Recent and Upcoming Programs
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -
James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
October 7, 2009 - Columbus, Ohio
Scott & White Memorial Hospital/Texas A&M Health
Science Center
October 8, 2009 - Temple, Texas
Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education and Wayne
State University School of Medicine
October 9, 2009 - Detroit
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
October 19, 2009 - Lexington, Kentucky
Weill Cornell Medical College
October 20, 2009 - New York, New York
Fletcher Allen Health Care and the University of Vermont
Nov. 17–18, 2009 - Burlington, Vermont.
Advocate Health Care
August 18, 2010 - Chicago, Illinois
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News
State Reps and Staffers Experience PME in Grand Rapids
On April 20, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine,
Spectrum Health System, and Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research
Center for Health Professionals sponsored a PME program for 13 state
representatives and staffers in Grand Rapids, Mich. The program
focused on issues such as physician loan repayment, Medicaid graduate
medical education funding, and Medicaid physician payments. Participants
also learned about the medical school experience and took part in
residency rounds in the areas of internal medicine, pediatrics,
ob/gyn, and general surgery.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Hosts PME Program
On April 13, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center hosted its seventh
PME program in Lebanon, N.H. The nine program participants came
from a variety of state and national organizations, including the
New Hampshire Endowment for Health, the New Hampshire Hospital Association,
the New Hampshire Governor's Office, the U.S. Senate Budget Committee,
U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes' (D-N.H.) office, and others.
Congressional Staffers Become Medical Students for the Day in
Durham
On August 9-10, Duke University School of Medicine and Duke University
Medical Center hosted a PME program for congressional staffers from
the offices of U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick (D-N.C.), U.S. Rep. Mel Watt
(D-N.C.), U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), and U.S. Rep. David
Price (D-N.C.).
Read more about
the program from Duke's office of news and communications
The Ohio State University Medical Center Sponsors Fifth PME
Congressional staffers from the offices of U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge
(D-OH), U.S. Rep. Robert Latta (R-OH), and others attended the Ohio
State University Medical Center's fifth PME program on August 9-10.
The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health
Sciences Hosts First PME Program
On August 25, the George Washington University School of Medicine
and Health Sciences hosted its first PME program to congressional
staff and other policymakers. Eight participants included staff
from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions
Committee; the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee; the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); and the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Read
more about the program in GWUMC News
East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine Hosts
Second Program
On August 31-September 1, ETSU hosted a program for congressional
staffers from the offices of U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN),
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), U.S. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), U.S.
Rep. John Tanner (D-TN), as well as the chief of staff for Lieutenant
Governor Ron Ramsay.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Launches New PME Web site
DHMC launched a new PME Web site in September that is designed
to provide advance program information to participants. Learn
more by visiting the site.
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center Creates
a PME Spin-off, Project Cancer Education
On October 7, the James Cancer Hospital and the Solove Research
Institute launched its first Project Cancer Education, a program
that grew out of the success from PME. Local and state leaders attended
one of two 2-hour sessions allowing them to experience what it would
be like to be a cancer patient and to learn how care is provided
from the bench to the bedside. This
video will show you more about the experience.
Policymakers Participate in University of Kentucky College of
Medicine's First PME Program
On October 19, Kentucky's legislators, the mayor of Lexington,
and the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
experienced medical school firsthand as "students" in the University
of Kentucky College of Medicine's inaugural program. Learn more
about the program through a press
release, video, and blog.
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