All residents and fellows are strongly encouraged to attend Core Competency Conferences throughout their training program, usually held the second Tuesday of every month in G013 Varnes (School of Nursing Building) from 6:30-7:30 am. All conferences focus on at least one of the ACGME Core Competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Practice Based Learning, & Systems-based Practice.
Each year, the University of Kansas School of Medicine GME Office also provides a "Residents as Teachers" conference and workshop emphasizing techniques that enable residents to integrate their teaching duties into daily patient care activities. These Conferences are co-sponsored by the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas Hospital to comply with the requirements of the ACGME and to provide improved quality patient care.
| Date |
Topic |
August 14, 2007
|
ICARE Check Out and Discharge Summaries
Speakers: William Barkman, MD, KU Hospital Chief of Staff and
Steve Lauer, MD PhD, Chair of Medical Records Committee [Video]
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| September 11, 2007 |
Medication Safety
Speakers: Stephen Waller, MD and Robert Twillman, PhD [Video]
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| October 9, 2007 |
Being Efficient: A Key to Patient Satisfaction and One's Own Safety
Speaker: Lee Norman, MD, KU Hospital Chief Medical Officer [Video]
|
| November 13, 2007 |
Handling Difficult Conversations
Speaker: Kevin Grigby, MSW DSW, Vice Dean of Faculty and Administrative Affairs at Penn State [Video]
|
| December 11, 2007 |
CANCELLED due to inclement weather |
January 8, 2008
|
Professionalism and Its Relationship to Industry
Speaker: Norm Kahn, MD, Vice President of the American Academy of Family Physicians [Video]
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| February 12, 2008 |
Resource Allocation and Cost Effective Healthcare
Speaker: Lowell Tilzer, MD and Lou Wetzel, MD
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| March 11, 2008 |
Infection Control--Are We Doing All We Can?
Speaker: Michael Luchi, MD |
| April 8, 2008 |
Your Office as a Business
Speaker: Arnold Balanoff, MD, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services KC Office |
| May 13, 2008 |
Working as a Team in Healthcare
Speakers: Amy O'Brien-Ladner, MD; Doug Peterson, RN; Dan Conyers, RRT; et al |
| June 10, 2008 |
Cultural Competency and Sensitivity (Treating Patients from Other Cultures)
Speakers: Panel of Resident and Attending graduates of Foreign Medical Schools |
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