Ten posters chosen for oral presentation at 2010 ACGME Annual Educational Conference

CHICAGO, April 30, 2010 – Nearly 200 posters were submitted to the 2010 Marvin R. Dunn Poster Session, which was held March 5 during the 2010 ACGME Annual Educational Conference. The posters summarized projects focusing on innovations in transitions of care, teaching and assessing the general competencies, using the milestones to guide program improvement, and innovations in the learning environment. Of the 187 entries, 50 were chosen to be displayed during the poster session reception and 10 were chosen for oral presentation. The following posters were chosen for oral presentation:

• A PILOT STUDY OF A WEB-BASED SIGN-OUT TOOL TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF AND TEAMWORK DURING PATIENT HAND-OFFS
  Shirley Kalwaney, MD; Chalapathy Venkatesan, MD; Kati Bernedo, BA; Michael J. Sheridan, ScD; Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia

• A STEP CLOSER: A CURRICULUM FOR PRIMARY CARE TRANSITIONS IN PATIENT CARE
  Nancy Havas, MD; Karen Nelson, MD; Emily Densmore, MD; David Klehm, MD; Deborah Simpson, PhD; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• EDUCATIONAL AND PATIENT CARE BENEFITS FROM CURRICULUM REDESIGN AND APPLICATION OF THE CHRONIC CARE MODEL IN A RESIDENT CONTINUITY CLINIC
  James Salem, MD, FACE; Ronald Jones, MD, FACP; Sana Hasan, DO; David Sweet, MD, FACP; Lynn Clough, PhD; Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio; NEOUCOM, Rootstown, Ohio

• IMPROVING HAND-OFF COMMUNICATION: DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMULATION-BASED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
  J. Gene Chen, MD; David A. Turner, MD;  Melanie C. Wright, PhD;  Richard Ing, MB, BCh; Andrew J. Lodge, MD; James Jaggers, MD; P. Brian Smith, MD, MHS; Kshitij P. Mistry, MD, MSc ; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

• INNOVATIVE USE OF MOBILE DEVICES TO ASSESS AND TRACK RESIDENT FATIGUE
  Matthew R. Quigley, MD; Michael Y. Oh, MD; Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Krishna Narayan, MBA, NSC; Partners LLC, Maui, Hawaii

• MENTORING AUTONOMY:  A RESIDENT ROTATION IN INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING
  Lisa Schnettler, MD; Joseph Zickafoose, MD; Mary Ann O’ Riordan, Ethan Leonard, MD; Martha Wright, MD; Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

• NIGHT CALL FROM HOME COMPARED TO IN-HOUSE CALL: A SURVEY OF RESIDENT AND NURSING PERCEPTIONS OF PATIENT CARE
  Mark Gennis, MD; Jeffrey Jordan, MD; Richard Battiola, MD; Mary Hagle; Faye Zwieg, RN, BSN, MBA; Linda Cottreau, RN, MSN; Aurora Health Care, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• TRANSITION FROM MEDICAL STUDENT TO RESIDENT:  RESULTS FROM AN ORIENTATION FOR NEUROGERY RESIDENTS
  Richard Lister, MD, MBA; Gwen Lombard, PhD; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

• TRIMMING THE FAT: A “LEAN” APPROACH TO THE HAND-OFF DOCUMENT
  Meredith Riebschleger, MD; Deipanjan Nandi, MD; Francis McBee Orzulak, Hilary Haftel; C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• WHAT DO RESIDENTS DO WITH THEIR OFF-DUTY TIME? 
  DeWitt C Baldwin Jr., MD; Patrick M. Ryan, MD; ACGME; Steven R. Daugherty, PhD; Rush University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
  

The 2010 Annual Educational Conference took place March 4-7 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, attracting about 1,600 program directors, program coordinators and designated institutional officials. Next year’s conference will be held at the Gaylord Opryland March 3-6, 2011.

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