The language of online learning is not very precise. People can’t even agree on what to call it. Is it “e-learning,” “elearning,” or “eLearning”? There are some 70,000 companies involved in areas of online learning, and, today, they seem to be leaning towards “e-learning.” That imprecision in language extends to other areas of online learning – such as content curation. … Read More
New Acute Care Content Updates, Spring 2019
One of the biggest benefits of owning Med-Challenger is that your education investments continue to provide you with the most current information for your medical practice and board certification maintenance needs. After all, practice continues – board exams or not. Here’s a listing of select Spring 2019 content updates and course enhancements now live in select Acute Care Med-Challenger online … Read More
New Primary Care Content Updates, Spring 2019
One of the biggest benefits of owning Med-Challenger is that your education investments continue to provide you with the most current information for your medical practice and board certification maintenance needs. After all, practice continues – board exams or not. Here’s a listing of select Spring 2019 content updates and course enhancements now live in select Primary Care Med-Challenger online … Read More
Residency Training EPAs and ACGME Milestone Management Made Easy
Resident training milestones were created by the ACGME in 2016 to help programs organize training. Simply defined, a milestone is a significant point in development. For accreditation purposes, the Milestones are competency-based developmental outcomes (e.g., knowledge, skills, attitudes, and performance) that can be demonstrated progressively by residents/fellows from the beginning of their education through graduation to the unsupervised practice of … Read More
How to Improve Residency Education Despite Budget and Bureaucracy Constraints
Increasingly, Residency directors find themselves without the ability to make prudent, timely improvements to their programs. Many residencies have had their independent budgets removed. Most purchasing for HCA residencies, for instance, are made in the corporate offices, rather than on-site at the individual residencies. Numerous organizations are calling for the expansion of graduate medical education (GME) positions nationally. Developing new … Read More
Easiest Way to Onboard and Assess Knowledge of New Incoming Residents
When new residents arrive, program directors want to find out “who knows what and how well do they know it.” Each resident is different, especially at the outset of residency. Each resident comes with their own passions, strengths and weaknesses. It’s the PD’s job to find these things out and manage training progress through successful certification and matriculation. Sit-downs with … Read More
How to Protect Residency Programs from High Program Director Attrition Rates
Program Director turnover now exceeds 20% per year. Over half of Program Directors will quit in the next four years. The role and station of the Program Director has changed. With the onslaught of healthcare mergers and consolidation, residency programs are increasingly moving under the administrative purview of corporate ownership rather than university-based scholastic administration. What happens in the hospital, … Read More
How to Train Residents Well With Restricted Resident In-Training Hours
ACGME duty hours were restricted in mid-2017 over concerns of resident exhaustion. However, some say the current era of hour restrictions for residents has negatively affected physician training – that with restrictions to “training time” residents are less prepared to be effective doctors upon graduation. If the goal is to have well-rested residents, restricted hours actually don’t seem to make a … Read More
How to Improve Resident Supervision and Residency Program Oversight
Residents in academic centers being asked to do more and more patient care, eating up education time. The corporate impact (and government funding impact) on residencies has also altered the training regimen for students. In the last 10 years, income per resident, paid by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) … Read More