AOA Bureau of Education meets...

The AOA’s Bureau of Osteopathic Education (BOE) met over the weekend.  Among other topics on the agenda, they considered the AODME’s resolution to repeal Resolution 29.  This resolution was approved by the BOE and will now be considered by the AOA’s Board of Trustees at their Annual Meeting in Chicago in July.  By all accounts there was a lively, collegial discussion on the issue of AOA approval of ACGME Training.

An important point to remember, that I cannot stress enough (apologies for the bolding):   Resolution 29 is germane ONLY to the FIRST YEAR of training and ONLY applicable after COMPLETION of ACGME residency training.  It appears that there is continued confusion on this topic.

Macy Foundation

I'm in Atlanta (with Bob Cain, DO) attending the Macy Foundation conference on Reforming Graduate Medical Education to Meet the Needs of the Public.  This meeting follows a Macy sponsored conference in October entitled:  Recommendations for an Accountable Graduate Medical Education System.

For those or you who are students of GME history and GME reform, you will know that the Macy Foundation has sponsored conferences on Medical Education many times in the past.  These can be found on their web site.  If you are interested in further historical perspective, consider reading the works of Kenneth Ludmerer, MD, one of the conference participants.

There are many significant issues facing GME and specifically OGME.  It is critical, now more than ever, that we keep our focus on our customers - the public - as we shape OGME policy.

JAOA Education Issue has Arrived!!!

An abbreviated re-post since a Blogger crash seems to have erased Wednesday's entry...


The annual JAOA Education Issue "arrived" in my in-basket this week.  As usual it is a treasure trove of information regarding OME and OGME in particular.  As many of you know, I have been compiling data from both the JAOA and the JAMA education issues for some time.  I will be sharing some of this data over the next several months.


In addition, Wednesday's Daily Report Blog contained a note about the AOA Executive Committee meeting and several AODME advocacy issues.