AJPMR Summary
The December 2011 issue of the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation is now available at www.AJPMR.com.
Highlights:
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Greetings!
Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts for presentation at the 2012 AAP Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. Electrode Store Best Paper Winners, Scientific Paper Presentations and Poster Grand Rounds have been selected and Poster Board Presentations have been scheduled. Please visit the AAP website to view presentation schedules.
The Annual AAP Fellowship and Job Fair will take place Wednesday, February 29, 5:30-7:00 pm at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. Please reserve your table today - space is limited!
The AAP Final Program is the perfect platform to display an advertisement to promote your Department. Please consider this opportunity to show your support of the AAP by purchasing a Full Page ad - $500; 1/2 Page ad - $300; or 1/4 Page ad - $200. Contact Bernadette Rensing ([email protected]) to reserve your space by December 23, 2011. Thank you for your consideration and continued support.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
The AAP
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Call for AAP Awards Nominations
The AAP Leadership Development and Recognition Committee (LDRC) would like to invite members of the AAP to recognize outstanding colleagues and outstanding work by submitting nominations for the following awards:
Distinguished Academician; Young Academician; Outstanding Service; Public Service; McLean Outstanding Resident/Fellow; and, AAP Distinguished Member.
Visit the AAP website for Award descriptions, past award recipients and nomination instructions
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Become a Hosting Site Sponsor for Medical Student PM&R Externships
The AAP is now accepting site sponsor applications for RREMS and MSSCE. MSSCE, a new program sponsored by the AAP and the Roosevelt Warm Springs Foundation, focuses on PM&R clinical exposure, while RREMS continues to focus on Rehabilitation Research:
Rehabilitation Research Experience for Medical Students (RREMS) has been developed for medical students with strong research interests. This program will provide an exciting and structured research experience while exposing the medical student to some of the most successful faculty members in the field of PM&R.
Medical Student Summer Clinical Externship (MSSCE) has been developed for medical students with a strong desire for clinical experience in the field of PM&R and who are eagerly seeking opportunities to see patients. This program aims to provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient clinical exposure and to allow students to explore the human side of patient care and the psychosocial environments their patients face.
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New ACGME Requirement Proposal
There is a new ACGME requirement that is being proposed that requires medical students to complete an ACGME-accredited internship before entering a ACGME accredited program (effective 2014) or fellowship (effective 2015.)
The AAP and AAPMR formed an ad hoc workgroup to develop a joint response to the proposal by the November 23rd ACGME response deadline. The workgroup was composed of 3 Academy representatives and 3 AAP representatives. The AAP was the lead organization in this effort and the workgroup was chaired by Susan Garstang, MD, past AAP board member and the current Chair of the AAP Residency & Fellowship Program Directors Council. If you would like to provide individual comments to ACGME please do so by November 23, 2011: http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/reviewComment/rev_programReq_Index.asp
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Young Investigators USBJI Grant Mentoring and Career Development Program
This program is open to promising junior faculty, senior fellows or post-doctoral researchers nominated by their department or division chairs. It is also open to senior fellows or residents that are doing research and have a faculty appointment in place or confirmed. Basic and clinical investigators, without or with training awards (including K awards) are invited to apply.Deadline to apply for the Spring 2012 Workshop is January 15, 2012. The next workshop is scheduled to take place April 13-15, 2012 in Toronto, ON. To apply for this program, please go to www.usbji.org/rd/?yii.
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AAP Member Nathan D. Zasler, MD Named Recipient of the Sheldon Berrol Clinical Service Award Dr. Nathan D. Zasler, CEO and medical director of Tree of Life, a living assistance and transitional rehabilitation program for persons with acquired brain injury, has received the 2011 Brain Injury Association of America's (BIAA) Sheldon Berrol M.D. Clinical Service Award, which recognizes the individual who, through a long service career, has made outstanding contributions to improving the quality of care, professional training and/or education in the field of brain injury.
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