scholarly journals Role for Graduate Medical Education in the Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Southeast Michigan Community Health Care System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulghani Sankari ◽  
Ali Zakaria ◽  
Glenn Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Chief Operating Officer ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Chief Nursing Officer ◽  
First Case ◽  
Providence Hospital ◽  
Community Health Care System

AbstractOn March 10, 2020, the State of Michigan reported its first case of severe acute respiratory syndrome due to coronavirus disease 2019, which was admitted to Ascension Providence Hospital (APH). Michigan was the third most affected state in March 2020. To address the pandemic, Department of Graduate Medical Education joined the incident command team which consisted of APH leaders (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Designated Institutional Official, the Chief Medical Officer as commander, Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Logistics, Chief Nursing Officer, representatives from the medical and surgical sections, laboratory, finance, infection control, and occupational health). The team initiated the “crisis capacity surge plan” that was focused on patient care and led mainly by our trainee. In this correspondence we share our successful experience and provide our recommendation on how GME can navigate pandemic crisis.

Graduate Medical Education in Otolaryngology: Making Dollars and Sense of Reform

2021 ◽  
pp. 019459982110042
Author(s):  
Jenny X. Chen ◽  
Shivani A. Shah ◽  
Vinay K. Rathi ◽  
Mark A. Varvares ◽  
Stacey T. Gray
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Resident Training ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Departmental Leadership ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Face ◽  
Funding Cuts

Graduate medical education (GME) is funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through both direct and indirect payments. In recent years, stakeholders have raised concerns about the growth of spending on GME and distribution of payment among hospitals. Key stakeholders have proposed reforms to reduce GME funding such as adjustments to statutory payment formulas and absolute caps on annual payments per resident. Otolaryngology departmental leadership should understand the potential effects of proposed reforms, which could have significant implications for the short-term financial performance and the long-term specialty workforce. Although some hospitals and departments may elect to reduce resident salaries or eliminate positions in the face of GME funding cuts, this approach overlooks the substantial Medicare revenue contributed by resident care and high cost of alternative labor sources. Commitment to resident training is necessary to align both the margin and mission of otolaryngology departments and their sponsoring hospitals.

scholarly journals Integrating Mental Practice into a COVID-19 Appropriate Virtual Reality Cataract Surgery Course for Ophthalmology Residents

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. e298-e300
Author(s):  
John C. Lin ◽  
Alfred A. Paul ◽  
Ingrid U. Scott ◽  
Paul B. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Mental Practice ◽  
Accreditation Council ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Control And Prevention

AbstractTo present a revised, publicly available virtual reality cataract surgery course for ophthalmology residents that integrates a novel mental practice program into the curriculum, fulfills the six core competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and adheres to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention educational recommendations for the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

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