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The Group on Resident Affairs provides information, networking,
and professional development programs to help members meet
their responsibilities as Graduate Medical Education (GME)
leaders in AAMC-member medical school, hospitals, and academic
societies. To learn how GRA members are appointed by deans
of medical schools and chief executives of members of the
Council of Teaching Hospitals, and members of the Council
of Academic Societies, see About GRA.
GME
Resources
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Resident Duty Hours
- IOM, "Resident
Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety"
December 2008
- AAMC sends letter to ACMGE
responding to IOM report on resident duty hours
April 21, 2009 (PDF, 4 pages)
The AAMC has submitted a letter to the Accreditation
Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), responding
to the council's request for comments on an Institute
of Medicine (IOM) report on resident duty hours.
- The AAMC provided
testimony at the ACGME National Congress on Duty Hour
and the Learning Environment June 11-12, 2009
(PDF, 3 pages).
ACGME
Duty Hours Task Force and Schedule of Testimonials
June 11-12, 2009 (PDF, 4 pages)
- AAMC
Policy Guidance on Graduate Medical Education
- ACGME
Request for Proposal Duty Hours Literature Review
April 27, 2009
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Workforce
- U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing, Workforce
Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present
and Preparing for the Future March 12, 2009
- AAMC
Workforce Report: The Complexities of Physician Supply
and Demand: Projections Through 2025 October
2008
- AAMC
Physician Workforce Research Conference April
29-May 1, 2009
How do we ensure that there are enough physicians
to care for all Americans as our nation prepares to
overhaul its health care system? Leading national
and international workforce experts explored that
question at the AAMC's Fifth Annual Physician Workforce
Research Conference. Mary Wakefield, Ph.D., R.N.,
administrator of the federal Health Resources and
Services Administration, opened the conference with
a presentation that detailed several ways of preparing
physicians to meet the nation's evolving health care
needs, including through training in interprofessional
teamwork, cultural competence, and health informatics.
The meeting's keynote speaker, Lloyd Michener, M.D.,
chairman of Duke University School of Medicine's department
of community and family medicine, noted that partnerships
with social service agencies, charities, and other
community groups can help physicians and hospitals
improve local health. Other conference speakers, including
Mark E. Miller, Ph.D., executive director of the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission, suggested that changes
in the Medicare payment system were essential to both
increasing the nation's physician supply and streamlining
health care delivery.
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Resident Debt
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Residency Caps / Medicare Funding
- The
AAMC May 28 submitted comments to the Senate Finance
Committee which, in a discussion of cost-reduction
options under health care reform, suggested reductions
in Medicare and Medicaid support for graduate medical
education (GME), as well cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments.
- AAMC Supports Legislation to Increase GME Training
Slots May 5, 2009
Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.),
and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), introduced
the AAMC-supported "Resident
Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2009" (S.
973), which increases the number of Medicare-supported
graduate medical education (GME) training positions
by 15 percent (approximately 15,000 slots). The bill
also addresses Medicare rules that affect payments
for resident time in non-hospital settings such as
physician offices. Finally, the legislation preserves
residency slots from closed hospitals and redistributes
the slots among nearby teaching hospitals. Reps. Joseph
Crowley (D-N.Y.), Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.), and Kathy
Castor (D-Fla.) introduced companion legislation (H.R.
2251) on May 5.
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Education of Residents for Practice
in the 21st Century
Other Resources
AAMC
Legislative and Regulatory Update March 2009
(PDF, 35 pages)
AAMC
Washington Highlights
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GRA Spring Meetings
April 25-28, 2010
Four Seasons Austin
Austin, Texas
April 30 - May 4, 2011
The Ritz-Carlton -Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio
More GRA Meetings
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GME Leadership Development Course
This course addresses the Core
Competencies for Institutional Leaders/DIOs
(PDF, 18 pages) required to lead an institution's
GME activity. It is designed for GME deans and directors
and other academic leaders who are responsible for institutional
oversight of GME and the educational environment for
residents and fellows.
For more information, please contact Kristin Danilczyk
at 202-862-0495; kdanilczyk@aamc.org.
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Contact Us
If you are a GRA member and need assistance logging
into the private site, please contact Kristin Danilczyk
at 202-862-0495; kdanilczyk@aamc.org.
GRA Staff
Sunny Yoder
Executive Secretary
Director, Health Care Affairs
syoder@aamc.org
Kristin Danilczyk
GRA Program Specialist
Health Care Affairs
kdanilczyk@aamc.org
Jacqueline Sprague
Sr. Administrative Associate
Health Care Affairs
jsprague@aamc.org
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