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Become a Virtual Advocate - Tweet Your Members of Congress!
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The SGIM Advocacy section of the website has recently undergone some transition and this year we'll be offering a "Virtual Hill Day" component to the actual visits to the Hill by SGIM members in March.
Upcoming issues of eNews and emails to members will begin to educate you on the issues for which we will be advocating.Then in March you'll be able to send letters to your representatives, tweet members of Congress--even submit pre-written letters to the editor of your hometown newspaper.All of this can be done online!
Step one?Make sure you have an active Twitter account.Step two? Follow SGIM on Twitter at @SocietyGIM or #sgimadvocacy.
Don't know how to use Twitter?It's easy--follow the instructions here (with thanks to Mashable for sharing their url).
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SGIM Annual Meeting
April 23-26
San Diego, CA
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Early Registration is now open online!Click here to register online - early registration closes March 12.
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Don't Forget to Renew Your Membership for 2014!
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Remember to renew your membership dues for 2014! It is shaping up to be another great year at SGIM. Ensure your member benefits continue by renewing today!
Please login to your member profile to renew your membership today. Your membership makes a difference and we value your contribution to improve patient care, education and research!
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ANNUAL MEETING ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING SIGN UP
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Each year, SGIM offers associates and faculty a valuable opportunity to meet with a senior SGIM mentor from a different institution at the Annual Meeting.
If you are interested in meeting with a mentor in San Diego, please visit www.sgim.org/career-center/mentoring for details and sign-up!
Women and Medicine Task Force Career Advising Program (CAP)
At the 2014 Annual Meeting, SGIM's Women and Medicine Task Force will once again sponsor its Career Advising Program (CAP), a longitudinal mentoring initiative to help female junior faculty navigate the academic promotion process. Advising focuses on CV preparation, targeted committee membership, and strategies for relationship-building with external letter writers. Learn more.
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JGIM Implementation Science Workshop
JGIM is launching a new series entitled Implementation Science Workshop. The series highlights promising interventions in healthcare delivery and improvement and teaches core principles of the evaluation sciences. We are seeking submissions for the series. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, care and workforce redesign, patient education or engagement tools, novel applications of healthcare information technology, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives, and the implementation of new payment models. We encourage interested authors to contact the series' editorial team for further information: lindsay.jubelt@nyumc.org.
New JGIM Editorial Board Members Needed
The JGIM Editorial Board is currently looking to fill five vacancies for editorial board members.One slot is specifically reserved for an associate member and we are looking for representation for the other slots from the following fields:
- health services research
- women's health
- PCMH
- geriatrics
- research training
- health disparities
The deadline to apply is March 3, 2014.
To apply, please view the entire set of Editorial Board Responsibilitiesand then send 1-2 page letter of intent and current CV to Francine Jetton, indicating for which position you wish to be considered (associate or full member).
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This leadership development program is designed for junior-mid career faculty (e.g. 5-8 years into faculty appointment) who hold some kind of leadership role and wish to further develop their leadership skills, through training and coaching from successful GIM leaders at the ACLGIM/SGIM spring meeting and in the year following.Participants for the program will be chosen via a competitive peer-review application process. The applicant must be committed to attending the ACLGIM Hess Leadership and Management Institute on April 23, 2014 and the SGIM national meeting April 24-26, 2014 in San Diego, California, with a dedicated leadership track and events designed for LEAD participants. Participation also entails independent readings/assignments, online discussion, and regularly scheduled direct communication with an ACLGIM leadership mentor in the year following this meeting.
Application deadline is February 14, 2014. More details and submission requirements at http://www.sgim.org/aclgim-tools--programs/lead
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Do You Need a Publisher for Your Latest Book?
Are you interested in writing or editing a book on internal medicine through our partnership with Springer? Message us for more information about the book proposal process and we will put you in touch with an acquiring book editor. Take a look at Springer's clinical medicine titles here: http://bit.ly/1bP1JLk
SGIM members may contact the SGIM book rep, Katherine Ghezzi directly at katherine.ghezzi@springer.com or 212-460-1660.
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Harvard Medical School CME Course
Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills
March 19-21, 2014 * Wednesday-Friday
Omni Parker House Hotel, Boston, MA
Earn up to 25.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™
New or experienced teachers, from all specialties, will benefit from this highly-regarded course that covers the educational principles and skills needed to teach successfully in a wide range of clinical settings. Through dynamic small group sessions, insightful plenaries, and experiential activities, participants will learn how to: assess a trainee and provide effective feedback, present a lecture, lead a case-based discussion, teach at the bedside, balance the needs of students and patients, use educational technology, and challenge learners to move from "knowing" to "understanding."
Participants will network and engage with like-minded educators from across the country to discuss their educational challenges and share successful teaching strategies. Course facilitators are Harvard Medical School faculty members with advanced training in medical education and extensive experience teaching medical students, residents, and faculty.
New this year: An additional half day session, which includes focused interactive learning experiences that go beyond the core material for all medical educators. This practical series exposes participants to advanced pedagogical techniques, including concept mapping, and focuses on important tools for those interested in advancing their careers as medical educators, such as turning your medical education work into scholarship.
To view the course description and to register online, visit: www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/foundations
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In Memoriam
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Andrew Kemper Diehl, MD, MSc, MACP, died peacefully at home on December 24, 2013, as the result of a brain tumor.A member of the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio since 1977, he was for many years chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and O. Roger Hollan Professor of Internal Medicine. He retired in 2012. Dr. Diehl was a longtime member and officer of SGIM.
The SGIM family and his colleagues will all miss him.
Click hereto view the entire obituary.
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