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Final Program

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Thursday, November 1

General Registration: General meeting materials may be picked up at the on site registration counter at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, November 2. On-site registration will be available at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Friday, November 2; you will not be able to register for the meeting at the Omni.

OSR Sign-in: Please go to the OSR Check-in desk, located in the West registration area at the Omni Hotel beginning at 3pm Thursday, November 1, to sign-in, fill out a quorum card (one vote per school) and to pick up OSR related materials.

5:00 - 6:15p

OSR Central Regional Meeting I

Omni - Congressional

5:00 - 6:15p

OSR Northeast Regional Meeting I

Omni - Cabinet

5:00 - 6:15p

OSR Southern Regional Meeting I

Omni - Executive

5:00 - 6:15p

OSR Western Regional Meeting I

Omni - Capitol

6:30 - 8:00p

OSR Social and Poster Session
Light hors d'oeuvres and drinks provided

An opportunity for students to mingle and share school projects and initiatives, not necessarily OSR-related.

Omni - Hampton

Friday, November 2

Continuous

OSR Poster Display

Omni - Palladian Foyer

8:00 - 8:45a

OSR 101 - Welcome Session for New OSR Representatives
(Continental Breakfast)

Please join us as we welcome new representatives, check-in with the OSR Administrative Board, and learn more about OSR resources and activities.

Omni - Empire

8:00 - 8:45a

OSR 201 - Welcome Session for Current OSR Representatives
(Continental Breakfast)

Omni - Diplomat

8:45 - 10:00a

OSR Central Regional Meeting II

Omni - Congressional

8:45 - 10:00a

OSR Northeast Regional Meeting II

Omni - Cabinet

8:45 - 10:00a

OSR Southern Regional Meeting II

Omni - Executive

8:45 - 10:00a

OSR Western Regional Meeting II

Omni - Forum

10:15 - 11:30a

OSR Breakout Session 1A - AAMC Legislative Affairs Update

Moderator: Gopal Patel

Speakers:
Dave Moore, Senior Associate Vice President, Office of Governmental Relations
AAMC

Matthew Shick, Legislative Analyst, Office of Governmental Relations
AAMC

Julie Fresne, Director, Student Financial Services
AAMC

Omni - Empire

10:15 - 11:30a

OSR Breakout Session 1B - NBME Update

Moderator: Kit Lu

Speakers:
Peter Scoles, MD, Senior Vice President, Assessment Programs
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)

Aggie Butler, PhD, Associate Vice President, Medical School Programs
National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)

Omni - Palladian

10:15 - 11:30a

OSR Breakout Session 1C - NRMP Update

Moderator: Tracey McLean

Speaker:
Mona Signer, Executive Director
National Resident Matching Program (NRMP)

Omni - Diplomat

11:45 - 1:00p

OSR Breakout Session 2A - Who's My Doctor? The Changing Healthcare Team and the Future of Primary Care

Moderators: Diane Reis / Adam Travis

Speakers:
Jan Towers, PhD, NP-C, CRNP, FAANP, Director of Health Policy
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Ted Epperly, MD, CEO and Program Director
Family Medicine Residency of Idaho

While many of today's patients have access to a large variety of specialists and sub-specialists to handle their medical problems, when asked, "Who is your doctor?" most will still point to a primary care provider. However, the simultaneous aging of the U.S. population and decreasing popularity of primary care specialties among graduating U.S. medical students lead many to wonder who will provide the bulk of primary care in the coming decades. Furthermore, some people argue that nurse practitioners and physician assistants are similarly capable of providing this care and that MDs should focus their attention on more specialized care or research. Others envision a future in which primary care doctors serve largely as supervisors, administrators, and consultants for mid-level practitioners. Another substantial group believes that MDs will continue to provide the majority of primary care and that while mid-levels are a valuable and important part of the medical workforce, they have neither sufficient numbers nor a compelling interest in taking over primary care.

This session will examine the future of the healthcare team in primary care as viewed by representatives from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Robert Graham Center of the American Academy of Family Physicians. There will be time for audience questions and discussion.

Omni - Palladian

11:45 - 1:00p

OSR Breakout Session 2B - The Holistic Admissions and Enhancing Diversity Project

Moderator: Bharath Nath

Speakers:
Robert A. Witzburg, MD, Associate Dean and Director of Admissions
Boston University School of Medicine

Robert Sabalis, PhD, Associate Vice President , DMSA/Section for Student Affairs and Programs,
AAMC

Ruth Beer Bletzinger, Director, Division of Diversity Policy and Programs
AAMC

In response to requests for support from AAMC-member medical schools, the AAMC has established the Holistic Admissions and Enhancing Diversity Project. Its purpose is to develop, distribute, promote, and assess the impact of information and tools for use by medical schools in their efforts to create and sustain institutional diversity. The project’s specific focus is on the relationship of a school’s application and admissions process to the school’s mission and goals and to the constellation of functions that support diversity, e.g., outreach, recruitment, financial aid, and retention. This session will provide current status information about the project, as well as explore the importance of holistic admissions to medical schools and challenges to implementation.

Omni - Diplomat

1:00 - 2:00p

OSR Eat and Greet Luncheon
(Lunch provided for OSR representatives)

Omni - Empire

2:00 - 3:30p

OSR Plenary Session - Restoring Health Care for the Public Good

Moderators: Erick Cheung, MD / Katie Iossi

Speaker:
Fitzhugh Mullan, MD, Murdock Head Professor of Medicine & Health Policy
Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services

AAMC President Darrell Kirch, MD, challenged the academic medical community to take the lead in reaffirming medical education, research, and health care as "public goods" worthy of greater national support. This challenge amounts to a philosophical shift away from the current trends toward privatization, individualization, and market commoditization of health care, a shift that could result in a long sought after overhaul of the health care system. Economists, policy analysts, and grassroots organizations frequently cite the fact that the U.S. spends the most healthcare dollars per capita globally, despite high numbers of uninsured and underinsured, and care that fails to improve overall population morbidity and mortality. Physicians and ethicists have argued that health care is a social good, a baseline of which should be fairly distributed by the government, similar to education or defense. The majority of the public appears to support some form of government guaranteed health care. However this call for reform has, by no means, been unanimous or uncontroversial.

In this plenary session, Dr. Mullan will address these broad questions:

• What would the repackaging of health care, research, and medical education as a public good look like?
• What political, financial, or ideological hurdles must be overcome to move health care, research, and medical education into the realm of a public good?
• How do we maintain high quality in health care, research, and medical education in a system repackaged as a public good?
• What roles may academic health centers or physicians play in a foreseeable transition?

Omni - Palladian

3:45 - 5:00p

OSR Central Regional Meeting III

Omni - Congressional

3:45 - 5:00p

OSR Northeast Regional Meeting III

Omni - Cabinet

3:45 - 5:00p

OSR Southern Regional Meeting III

Omni - Executive

3:45 - 5:00p

OSR Western Regional Meeting III

Omni - Forum

5:15 - 6:15p

OSR Business Meeting I - Nominations

Omni - Palladian

Saturday, November 3

Continuous

OSR Poster Display

Omni - Palladian Foyer

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Breakout Session 3A - Physician Accountability and the Public Perception of the Profession
(Continental Breakfast)

Moderators: Erick Cheung, MD / Bharath Nath

Speaker:
James N. Thompson, MD, President and CEO
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)

The public has demanded greater accountability and transparency in medicine. In recent years, there have been a substantial number of media reports, scientific inquiries, public policy initiatives, and public outcry aimed at medical errors, pay for performance, health grades and report cards, and overall dissatisfaction with the U.S. health care system. The medical profession is under intense pressure to respond to public calls for increased accountability. The Institute of Medicine has issued reports calling for regulatory bodies to ensure the continuing competence of the health professions. Historically, the medical profession has been a self-regulating entity. Physicians and society have place substantial value and "faith" in the ability of the profession to set standards for licensure and determine which physicians are suitable and competent to practice medicine. How will the medical profession respond to the public demand for accountability and demonstrate the competence of its members' individual performance, teams, institutions, and systems? Dr. Thompson will address the topic of accountability in medicine and introduce a collaborative work-in-progress, the National Alliance for Physician Competence, aimed at addressing one area in particular: increasing accountability for physician competence.

Omni - Empire

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Breakout Session 3B - The Ward is Flat: Globalization of Academic Medicine
(Continental Breakfast)

Moderators: Marla DeWitt Tesch, MD / Gopal Patel

Speakers:
R. Sanders Williams, MD, Dean
Duke University Medical School Duke Medical Center

N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, PhD, Director of Academic Programs
Harvard Medical International

For decades, people from around the world have come to U.S. academic medical centers for medical treatment, to participate in research, or to train as students and residents. In recent years, however, U.S. academic medicine has started to travel to the rest of the world. Two of the institutions leading this trend are Harvard Medical International and the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.

Harvard Medical International "partners with organizations that demonstrate a long-term commitment to pursue excellence in health care, medical education, and life sciences research." Their "One World, One Medicine" attitude has led to campuses on five continents and over 30 countries. Dr. N. Lynn Eckhert, HMI's Director of Academic Programs, will discuss Harvard's experience with globalization and how this trend will affect students now and as physicians in the future.

Duke-NUS is currently in the process of selecting its first class. The school's mission focuses on educating outstanding physicians who will also be "pioneers in basic biomedical research, in clinical and translational investigation, in health services research and health policy, and in the biomedical industries." The school was founded at the invitation of Singapore as part of its national Biomedical Sciences Initiative. Dr. R. Sanders Williams, Dean of the Duke University School of Medicine and founding Dean of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, will discuss his school's experience with this international enterprise and implications for the future. The session will also include time for questions and discussion.

Omni - Diplomat

9:30 - 11:00a

OSR Plenary Session - Student Programming Showcase

Moderators: Sarah Milliken / Jim Littlejohn

This session will showcase information from students on new and exciting student programming ideas for innovative curricula, original electives, and extra-curricular programs.

Omni - Palladian

11:15 - 12:30p

AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award Recognition & Luncheon
(Sponsored by the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative)

Omni - Palladian

1:00 - 2:15p

OSR Breakout Session 4A - Alternative Career Choices: The Road Less Traveled

Moderators: Sarah Milliken / Kit Lu

Speakers:
Dorothy A. Andriole, MD, Associate Professor of Assistant Dean for Medical Education
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

Frederick P. Ognibene, MD, Director, Office of Clinical Research Training & Medical Education, CC
Director, Clinical Research Training Program, OIR
Attending, Critical Care Medicine Department, CC
National Institutes of Health

Cathryn M. Clary, MD, MBA
Vice President, US External Medical Affairs
Pfizer Inc

The paradigm of contemporary medical practice is changing as the demographics for medical graduates and medical programs have evolved, the graduates' career paths have also changed. In the past, most medical students planned to enter full-time clinical practice after their training. Currently, more and more students are diverting away from clinical practices and are pursuing alternative career fields that are medically related. This session discusses some why graduates are pursing alternative careers vs. clinical practices and explores the various alternative career options available for doctors.

Omni - Diplomat

1:00 - 2:15p

MAS/OSR/DDPP Breakout Session 4B - Career Awareness Workshop Participants Meet and Greet Current Medical Students

Each year, the GSA-MAS (Group on Student Affairs Minority Affairs Section) hosts a career fair for high school and college students from groups under-represented in medicine. This year, selected OSR reps will be participating in this event by meeting with prospective students during an informal session where the attendees can ask current medical students/OSR reps questions and learn more about the medical school application process, life as a medical student, and put a human face on the idea of medical school.

Marriott Foyer

1:00 - 2:15p

OSR Breakout Session 4C - Developing Cultural Competency Education and Curricula Using Best Practices

Moderator: Janae Phelps

Speaker:
Christopher N. Degannes, MD, FACP, Clerkship Director (Medicine) and Assistant Professor (Medicine)
Howard University College of Medicine

Using the Johns Hopkins 6-step approach to developing curricula in medical education, this presentation will review the literature regarding the need for cultural competence education as well as current approaches to developing educational strategies that are aligned with learning objectives.

Omni - Forum

2:45 - 3:20p

OSR Central Regional Meeting IV

Omni - Diplomat

2:45 - 3:20p

OSR Northeast Regional Meeting IV

Omni - Cabinet

2:45 - 3:20p

OSR Southern Regional Meeting IV

Omni - Executive

2:45 - 3:20p

OSR Western Regional Meeting IV

Omni - Forum

3:30 - 5:30p

OSR Business Meeting II - Elections

Omni - Palladian

Sunday, November 4

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Central Regional Meeting V
(Continental Breakfast)

Omni - Empire

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Northeast Regional Meeting V
(Continental Breakfast)

Omni - Congressional B

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Southern Regional Meeting V
(Continental Breakfast)

Omni - Executive

8:00 - 9:15a

OSR Western Regional Meeting V
(Continental Breakfast)

Omni - Congressional A

9:30 - 11:00a

OSR Plenary Session - An Election Year Primer: Health Care, Candidates, and Politics of 2008

Moderators: Katie Iossi / Tracey McLean

Speakers:
Bruce M. Kelly, Director of Government Relations, Mayo Foundation / Mayo Clinic

David Hawkings, Managing Editor, Congressional Quarterly Weekly

While the Presidential and congressional elections are still a year away, campaigning is already in full swing. Health care is a major issue and is being approached in different ways by different candidates. What are the major proposals? What are their benefits and drawbacks? What do the slogans really mean? Bruce Kelly, Director of Government Relations for the Mayo Clinic, will provide medical students with an understanding of healthcare issues in this election.

In addition, find out what issues are on the minds of the American electorate and therefore on the tongues of politicians. What are the major issues in this election and where does healthcare fit in? How are politicians approaching these issues? What are major political trends? Which candidates are positioned to do well as we enter primary season? David Hawkings, Managing Editor of Congressional Quarterly Weekly, is intimately familiar with Capitol Hill and its inner workings. He will help us get to the bottom of the political rhetoric and provide insight into major themes of the campaigns thus far, with a focus on health care. He will share his insider perspective on what we can expect as the year progresses and the campaigns unfold.

Omni - Palladian

11:00 - Noon

OSR New and Past National/Regional Delegates Meeting

Omni - Empire

Noon - 1:00p

New Officer Transition Meeting
(Newly Elected and Past OSR Administrative Board Members)

Omni - Council

Sessions of Interest:

AAMC Plenary Sessions
Sunday, November 4
AAMC Leadership Forum
1:30 - 3:30p

Monday, November 5
Health in the Balance
8:15 - 10:00a

Exhibit Hall Hours
Sunday, November 4
9:00 - 1:00p
(Continental Breakfast at 9:00a; Lunch at noon)
3:30 - 6:30p (Reception at 5:00p)

Monday, November 5
9:00 - 1:30p (Lunch at 11:30a)