New MCH Director 

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Tracy Kedian has accepted the position as the MCH Director. With her previous experience in residency education, she brings significant enthusiasm and expertise. Tracy has hit the ground running and has already instituted a new conference series for the rotation. Please join us in welcoming her to this new role.   

Congratulations to all of the faculty and residents on an excellent residency review! We have received a 4 year accreditation cycle and the Review Committee commended the program for its demonstrated substantial compliance with the ACGME's Requirements for Graduate Medical Education. This is excellent news as we continue to innovate in the program!         

Lifelong Learning Curriculum    

Core curriculum conference time will now be a formalized course on lifelong learning. Dr. Bob Baldor and Dr. Michael Kneeland will be providing a comprehensive course on evidence based medicine and a board review course on the first Tuesday afternoons protected educational time.  The first two sessions will be focused on giving leadership skills and expertise to the third year residents who will lead journal club throughout the remainder of the year.  The sessions will also include training in the ABFM Maintenance of Certification.

MASSAFP Resident Day at the State House, July 10

 

The Curriculum Committee will begin a review of each of the areas of the curriculum. August's curriculum meeting will include a review of the procedural training of the residency. Resident feedback through Evalue will be reviewed of each meeting in the topic area so make sure to include in your evaluations any specific ideas for improvement and specific curricular areas that work well. This feedback is crucial to the residency's continuous improvement. 

The Executive Committee has approved a new policy format which will improve access to information at the time of need. The policy forms will be located on the residency drive. More on this next month.

The AAFP's annual National Conference of Family Medical Residents and Students took place this past weekend in Kansas City, MO. We saw lots of interest in UMass at the three-day Residency fair!
In attendance were our new chief residents (from left: Marco Cornelio (Barre), Kim Bombaci (HFHC) and Shaun Farraher (FHCW) as well as Dr. Stacy Potts and Michael Smith.

In addition, feedback from our recent post match survey is being shared at each of the three health centers and some new ideas and improvements for the upcoming season are being implemented. We are looking forward to a terrific recruiting season!

Already "going places": our new interns at the annual Welcome BBQ at the Ecotarium