[Renee Poe]

Hi,

I use New Innovation schedule and have residents to request to ON vacation, which takes them off their rotation. Before I approve I have some checks and balances and there is also times when they cannot take off an entire week due to call responsibilities on the Trauma service.

If you use New Innovations, this is a very useful tool to keep up with vacation time

[Renee Poe]

If memory serves me correctly, everything that had to do with invited individuals, I sent through Thalamus last year. I would have to go back into Thalamus to be absolutely sure. I do remember that it worked out perfectly.

 

[Renee Poe]

Hi Amy:

Residents elect two administrative chiefs each year. They are responsible for updating social media sites. Additionally, the Program Chair’s assistant handles it on the University end.

I hope this helps.

[Renee Poe]

No I do not. I do think we should.

[Renee Poe]

I came into the office most days but had the option to work remotely. However, it is not ideal for me, so I worked from home when I had appointments or had to take my mother to her doctor appointments.

We had a week of snow back in February and I worked from home then because the city was virtually shut down.

[Renee Poe]

Hi David:

Here at UT/Campbell Clinic. Case logging training is woven into our didactic training and usually led by our “elected” chief residents. It is ongoing so that those that are unable to make the training due to rotation  duties will also be able to learn as well as ask questions regarding case logs. This change has been a tremendous help and resulted in more cases added and logged correctly.

[Renee Poe]

Hi Zoe.

We have didactic meetings/training every Monday night and Case Logs are part of that training. The case log training modules are usually early in the year and maybe another couple times. The training calendrer is set for two years and adjusted as needed. We made adjustments for resident instruction logging COVID cases, for instance. We elect two chief residents every year from the PGY5 class and they usually conduct the sessions on caselogs.

[Renee Poe]

I have not received the final registration but reached out to Irene Bogdal at AAOS and she stated that it should be emailed later this week with instruction guides for OITE takers and proctors.

[Renee Poe]

Thanks for the information, Melissa. We provide textbooks and also fund podium presentations. Currently, we provide $1500 for the entire residency that can be used for laptops, loupes, lead, and step 3. We have noticed that once they purchase loupes and lead, their funds are exhausted. We were looking to get a feel for what other Ortho residency programs were doing as well as other UT residencies.
Thanks again. Good luck on the election! 🙂

[Renee Poe]

Thank you, Jennifer and Lauren. I think the repayment two years post is a great idea. Our residents are University of Tennessee HSC employees and we (Campbell Clinic) are the Orthopaedic branch of the GME. Does either of your GME offices provide the funds for reimbursement or are the being pulled from another source? Let me know when you get a moment. Thank you so much for this information.

[Renee Poe]

Hi Alisa:
Our residents are required to do a research project. During their PGY1 year, they are researching topics and will also do some data collection. Ideally, by the PGY3 year most data collection and writing has begun or is nearing an end. During their PGY3 year one rotation (six weeks) is dedicated to research entirely.

[Renee Poe]

Hi Jennifer:
At UT-Campbell Clinic, we match 8 residents. We interview roughly 100 – 105 per interview season. We schedule three interview days which are always held on a Friday. On the Thursday before interview day, applicants attend a short conference and then dinner is brought in at the interview location. A social event is scheduled with current residents and applicants may also bring a guest to that event. UT-Campbell Clinic has an education committee. There are 11 points to interview and each area focuses on something different (grades, personal statement, CV, research, etc.) The chair is involved in interviews along with the Program Director and Associate Program Director. On interview day 1/2 of the applicants interview in the a.m. and the other 1/2 interview after lunch. While one group is interviewing the other group tours the city as well as some of the hospitals where they will spend a great deal of time while in residency. Breakfast and lunch are provided on interview day. Campbell Clinic recently built a new clinic directly behind the old clinic (which is being renovated) and the applicants take a short tour of that building after lunch. I am “smack-dab” in the middle of interview season. Our second interview day is January 17 and the final interview day is January 31. Down time is built into the schedule since there are more applicants per session than there are interviewers. The residents that are on rotation with the interviewers usually are available during the down time to answer any questions that the applicants may have about the rotations, location, where to live, etc. One or two residents act as tour guides for the tour of the city and facilities.

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