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Laurie LynchKeymasterHi Chandra!
WMed just initiated our new hybrid option July 6. I had been working from home, with rare exception, since March 23, 2020. For our hybrid, each program is working with their supervisors to determine what schedule/coverage meets department needs. Primary care residencies are in the office more often as their clinics are at our location, as are their residents. Surgery residency will be on site for their conference day, and for specified events. Our plans will be confirmed next week, but I am anticipating on site 2.5 days, remote 2.5 days, alternating days with our admin to optimize office coverage.
Laurie
Laurie LynchKeymasterHi Jess! Here in Kalamazoo we are waiting on the CoPA recommendations, but hoping and planning for a slightly more normal season. Right now we plan to host in-person interviews for those invited after ERAS opens, but conduct virtual interviews with our home students and students who completed a visiting rotation with us. We have discussed another virtual date for those with budget or distance challenges, but have not worked out the logistics of that yet.
Laurie
Laurie LynchKeymasterHi Jamie! Our PGY-1s attend general surgery conferences on the rotations hosted by general surgery. For rotations such as anesthesia and neurosurgery without formal didactics programs, PGY-1s attend our conferences.
Laurie LynchKeymasterHi again, Shawn!
We have standard evaluations for each sub-specialty rotation, for example the same for Trauma as a PGY-2, 3 or 5 in our curriculum, Spine as a PGY-2 or 4, Peds Ortho as a PGY-2, 3 or 4. We separated out the Milestones by sub-specialty to use for those sub-specialty rotations. The non-clinical Milestones are assigned for every rotation, with the exception of research. We use New Innovations, which allows us to insert the Milestones into the evaluation directly. We also have a surgery evaluation that is regularly assigned on demand, regardless of rotation, for evaluating preparation, knowledge and performance for specific surgical cases. That is not tied to any Milestone.Laurie
WMU Homer Stryker MD School of MedicineLaurie LynchKeymasterHi Shawn!
Our program has 15 residents (3 per class) and each PGY-5 serves as a chief resident during their PGY-5 year. Our clinical activity is split between two community hospitals, with one being a level 1 trauma site. So on any given rotation, we have an administrative chief at one hospital, an administrative chief at the other hospital, and a trauma chief responsible for the activity for the level 1 trauma. As they progress through their rotations for the year, each PGY-5 resident cycles from trauma chief to admin at one hospital to admin at the other hospital, depending on which hospital and rotation they are assigned to.The administrative chiefs are responsible for:
-call schedule for each block (which includes approving vacation requests to keep call balanced)
-weekly clinic and OR assignments, with daily updates, for ortho surgery residents
-assignments for M4 students on ortho surgery required and elective clerkships
All three chiefs are responsible for:
-weekly morning conference schedule of presentations (M&M, X-ray Indications, Basic Science, Business of Medicine, etc.) with the exception of Grand Rounds speakers who are scheduled once a month by the department chair
-presenting one Grand Rounds each
-weekly schedule of resident presentations for OITE reviewHope this helps!
Laurie
WMU Homer Stryker MD School of MedicineLaurie LynchKeymasterHi Toni,
Apologies for the title, it’s an in-house joke. It is still a work in progress, I keep thinking of other topics to add, which is why the index is not finished. But hopefully this is helpful for your revision!Laurie
Laurie Lynch, C-TAGME
WMU School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MIAttachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.Laurie LynchKeymasterKim, sorry, those files won’t upload. Email me directly at laurie.lynch@med.wmich.edu and I will share them that way.
Laurie
Laurie LynchKeymasterHi Kim!
The original file was in Publisher, so I’ve attached that in case you have that software. But I have also converted it to Rich Text Format so you can at least get the text. Neither RTF nor Word kept the images, and the Word conversion was a little quirky!Laurie
Laurie LynchKeymasterOur Dean just reiterated today that all institution-related travel is prohibited until at least July 1. We won’t be able to send anyone either.
Laurie
Laurie Lynch
WMU School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MILaurie LynchKeymasterHi Erin!
I’ve attached our administrative handbook for our incoming PGY-1s. Numbering and alphabetical order looks off in pdf format, but it’s intended for double sided printing and folding. I meet with the new residents to review the content and answer any initial questions. Our current PGY-1 residents have a “survival guide” that is handed down from class to class, and I am not privy to that! They distribute that directly to the incoming class. Our chief residents also do an orientation a few days before the start of the academic year, their “skull session”, which covers call schedules and switches, the holiday schedule, transitions of care, didactic conference etiquette and expectations (professionalism)Hope this helps to get you started!
Laurie
Laurie Lynch
WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Kalamazoo, MichiganAttachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.Laurie LynchKeymasterHi Darcey!
Our residents receive 21 days, 15 weekdays and 6 weekend days, for vacation. Our PGY2 – PGY5 residents receive 7 days for elective conferences, 5 weekdays and 2 weekend days. They can apply for an additional 3 conference days if they are accepted for a podium or poster presentation at a conference.
Our PGY-4s get an additional 5 days for interviews for fellowship. If they are going directly into practice after residency, they can use those additional 5 days in their PGY-4 and PGY-5 year for employment interviews.
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