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JGIM Ranks #1 in Impact Among Primary Care Journals
JGIM ranks #1 according to Google Scholar H5-index of Primary Health Care Journals. According to Google Scholar's h5-index of Primary Health Care Journals, JGIM is ranked #1.Click here to see detailed report.
Read the entire article on the JGIM website. Congrats to JGIM!
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Follow SGIM on LinkedIn to learn more about programs, events, and members in the news.
Also, did you know you can update yourGIM Connect profile from LinkedIn? From your Profile Page, click on 'update your information from LinkedIn'.
You can choose which parts of your LinkedIn profile you would like to copy over. It is an easy way to keep your profile page updated and helps members find you more easily for networking and collaboration.
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SGIM Annual Meeting
April 23-26
San Diego, CA- Important Dates
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February 21-Email sent to annual meeting submitting authors of scientific abstracts, clinical vignettes, innovations in medical education and clinical practice innovations.
March 12 -Early registration period ends, registration fee increases
March 27 -Want a room at the SGIM group rate? Make your reservation by 27 March.
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Don't Forget to Renew Your Membership for 2014!
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You must renew your membership for 2014 to receive the member registration rate for the 37th Annual Meeting in San Diego! 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. Be sure to sign up my March 12th!
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. Be sure to sign up my March 12th!Learn more.
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SGIM Annual Meeting -
Veterans Affairs Information
The VA has new pre-approval requirements for all VA employees using VA dollars to attend external meetings. If you intend to use VA funds to attend the SGIM Annual Meeting, you must do the following by Tuesday, February 18th by 5 pm ET (note, this new guidance does NOT apply to VA employees who are using University or other non-VA funds to attend SGIM meetings).
1. Obtain local approval and funding confirmation from your supervisor prior to pre-registering your "intent to attend" an external conference.
2. Go to VA's Attendance and Cost Estimation System (ACES) website and pre-register your "intent to attend"
3. You will receive email notification that your "intent" to attend the conference was submitted in ACES. Reminder: This email is NOT approval to attend. Additional notification is sent once participation is approved.
4. Await notification of approval or disapproval via email. Register to attend the external conference ONLY after approval from VHA is received.
VA employees will now be able to pay registration fees by PURCHASE ORDER-our system will be set up to accept POs within the next week.Contact dunnel@sgim.org if you have questions.
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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 THIS FRIDAY, 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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PCORI Issues Funding Announcements Offering Up To $206 Million in Research Support
PCORI is pleased to announce the latest round of research funding opportunities, offering up to $206 million to support comparative effectiveness research (CER) designed to answer the health and healthcare questions of greatest concern to patients and other healthcare stakeholders.
PCORI has begun accepting proposals for patient-centered outcomes studies through eight PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs).The deadline for required Letters of Intent for each of these PFAs is 5 p.m. (ET) Friday, March 7. LOIs for the pragmatic studies, transitional care,obesity, and improving methods PFAs will be reviewed for how well they fit with our programmatic goals; applicants will be notified whether they are invited to submit full applications. Information on other key dates is included in each PFA.
PCORI will host informational town hall and training webinars for interested applicants in February and March. More information is available here.
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Members in the News
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today welcomed former SGIM Council Member Alicia Fernandez, MD, as the newest member of its Board of Governors.
Fernandez, a professor of clinical medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital, was named by the U.S. Comptroller General to fill one of the seven Board slots representing healthcare providers. The 21 members of the Board represent a wide range of health and healthcare stakeholders, including patients and healthcare consumers, per PCORI's authorizing legislation.
We wish the best of luck to Alicia in her new endeavor!
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Valerie E. Stone, MD, MPH (another former SGIM Council member!) has been selected to be the next Chair of Medicine at Mount Auburn Hospital and the Charles S. Davidson Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Stone has been a highly valued member of the MGH community since she joined the Department of Medicine in 2001.Dr. Stone will start her new role in May, 2014.Congratulations Valerie!
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