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Before The Abstract
Join Springer Science+Business Media at Toronto's iconic Design Exchange for a free science storytelling event. The show will feature five of your fellow SGIM members as they tell their stories being on the forefront of medical progress and discovery. Doors open for a free cocktail reception at 6:00 PM, and the show beings promptly at 6:30.
For more information and to reserve your spot, visit the website here.
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National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP)
The four current sites of the RWJF Clinical Scholars program have joined together to form a consortium and launch the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP). This program fills the gap left after the RWJF CSP program closure and will expand on the RWJF program by including nurse scientists in addition to physicians to address new and emerging issues related to health care delivery and improving the health of communities.
NCSP is accepting applications for a July 2016 start and the first deadline is May 15.For more information visit the NCSPwebsite
or click here for the application website.
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New Grants Available From ABIM Foundation to Advance Stewardship Competencies in Medical Education and Training
ABIM Foundation has announced a grant program to foster innovations and new approaches to integrating stewardship competencies and better decision making in medical education and training.
The "Putting Stewardship into Medical Education and Training" grant program will award up to six grants of $25,000 each to clinical training programs in medicine/surgery, nursing and other allied health professions. The goal of the grants is to expand existing training program initiatives or launch new ones designed to reduce the overuse of certain tests or procedures.
In addition to their projects, grantees will also participate in an existinglearning networkcreated by Costs of Care and the ABIM Foundation to share ideas and collaborate in the development of learning strategies in medical education and training.
The new grant program complements the recentTeaching Value and Choosing Wisely Challenge, which recognizes innovative efforts by medical students, residents and faculty to promote stewardship. Thefull RFPis available on the ABIM Foundation's website. Grant applications are due by May 18, 2015.
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Register Today for the Annual Meeting!
Register online to attend the annual meeting by April 10 and avoid paying higher on-site registration fees.
Click here to register.
Sheraton Centre Hotel
Rooms are still available as folks for the annual meeting though they are going quickly.The night of April 22 is sold out but before you look at other hotels, try making a reservation at the Sheraton.Click here for hotel reservations.
Presentations are Online Now!
Like reading the presentations being made before you go to the meeting?Abstracts, vignettes (except for the Unknown vignettes) and innovations are online now.
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The ACLGIM Work Life and Wellness Program is a
NEW initiative that addresses the growing concern around work life balance and stress prevention within GIM. For more information click here.
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It's not too late to renew your 2015 membership.
If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2015, this may be your last e-news! Renew your membership today to maintain member benefits like meeting registration discounts, access to GIM Connect Communities and JGIM subscription! Questions about your membership?Contact Jillian Gann, Director of Membership.
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SGIM Communications Committee Start Up
Interested in helping developing the strategic communications direction of SGIM?The newly-formed communications committee is looking for 8 members to meet quarterly and plan how SGIM should communicate externally to the public and internally to members.This committee will focus on developing policy for GIM Connect, the SGIM website, and social media, among other collaterals.This is not a nitty-gritty tech committee-no web experience is required; rather, we are looking for higher level thinkers who can plan at the 42,000 ft level and look at communications needs across the Society.
Of the 8 members needed for the committee, one slot is specifically reserved for an ACLGIM member, one is specifically reserved for an Associate member, and the rest are at-large positions.Time frame is a two/three year appointment with quarterly calls.The committee will meet in person at the SGIM Annual Meeting in Toronto on Thursday, April 23 from 12:30pm-1:30pm.
Please send a CV and letter of intent to Communications Committee Chair, Joseph Conigliaro c/o Francine Jetton, Communications Director atjettonf@sgim.orgno later thanApril 3.Thank you.
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News From the Regions
Midwest
The Society of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the date and location of the Midwest Regional Meeting taking place August 27-28, 2015 in Cleveland, OH at the Cleveland Convention Center.
This year the theme ofthe meeting is "Engaging Patients in the 21st Century: Innovations in Models of Care, Education and Research."
Mountain West
The Society of General Internal Medicine is pleased to announce the date and location of the Mountain West Regional Meeting taking place October 2, 2015 in Denver, CO at the Fulginiti Pavilion for Humanities in Healthcare - University of Colorado.
Mid-Atlantic
On behalf of this year's planning committee, we thank you for participating in the 2015 Mid-Atlantic SGIM meeting and hope you had a great time in Hershey! Stay tuned for information regarding the 2016regional meeting.For a list of oral/poster presentation award winners and the 2015-2016 leadership board election results, visit the Mid-Atlantic Award Winners page.
Southern
On behalf of this year's planning committee, we thank you for participating in the 2015 Southern SGIM meeting and hope you had a great time in New Orleans! Stay tuned for information regarding the 2016regional meeting.For a list of oral/poster presentation award winners and the 2015-2016 leadership board election results, visit the Southern Award Winners page.
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