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RFS Executive Committee Meeting Minutes: May 23, 2006
Welcome - Meeting Called Into Session: 9:35 a.m.
Member Participants
- Greg Galdino, M.D. (Chair)
- Amy Kirby, M.D. (Vice-Chair)
- Charles W. Bowkley III, M.D. (Secretary)
- Geoff Wile, M.D. (Communications Chair)
- Lee Rogers, M.D. (AMA Representative)
- Sanjay Shetty, M.D. (Outgoing Chair)
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Not Present:
- Colleen Neal, M.D. (ACR Representative)
Non-Member Participants:
- Trina Zeberlein, Adrian Kosmicki
Meeting Recap
- Comments
- Increased resident participation and motivation (Positions contested) warmly welcomed.
- Suggestions
- Increase time of Saturday meeting from 3:30 (end) to 4:30.
- Counselor Lunch: Make sure that there is a reserved seat at each table for counselor. Have points of interest to get the lunch discussion going.
- No break during RFS meeting, increase discussion time.
- Have more microphones at designated locations for easy access and to increase participation.
- Electronic Voting
- Current method of voting with paper takes increased time for vote tally and reduces efficiency of election process. Look into organizing electronic vote for RFS meeting analogous to ACR (Main).
- Discussion Time
- Mandate increase, this is what the participants came looking for, an open forum for brain storming and sharing of ideas – education of each other about how we are dealing / learning in our own environments. Bringing up topics that affect day-to-day resident education / growth / future.
- Audio-Visual Requirement (Monday a.m.)
- Needs to be organized and in place so that we can finish on a professional note.
Membership Committee
- Positions
- Joseph J Budovec, M.D. (Chair)
- Jill Saunders, M.D.
- Sam Madoff, M.D.
- Sharon D'Souza, M.D.
- Vanessa VanDuyn Wear, M.D.
- Eric Vander Woude, M.D.
- Chuck Martin, M.D.
- Ali Sepahdari, M.D.
- Promotional Information on RFS (DVD / Packet) Action Item
- To be developed by Executive Committee and ACR Staff (Nancy Cook)
- Calls to be made by Executive Committee after release of packets.
- Reinforce the motivation that fueled the RFS meeting.
(Information to Executive Committee (June 4, 2006))
- Single packet to each program (Sent to representative, use as presentation)
- Grass Roots Mission
- 3 New Chapters (Development and Institution)
- Focus:
- Illinois - Mustafa Bashir
- Tennessee - Vanessa VanDuyn Wear
- Virginia - Morry Brown
- South Carolina - David Sosnouski (?)
- Dr. Gunderman to possibly help
- Pictures of Representatives on the Web Site
- Career Development Handbook (2006-7 Project)
- No significant discussion ensued.
Communications Position
- Discussion Forum Articles
- AFIP: Amy Kirby
- David Larson: ? JACR Article – Monetary Argument
- Outside Reads: Virginia (Ginnie Scroggins)
- Call Abuse: TBD
- Web Site Development (Main ACR Site)
- Heated discussion regarding the difficulty of existing committee dealing with task, RFS to remain removed from the issue.
Commission / Committee Positions
- Communications: Dave Rossman
- RADPAC: Election vs. Appointment – Chose Appointment (Who ?)
- CAR: Chris Cook (Va.)
Poster Submission During Annual ACR Meeting
- Topics for submission to attend: Policy, Education, Economics
- Difficulty of review panel and length of time to organize reviews
- Need to begin accepting submissions now to start actual review
- Substandard articles are not what we’re aiming for.
- Question of monetary reimbursement
- No general consensus reached: Likely too difficult at this time.
MRI Teaching File
- One Case Submission to Attend Meeting
- Issues of quality and participation
- Will programs fund for travel based on single case?
- Update
- Amy Kirby discussed inherent issues currently slowing down the pace of throughput, micromanagement.
- Turnaround time should ultimately be 4-5 weeks
- Increase resident awareness of database - $80/case and $300/3 cases
- Conference call with editors – Action Item
- ? if submission get to go to RFS ACR
Resident Issues / Forum Articles
- AFIP – as above
- CALL ABUSE – outside reads without feedback
- OUTSIDE READS – incoming studies that do/do not have formal reads, that you are required to interpret / take responsibility for
- REPEAT SURVEY CLASS 2007
- Survey Monkey?
- Revamp old survey: Chair, Vice Chair, and Past Chair
- How many people doing fellowships?
- Perceptions of the match changes?
Website Modifications
- Job Search / Career Development: No significant discussion ensued.
- Business Economics Web Course: No significant discussion ensued.
- Avenue for Resolution Submission: No significant discussion ensued.
Budget 2006-7
- Funding for CAR (Canada) Representative Position
- RFS executive committee felt Canadian participation was needed
- Funding not entirely worked out, Virginia?
- Funding for Poster Session
E-Alert: NRC Requirements for Oral Boards
- Information verified by Greg Galdino and Sanjay Shetty: Email sent.
Pictures From RFS 2006
- Charles Bowkley and Geoff Wile to contact Trina Zeberlein and acquire images. Will be added to the AMCLC PowerPoint 2006.
Goals: 2006-7
- State Chapter Growth – Action Item
- RSNA Biannual Meeting
- TBD in more detail at following phone conference
- Conference Call in June / Early July – TBD – Action Item
- MRI Teaching File Functional by Next RFS Meeting
- Website Promotion (DVD / Promotional Packet) – Action Item
No Further Business, Meeting Adjourned – 11:35 a.m.
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