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RPS Executive Committe Meeting Minutes: November 12, 2001
Via conference call
Member Participants
- Rosemary J. Klecker, M.D.
- Douglas E. Lemley, M.D.
- Kevin E. Snyder, M.D. and
- Christoph Wald, M.D., Ph.D.
ACR Staff
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MRI Training Requirements
Following the RPS meeting in San Francisco, Dr. Wald provided results
from the informational survey to Harvey L. Neiman, M.D., chair ACR Board
of Chancellors, in the hope that he would present information at the
next meeting of the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC). Kay
Vydareny, M.D., ACR president, also participated in the RRC meeting and
reported that there had been general discussion about MRI training but
nothing specific due to lack of time. Her suggestion was for the RPS
Executive Committee to submit the data to the chair of the committee,
Ronald J. Zagoria, MD, in order to assure placement on the next
meeting's agenda. The next meeting is March 14-15, 2002 in Sante Fe, NM.
Dr. Lemley will provide the data and cover letter to Dr. Zagoria.
Fellowship Match
Dr. Lemley reported on recent activities regarding a fellowship match.
It seems that SCARD and APR are moving toward a universal match. The
committee discussed several proposed options for the administration of
the match that had been forwarded to Dr. Lemley by Dr. Yousem at
Hopkins. They agreed that of the options provided, the best involved a
Jan.-Feb. interview season, March matchlist submission and April match.
However, the Executive Committee also voiced continued support of moving
the fellowship match process to the Fall of the residents' fourth year
of training.
Thank You Letter Request to 2001 RPS Participants
The committee agreed to continue the effort to ask 2001 RPS meeting
participants to write thank you letters to Dr. Vydareny and a
representative from their chapter. The committee also agreed that
letters of this nature would help ACR leaders understand the value of
continuing to sponsor residents and fellows to attend this meeting.
The October Communiqué contained an initial request for thank you
letters, but to date there has been poor response. Dr. Snyder will write
a letter to all 2001 RPS meeting participants asking them to write thank
you letters. Kelly will send this letter out via email.
Funding and Programming for the 2002 RPS Meeting
The ACR budget for 2002 includes a reduction in funding for residents
and fellows to attend the RPS meeting in conjunction with the Annual
Meeting. Beginning in 2002, the ACR will contribute up to $1000 to each
chapter. In the past this amount was $2000 and usually divided between
two resident/fellow representatives. Dr. Wald suggested that the
committee seek out other sources for funding. Kelly will consult with
the ACR's corporate relations director to see what other funding options
are available.
The committee then discussed the overall purpose of the RPS meeting.
They agreed that the meeting needs a (more) focused purpose in order to
assure that participants have a valuable experience and also to ward off
further cuts in funding.
A proposed focus for this meeting is leadership training, with the goal
being not only to strengthen current resident leaders but also to begin
mentoring future chapter-level and College leaders. Ideas along this
line included having chapters sponsor residents/fellows that exhibit
leadership potential, providing more information (background on ACR
governance, proposed resolutions and other topics of interest) to
participants prior to the meeting and providing leadership training
programming. The committee will look at other organizations that have
done similar programming in the past for ideas.
January 2002 Issue of the ACR Bulletin
The deadline for submissions for the January 2002 ACR Bulletin, which
focuses on radiology residents and fellows, is in early December.
Contributions for this issue include:
- an article by Dr. Wald on the evolution of the Massachusetts Resident and Fellow Section
- an article by Mandar Pattekar, M.D. on the Michigan Resident Physician Section
- an article by Dr. Lemley
- an article by Spencer Gay, M.D., chair of the ACR Committee on Resident and Young Physician Activities
- a report on the 2001 RPS meeting in San Francisco
- a piece highlighting the resident section of the ACR Web site
- the Chapter Page will highlight those chapters with active RPS'
Chapter Membership and Members-in-Training
The committee discussed the value and mutual benefit of ACR
members-in-training becoming chapter members.
Links to State Residency Programs on the Resident Section of the ACR Web
Site
Work continues on the committee's project to place links to state
radiology residency programs, sorted by state, in the resident section
of the ACR Web site. The committee on an end of Dec. 2001 deadline to
submit their research.
Adjournment
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.
Douglas E. Lemley, M.D.
Chair, ACR Resident Physician Section Executive Committee
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