Review Program and Institutional Quality Metrics

Review Program and Institutional Quality Metrics

Compliance and Accreditation
a. Charge / This subcommittee will:
  • Review program and institutional quality metrics
• Institutional and extramural, surveys, outcomes, etc.
• Wide range of data; to be processed via GME Office/NI
• Duty Hours compliance issues (design issues = other)
  • Monitor programs’ Action Plans improvements
  • Oversee resident allocations
  • Periodic review of program-specific policies

b. Leadership / Chair: Robert J. Nolan, Jr., MDPediatrics
Vice Chair: Jennifer Peel, PhDAnesthesiology
c. GME Staff Support / Jamie Shomette
d. Members /
  • Robert T. Gilson, MD Dermatology
  • Andrew Muck, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Jamie Shomette, GME
  • Austin Baraki, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Patrick Ramsey, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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  • John S. Toohey, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Shohei Ikoma, MD, Pathology
  • Ginger Blaha, Pathology
  • Melissa J. Frei-Jones, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
  • Janis Strong, Plastic Surgery
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  • Philip Luber, MD, Psychiatry
  • Jason E. Schillerstrom, MD, Psychiatry
  • Teri Hill, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Mithila Fadia, MD, Neurology
  • Fatima Qureshi, MD, Internal Medicine

e. Meeting Schedule / 4th Monday of each month, 12:00-1:30 pm
Printed Name / Signature / Program


Education
a. Charge / This subcommittee will:
• Identify, design, deliver and evaluation professional development opportunities for faculty, residents, and staff
• Identify and allocate educational resources for requests for GME training
• Facilitate research in medical education
• Provide didactic and other materials to assist Program Directors and other GME leaders in meeting specific accreditation standards (e.g., Milestones, EPAs)
• Provide didactic and other materials to assist Program Directors and other GME leaders in meeting common challenges in GME (e.g., effective faculty supervision techniques, working with struggling residents)
• Offer didactics and other forums on newer elements of medical education
• Provide mentorship for junior faculty and residents who plan to have medical education as a key element of their career development
b. Leadership / Chair: M. Philip Luber, MD, Psychiatry
Vice Chair: Ameet Nagpal, MD, Pain Medicine
c. GME Staff Support / Jamie Shomette
Members /
  • Ameet Nagpal, MD, Anesthesiology
  • Brian Boies, MD, Anesthesiology
  • John Erikson, MD, Cardiology
  • Ailene Alcaraz, Gastro/PCCM
  • Jason Morrow, MD, Geriatrics
  • Lisa Hutcherson, GME
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  • Wendy Malone, GME
  • Jennifer Peel, PhD, GME
  • Jamie Shomette, GME
  • Yvonne Covin, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Joshua Hanson, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Christopher Moreland, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Michael Palladino, MD, Podiatry
  • Kimberly Benavente, MD, Psychiatry
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  • Stephanie Levine, MD, Pulmonary/CCM
  • Cedric Pluguez-Turull, MD, Radiology- Diagnostic
  • Daniel Dent, MD, Surgery
  • Mallory Duncan, MD, Surgery
  • Ross Willis, PhD, Surgery
  • Eileen Kleffner, Surgery
  • Joseph Basler, MD, Urology
  • Farzan Ghodsianzadeh, DO Neurology
  • Mallory Wampler, MD, Surgery

e. Meeting Schedule / 3rd Tuesday of each month, 7:00am – 8:00am
me / Signature / Program


Wellness & Resident Work-Life Subcommittee
a. Charge / This subcommittee will:
• Develop GME wellness curriculum and activities
• Make recommendations for improved GME working environment
• As needed - review and make recommendations regarding CLE issues that negatively impact residents (duty hours/fatigue, insufficient supervision, etc.)
• Review and make recommendations regarding residents’ compensation and benefits - annually and as needed
b. Leadership / Chair: Jon Alan Courand, MD, Pediatrics
Vice Chair:
c. GME Staff Support / Stephanie Martinez
d. Members /
  • Amy Thorne, MD, Dermatology
  • Crystal Chavez, MD, Family & Community Medicine
  • Barbara Kiersz, MD, Family & Community Medicine
  • Stacy Ogbeide, MD, Family & Community Medicine
  • Kirleen Neely, PhD, GME
  • Kent Anderson, MD, Ophthalmology
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  • Min Reynolds, PhD, GME
  • Jennifer LaCoss, MD, Hospice & Palliative Care
  • Ruth Berggren, MD, Infectious Disease
  • Kanapa Kornsawad, MD, Medicine
  • Michael Palm, MD, Neurology
  • Ramesh Grandhi, MD, Neurosurgery
  • Elly Xenakis, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Patricia DeForest, MD, Pediatrics
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  • Michael Palladino, MD, Podiatry
  • M. Philip Luber, MD, Psychiatry
  • Ahsan Khalid, MD, Psychiatry
  • Collette Poole-Boykin, MD, Psychiatry
  • Emily Ament, MD, Surgery
  • Laleh Daftaribeshli, MD, Radiology
  • David Wallace, MD, Neurosurgery

e. Meeting Schedule / 1st Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:00 am
Printed Name / Program


GMEC Executive Committee
a. Charge / This subcommittee will:
• Review issues of strategy & policy, sensitivity, and as needed
• Review updates from GMEC Subcommittees prior to GMEC meetings
• Advisory to DIO
b. Leadership / Chair: John S. Toohey, MD, Orthopaedics/GME
Vice Chair:
c. GME Staff Support / Stephanie Martinez, Travis Pederson
d. Members /
  • DIO
  • GMEC CHAIR
  • GMEC Subcommittee Chairs
  • Appropriate Medical Officers
  • Assistant and Associate GME Deans
  • Director of QIPS
  • VA DEO/ACOS for Education
  • At-large GMEC members (2)

e. Meeting Schedule / Monthly prior to GMEC meetings
Printed Name / Signature / Program


Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
a. Charge / The Quality Improvement/Patient Safety (QI/PS) subcommittee is responsible for oversight of QI/PS activities and educational opportunities for residents, fellows, and faculty. QI/PS will also serve as oversight for the Clinical Learning Environment (CLE) Council as well as for the Clinical Learning Environment Walks (CLEWs). The QI/PS subcommittee will make every effort to enhance training and participation of RCAs and FMEAs. QI/PS will support and collaborate with the IRB and QIRC committees to ensure timely reviews and approvals of resident/fellow projects. QI/PS will identify and strive to resolve barriers affecting quality improvement and patient safety activities and projects within the clinical learning environment.
• Raise awareness of patient safety and quality improvement tools and activities within the CLE among residents and fellows
• Encourage engagement of resident/fellow involvement in hospital wide initiatives and committees
• Provide program support, tools, and training for the development of quality improvement programs. CLER, CLEWs
• Educate and encourage reporting of near misses and errors
• Data
  • Annual Program Director Dashboard
  • QI/PS projects submitted through QIRC
  • CS&E participation
  • Passport
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  • GRA
  • Attendance at RCAs
  • Shared Visions Conference (if possible)
  • UHS Core Measures

b. Leadership / Chair: John S. Toohey GME, Assistant Dean
Vice Chair: Lisa HutchersonGME, QI/PS
c. GME Staff Support / Stephanie Martinez
d. Members /
  • Ameet Nagpal, MD, Anesthesiology
  • Morgan Stanley, MD, Anesthesiology
  • Travis Wilson, MD, Anesthesiology
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  • Mark Nadeau, MD, FCM
  • Jamie Shomette, GME
  • Megan Hudak, IM
  • Austin LeMaster, MD, IM
  • Jan Patterson, MD, Infectious Disease
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  • Christina Brady, MD, Ortho
  • Aaron Sugalski, MD, Pediatric Hem/Onc
  • Janis Strong, Plastic Surgery
  • Neeraj Kaur, MD, Radiology
  • Jennifer Lee, MD, RadOnc
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  • Michael Palladino, DPM, Podiatry
  • Ramon Cestero, MD, Surgery

e. Meeting Schedule / Quarterly meetings
Printed Name / Signature / Program


Policy
a. Charge / This Subcommittee will:
• Monitor currency and effectiveness of institutional GME policies
• Develop new GME policies as need arises
• Review program specific policies
b. Leadership / Chair:David Dooley, MDVA
Vice Chair:
c. GME Staff Support / Stephanie Martinez
d. Members /
  • Carlos Velez, MD, Endo/Diab/Metab
  • Tisha Lunsford, MD, Gastroenterology
  • Travis Pederson, MBA, GME
  • Stephanie Martinez, GME
  • David Dooley, MD, Infectious Disease
  • Joshua Hanson, MD/MPH, Internal Medicine
  • Alison Wiseman, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Manan Gupta, MD, Psychiatry
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  • Jennifer Healy, MD, Hospice & Palliative Care
  • Brent Wagner, MD, Nephrology
  • Teri Hill, Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Margarita Vasquez, MD, Pediatrics
  • Howard Tz-Ho Wang, MD, Plastic Surgery
  • Manan Gupta, MD, Psychiatry
  • Rajen Patel, MD, Psychiatry

e. Meeting Schedule / Meet bi-monthly
Printed Name / Signature / Program


Program Coordinators
a. Charge /
  • Represent sponsored GME programs
  • Support professional development of GME Program Coordinators within sponsored GME programs
  • Facilitate communication within GME Programs
  • Make recommendations to GMEC regarding opportunities for improvement

b. Leadership / Chair: Eileen Kleffner, Surgery
Vice Chair: Megan Hudak, Internal Medicine
c. GME Staff Support / Jamie Shomette
d. Members / All Program Coordinators
e. Meeting Schedule / 2nd Wednesday of each month, 3:30-4:30pm
House Staff Council
a. Charge /
  • Represent all residents and fellows within sponsored GME programs
  • Provide a forum for residents to communicate and exchange information on their educational and work environment, their programs, and other resident issues
  • Provide a process by which individual residents can address concerns in a confidential and protected manner
  • Make recommendations to GMEC regarding violations and/or opportunities for improvement

b. Leadership /
  • President: Edward Chu, MD, Ophthalmology
  • Vice President: Vijay Giridhar, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Treasurer: Cynthia Cantu, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Secretary: Forrestine Knowles, MD, Psychiatry

c. GME Staff Support / Travis Pederson
d. Members / Residents
e. Meeting Schedule / Email meetings every month, Physical meetings every other month
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