Case Studies 2A-2E (PDF, 6 pages)
Case Study Guide (PDF, 1 page)

Moderators:
Karen A. Lewis
Registrar & Director of Student Information Systems
Morehouse School of Medicine

Sunny Gibson, MSW
Director Office of Minority and Cultural Affairs
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Stephen Fitzpatrick
Program Director Student Application Systems
Association of American Medical Colleges

Tony D'Orazio
CEO Certiphi Screening, Inc.

MWP-Ballroom 1

9:45 - 11:00am

GSA Plenary: The Ethics of Financial Advising

Last March, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into school/lender relationships. The result of his investigation, and the following activities by other state Attorney generals and the Department of Education, has changed the financial aid landscape. This session will explore the new relationships between schools and the lending partners who make federal and private loans available to medical students, and explore ways to provide the customer service our students (and institutions) expect without crossing any ethical boundaries.

Moderator:
Carrie Steere-Salazar
Director, Student Financial Services
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Panelists:
Stacy McCorison, M.B.A.
Associate Dean for Medical Education Administration
Director of Financial Aid and Registrar
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Brett E. Lief (PDF, 12 pages)
President National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs

MWP-Ballroom 2

9:45 - 11:00am

Beyond the GQ: Evaluating Your Careers in Medicine Program

Measuring the success of your Careers in Medicine program is a necessary part of program implementation. Program evaluation can address many issues, including identifying areas in need of improvement, confirming that the program improves student specialty choice, or justifying the existence of the program to institutional leadership. For each of these areas, there are multiple methods of evaluation, but all are based the successful implementation of an effective program.

Research has identified several critical ingredients of effective career counseling interventions. CiM provides a core framework to support these components, which can be implemented in many ways. In this session, we will explore those critical ingredients and how they are, or can be, incorporated into CiM. We will then describe ways of measuring their success.

Speakers:
George V. Richard, Ph.D.
Director, Careers in Medicine
Association of American Medical Colleges

Jeanette L. Calli, M.S.
Program Manager, Careers in Medicine
Association of American Medical Colleges

Carissa A. Englert, M.S.
Research Assistant, Careers in Medicine
Association of American Medical Colleges

MWP-Harding

1:00 - 2:30pm

GSA Central Regional Committee Meeting

MWP-Maryland A/B

1:30 - 2:30pm

GSA Northeast Regional Committee Meeting

MWP-Delaware B

1:00 - 2:30pm

GSA Southern Regional Committee Meeting

MWP-Virginia A/B

1:00 - 2:30pm

GSA Western Regional Committee Meeting

MWP-Hoover

3:00 - 4:30pm

GSA Legislative Update session

MWP-Delaware B

3:00 - 4:30pm

GSA Registrars and Records Officers Session

MWP-Truman

3:00 - 5:00pm

Transition of Medical School to Residency Forum

MWP-Virginia A/B

Sunday, November 4

10:30 - 12:30pm

GSA Business Meeting

MWP-Washington 1-3

Monday, November 5

12:00 - 12:45pm

2008 GSA Annual Planning Committee*

MWP-Room 8206

1:00 - 2:30pm

GSA Plenary: Expanding Medical School Class Size: Challenges and Opportunities

In 2006, the AAMC issued a position statement on the physician workforce which called for a 30% increase in the enrollment of United States medical schools over the next decade. In response to this statement, several medical schools have recently increased their class size and many others are planning to increase enrollment. The purpose of this session is to discuss some of the factors involved in accommodating larger class sizes and to give session participants practical guidelines on how to best implement enrollment expansion. The session will consist of a moderated panel discussion.
Medical School Expansion from the viewpoint of:

1. AAMC, a survey (PDF, 10 pages)
2. Student Affairs
3. Diversity (PDF, 1 page)
4. Financial aspects from the Dean
5. Academic Affairs
6. LCME (PDF, 3 pages)

The discussion will also include a summary of best practices based on a recent AAMC study of schools in the process of developing plans for enrollment expansion.

Moderators:
Molly L. Osborne, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Oregon Health & Science
University School of Medicine

Speakers:
William Mallon, Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President
Division of Medicine School Services and Studies
Association of American Medical Colleges
Washington, D.C.

Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H.(PDF, 12 pages)
Dean of the College of Medicine at The Texas A&M Health Science Center
College Station, Texas

Alma Littles, M.D.(PDF,18 pages)
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Florida State University College of Medicine
Tallahassee, Fla.

Barbara M. Barzansky, Ph.D.(PDF, 7 pages)
Interim LCME Secretary
Council on Medical Education
American Medical Association

Ronald D.Garcia, Ph.D.(PDF, 1 page)
Assistant Dean for Minority Affairs
Standford University School of Medicine
Standford, Calif.

MWP-Washington 1-3

Tuesday, November 6

12:30 - 3:30pm