[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Nikki,

I have attached our resident self-evaluation created in New Innovations.

Hope this is a help!

~Laurel

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REMINDERS

Early Bird Registration Rate of $550 expire on October 31 – Checks must be postdated by October 31, 2023.  In November, registration will be $600.

• Login to the ARCOS website:  https://www.arcosonline.org
• Select “Register and Book Your Room” from the Home page
• Read the information and scroll to the bottom of the page and select REGISTER
  • To get the Early Bird Rate, please enter one (1) for quantity
• Complete your registration information and payment option

Scholarships to attend the ARCOS Conference are still available!  Please contact Kim kim.weingartner@uc.edu as the deadline to apply for the Professional Development Scholarship is tomorrow 10/20/23.

Also, today is the ARCOS Virtual Session with Thalamus at 3PM Eastern.  Once you are logged in to the website you can register for Thalamus 101 on the Upcoming Events page and we will see you then!

Contact any of us with your questions, or reply to this thread.  If you have the question, someone else probably does, too!

~Your ARCOS Board of Directors:  Laurel, Kim, Joni, Melissa, Stacey, Annie, Bonnie, Courtney, Laurie, Maia, and Monica

 

[Laurel Lewis]

There are still rooms available in the ARCOS Room Block!

Make sure that you adjust the Arrival Date to the actual date you are planning to check in to the hotel.   The default is Sunday and you may get an error message if you do not change the date.  All links are on the ARCOS Website Home Page.

Reminder that Early Bird Registration ends on October 31, 2023!

Be well,

~Laurel

 

[Laurel Lewis]

Hey Courtney,

I reached out to our ortho coders to  ID the codes that were needed and added those to the spread sheet.  It made getting the numbers for whomever does that in your institution a lot easier.  If you have to gather info from other institutions, this is a better way to explain it to them, too.  I have also gone through long lists and picked out the numbers that I needed.  It’s not a fun process.

Maybe someone else has another idea???  🙂

Best of luck!!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Lorena,

Yes, we have done this in the past.  We found a local company that gathered snacks and drinks from our area and sent the packages to the medical students.  They really seem to appreciate the thought and even to learn that our county is known as “The Snack Food Capitol of the World” actually located in “The Pretzel Belt of Pennsylvania.”  🙂  Great reason to match with our program, right??  I think just about anything you can send them would be appreciated.  I don’t think it has to be some claim to fame of the area, just a nice reminder that your program values them.

Lead time is important so it’s good that you are planning ahead of time!

Good luck with your planning!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

UPDATE:

The ABOS has canceled the virtual event that we had planned with them.  I am trying to reschedule, but I don’t know if this will be possible before the deadline.

Please direct any your questions about the RRA forms to Sonya at sparker@abos.org or you can call her at (919) 929-7103.

My apologies for this late notice.

Just FYI, one FAQ regards what subspecialty rotations will fit into Basic Science & Clinical Subspecialties and Adult Ortho – and the answer is:

     Basic Science & Clinical Subspecialties = Foot and Ankle | Hand | Sports Medicine Surgery | Shoulder/Elbow | Oncology | Night Float | Research

     Adult Ortho =  Spine | Joints/Adult Recon | Gen Ortho

Attached, for future reference, is the ABOS Rules and Procedures for Residency Education, Part I, and Part II Examinations.

Take care, ALL!

~Laurel

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Thank you all so much!

~Laurel

 

[Laurel Lewis]

We will have in-person interviews for residency again this year.

For fellowships, since it is easier for 4th year residents to attend virtually, we will continue to interview via Zoom.  This way, residents do not have to take a 1-3 days off to interview with us.

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Cynthia,

Yes!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Tonya,

We have 3 residents per year.

I have attached the calendar that I use to keep all my students straight.  You can also do something similar in New Innovations with the Med Scheduler.  If you, or anyone else has questions on this, please email me and we can do a zoom meeting to address your questions directly.  I think this is a really broad topic!!

llewis8@wellspan.org

~Laurel

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Also, I just saw that Milestones opens April 17 and closes June 23!

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Sarah,

When you log into your ACGME Accreditation Data System (ADS) and click on Overview on the right hand side you can see “Important Dates.”  Right now mine reads Annual Update Status – July 2022 thru Sept 2022 – DIO approved:  Sept 22, 2022.  Those are the required updates and the window in which you must complete them.  So I expect it will be around the same time this year.

When you say “Schedule Changes” you are referring to your Block Diagram, correct?  The Block Diagram does not reflect each resident every year.  It is your most excellent plan for one resident from PGY 1-5.  For example, all PGY 1 complete these rotations, all PGY 2 complete X, X, etc., rotations.  So, if one of my PGY2’s doesn’t get a chance to complete a Hand Rotation, then I know that PGY2 will need to complete it in PGY3 because all residents get a junior and a senior rotation in Hand.  But I don’t have to change my Block Diagram unless there is a shift that all PGY3 will complete a Hand rotation as their junior rotation.

Program Letter of Agreement (PLA) updates can be done when you request a new location that requires a PLA or any time there is a change in the PLA.

So the short answer is that you can submit these documents any time beforehand, but you must have them completed during your Annual Update Status window.

Does anyone else have any input on this??

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Rebecca,

Here are all of our goals and objectives.  I need to update for 2023,

Hope this helps!

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Hi Joan!

So glad you enjoyed all the presentations and are gearing up to implement ideas for your program!  The slides are coming!  There will be a post to let you know when the uploading is complete.

Thanks for your patience and I love the enthusiasm!!

~Laurel

[Laurel Lewis]

Hi Katrina, here’s another viewpoint…

Our trauma fellowship is accredited by the OTA.  We use the OTA logo and our institution logo (WellSpan) on the certificate.  We have our Program Director, VP of the Ortho Service Line, Director of Medical Education, and the president of the hospital sign.  Since the program director determines whether the fellow is competent to graduate their signature would be the most important.

~Laurel

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