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Young Scholars in GIM Scholarship Available
Attention students and residents!
Apply by February 12th to be considered for the Young Scholars in GIM Scholarship to support your registration to the 2016 SGIM Annual Meeting!
What is it?
TheYoung Scholars in GIM Scholarshipis a program for residents and medical students that provides scholarships to support the registration fee to the 2016 SGIM Annual Meeting. Travel support is not available through this scholarship program. Up to 25 scholarships are available this year.
Who should apply?
Any medical student, intern or resident who is interested in attending the SGIM Annual meeting. This scholarship is designed to bring interested trainees to the meeting. It is not necessary to be presenting at the meeting to apply, but you do need to be an SGIM member.
Learn more and apply
Questions? Contact Jillian Gann at gannj@sgim.org.
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Call for Application - Leadership Opportunity for Associate Members
SGIM is seeking nominations or self-applications for an associate member of Council. The position, open to all Associate members - medical students, residents and fellows, offers a voice on SGIM's Council, and helps to develop strategies to make SGIM more attractive to trainees as well as to develop future leaders.Nominations are due by February 5, 2016.
Please encourage those fellows, residents and medical students you may know that would be appropriate leaders in this regard to apply or nominate them yourself.Click here for more information.
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Annual Meeting
Career Fair
May 12-13, 2016
We invite potential employers and fellowship directors as well as candidates to participate in our Career Fair at the Annual Meeting in May. For employers, this is an opportunity to recruit from a broad base of experience and skills in academic general internal medicine. If you are looking for jobs or want to hear about fellowship opportunities, take advantage of direct contact with recruiters and program directors!
Space is limited, interested employers/program directors, contact Leslie Dunne, dunnel@sgim.org for information and to register (Career Fair fee includes one complimentary annual meeting registration).
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Members in the News
Dr. Nicole Lurie, HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) and former president of SGIM, has been tasked to lead the HHS response to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Dr. Karen DeSalvo,HHS Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, will also liaise with the team.
Read the full press release here.
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Congratulations to Dr. Monica Peek, who leads a lifestyle-basedprogram aboutType 2 diabetes calledImproving Diabetes
Care and Outcomes on the South Side of Chicago. Dr. Peek's work is featured in the most recent issue of Time.
Find the article here - but access is only available to Time Subscribers.
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REGISTER EARLY AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SEAT RESERVED IN YOUR NAME AT THE SESSIONS YOU WANT TO ATTEND
NEW SESSIONS INCLUDED:
Mapping Your Journey: An Armchair Conversation across Generations on CaREER Development (Saturday Morning).Enjoy breakfast with your colleagues while listening to a cross-generational conversation on career development and work-life balance.
Moderated by Christopher Masi, MD
Panelists: Robert H. Fletcher, MD, MSc and Suzanne W. Fletcher MD, MSc, Jada C. Bussey-Jones, MD and Brita Roy, MD, MPH, MHS
You won't want to miss this session.
SGIM Book Club:
Drs. Scott Wright and RachelLevine of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will facilitate this new event at the SGIM Annual Meeting.
Register for session AMBCC and read Creativity Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace.
The discussion will be in English, but the book has been translated into many languages, including Spanish and Japanese.
Pre-register for session AMBCC
Annual Meeting website: http://connect.sgim.org/sgim16/home
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JGIM Call for Papers
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
We are pleased to announce a call for papers for JGIM's special theme issue on International Perspectives in General Internal Medicine.Research articles from settings outside of the U.S. that describe original, observational or interventional research concerning clinical care, education, or health policy relevant to general internal medicine, including hospital medicine, innovation and improvement, and health disparities will be considered.
Higher priority will be given to submissions that are relevant to clinical practice, education or policy in the U.S.
Deadline for submissions is May 2, 2015. Please contact Mitch Feldman (JGIM Co-editor in Chief) for more information.
For more information, visit the JGIM website.
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JGIM Editorial Board Looking for New Members
The JGIM Editorial Board is currently looking to fill three vacancies for editorial board members.We are looking for representation for the new slots from some of the following fields:
- health services research
- health care disparities
- VA research
- medical education
- quality improvement
- evidence based medicine
- medical ethics
We would also strongly consider people who have had previous experience on boards of other medical journals. The JGIM editorial board is committed to maintaining a diverse slate of participants.
Members of the JGIM editorial board must be SGIM members in good standing.
The deadline to apply is February 16, 2016. Successful candidates will be announced in April and will join the board as of the 2016 SGIM annual meeting in May 2016.
To apply, pleaseview the entire set of Editorial Board Responsibilitiesand then send a 1-2 page letter of intent and current CV toFrancine Jetton at jettonf@sgim.org, indicating your specific field for representation.
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Be sure to check your SGIM e-News to learn about mentoring opportunities through the year!
Click on the link below for more information and to sign up or register.
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Registration Closes January 25
Join us March 8-9, 2016 in Washington, DC to advocate on issues important to the field of GIM! Visit www.sgim.org/hilldayfor more information and to register.
Register Now!
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