[Laurel Lewis]

It also might help to add KSB@abos.org to your “Safe Senders” in Outlook.

Outlook (Desktop or Web)

Add to Contacts:

• Open an email from ksb@abos.org (or start a new one)
• Right-click the email address and choose Add to Outlook Contacts
• Save the contact.

Add to Safe Senders:

• Go to Settings > Mail > Junk Email
• Under Safe senders and domains, click Add
• Type ksb@abos.org and click Save

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Reminder that the deadline for the ARCOS Professional Development Scholarship to attend the 2026 Annual ARCOS Conference in Jacksonville, FL is due this Friday, October 24, 2025!

Please let me know if you have any questions:  llewis8@wellspan.org 

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Anna,

We have similar rotations for our interns; I call those their “Gen Ed” rotations.   I agree with you that there is no clinic responsibility on those rotations.  I had never thought about it, either.  However, in looking at the new CPRs, the language your GME cited is no longer in the 2025 edition.  Wherever it says, “The Review Committee must further specify” the CPRs are leaving it up to the specialty.  I would refer your GME office to the new CPRs.  Here is what I found, and I added the file below.

Curriculum Organization and Resident Experiences (p 24)

4.10.  Curriculum Structure

The curriculum must be structured to optimize resident educational experiences, the length of the experiences, and the supervisory continuity. These

educational experiences include an appropriate blend of supervised patient care responsibilities, clinical teaching, and didactic educational events. (Core)

[The Review Committee must further specify]

[The Review Committee may specify required didactic and clinical experiences]

 

6.17. Clinical Responsibilities (p 41)

The clinical responsibilities for each resident must be based on PGY level, patient safety, resident ability, severity and complexity of patient illness/condition, and available support services. (Core)

[Optimal clinical workload may be further specified by each Review Committee]

Anyone else have more info or a different take?

~Laurel

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[Laurel Lewis]

Hi All,

Here is the link to update your AOA/CORD Orthopaedic Residency Information Network (ORIN).   I just updated mine so I thought I would share.  🙂

https://orin.aoassn.org/#/login

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hahahah, Nice, LB.  You can email us both.

These are fair questions that LB and I might have to ask about MDs!!  It is up to the resident, but they are able to take either the AOBOS (typically held in Apr/May in their 4th – with PD permission, or 5th year) or ABOS (as long as they participate in KSB).   The AOAO held in April 2026 holds a $100 Board Review Course at that conference.  Other than that, my residents use OrthoBullets and we just signed up for the AAOS Bundle for the first time.

I think it should also be made clear that DOs are NOT Podiatrists, in case anyone is wondering.  (Sorry, could not resist!!  LOL)

llewis8@wellspan.org

Hope everyone is having a nice Thursday!

~Laurel

 

 

 

[Laurel Lewis]

REMINDER

Yes, it is mid – July!!  I can’t believe it either!!  

All Primary Members please take a minute today to renew your ARCOS Institutional membership to maintain access to exclusive resources, networking opportunities, and advocacy for our specialty.

Renew by July 31 to avoid a lapse in benefits for all the ARCOS members within your institution.  Here is the link:  http://www.arcosonline.org.  Select JOIN/RENEW on the top menu after you login.

Please see the attached PDF for more details of our new requirements for renewing your membership or send me an email:  llewis8@wellspan.org.

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[Laurel Lewis]

Update from Sonya:

• Please login to your RRA/KSB and click on “residents.” Complete their demographic information and the Education History page.
• Please notify your residents they need to log into ADS once.  After that is done, they should have access and can go to abos.org/ksb and click forget username/forget password.

Happy Tuesday!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Where is the LOLOLOL button?!?!

I love that, Shawna!  I’m gonna steal it!  Hahahahha

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

This just in from Sonya:

We are working with IT to iron out the new process of importing. Please give us until Monday to import the residents. I’ll email more details to the coordinators on Monday if all goes well with the importing.

So it’s not YOU, it’s Them  😉

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Ladies,

I forwarded your questions to Sonya and will report back when I get a response.

Happy Fourth of July 3-day Weekend!!!!!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Ronda,

I don’t think you need to make a temporary change like that.  Your PD is not stepping down, right?

Documenting this on the Accreditation Data System (ADS) “Major Changes and Other Updates” as a temporary situation might be all you need to do.

If you want clarification, you can email ACGME Ortho:  Citlali Meza (cmeza@acgme.org) and Kristen Ward Hirsch (kwardhirsch@acgme.org)

Has anyone else ever had this happen?

Good question, I would wonder what others have done in this situation!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

I think that was Angelica who presented this idea as a New Coordinator on the PD/PC Panel at CORD!

We use spreadsheets on Teams that can be edited by all the residents and me to keep in touch regarding the following for each academic year.

• Flu shot date
• QuantiFERON Gold (PPD)
• Memberships and Numbers
• Institutional “Education” requirement
• Orientation requirements completed
• Graduation requirements completed
• License expirations
• ATLS – BLS – ACLS expirations
• Contracts
• Required education completed
• Courses and Conferences attended, dates, and locations
• Yearly updated CV submitted
• Research and presentations submitted
• Car Information
• ACGME Scholarly Activity

Interns submit names of faculty during their “general education” months via a shared spreadsheet so I know who to send a evaluation to for them.  We also have spreadsheets to communicate Morbidity/Mortality cases and Arthroscopy/Imaging cases for those conferences.

Now, do I have to remind them to update, yes, that happens.  But then I have the information available to me when I need it.  This is better for me than sending them long emails that they do not want to read!!  🙂  Sometimes I text a picture and ask them to update the spreadsheets.

This works out well for us but I would love to hear how, and about what, others communicate with Med Students, Residents, Fellows, and Faculty.

Also, shameless plug for the Post Conference Survey – we need to hear from you if you attended the Nashville Conference.  The link is on the Home Page.

Blessings to all,

~Laurel

 

[Laurel Lewis]

Alivia,

This is a great resource!  Thank you for sharing!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

All ARCOS members are encouraged to vote even if you are not attending the conference!

Check out the link on the home page!!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Sarah,

The ACGME leaves it up to your program/institution as to how you are permitted to work; as you already know from reading the CPRs (Common Program Requirements:  https://www.acgme.org/programs-and-institutions/programs/common-program-requirements/ ).

I am lucky that I have the option from my institution to work hybrid.  I don’t often work at home but it is nice to have that option.

I know of many coordinators who have worked almost exclusively at home and just pop in when they are needed.  In fact, for about 2 years we had a FM coordinator at WellSpan who moved from PA to FL and she kept her job for that time.

I hope we can hear from others as to their situations so that you have some other views!

~Laurel

 

 

 

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