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Trainee Committee Meeting
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9/7/2017
6:30 p.m.
Conference Room C
Serota Academic Center
NYITCOM-Old Westbury Campus
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Graduate Medical Education Committee Meeting
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9/8/2017
8:00 a.m.
Rockefeller Auditorium
NYITCOM Old Westbury Campus
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Faculty Development Program:
Quality Improvement:
Why, How and When in GME?
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Daniel Lombardi, D.O.
9/8/2017
9:45 a.m.
Rockefeller Auditorium
NYITCOM Old Westbury Campus
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NYITCOM/NYCOMEC
Sports Medicine Conference: Beyond the Sideline: Unique Athlete Populations
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9/18/2017
8:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Rockefeller Auditorium
NYITCOM Old Westbury Campus
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Board of Directors Meeting
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9/19/2017
8:30 a.m.
New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott
102-05 Ditmars Blvd
East Elmhurst, NY
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Faculty Development Program:
The Problem Resident: Prevention, Remediation, Termination
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Robert Catalano, M.D.
10/19/2017
11:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The NYIT Auditorium on Broadway
New York, NY
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11/15/2017
8:30 a.m.
Riland Auditorium NYITCOM - Old Westbury Campus
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O.R. Webin
ar:
OMM Beyond the Classic Osteopathic Diagnoses
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Clifford Stark, D.O.
8/30/2017
12:0
0 noon
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O.R. Webin
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OMM on the Sidelines
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Seth Schmoll, D.O.
9/13/2017
12:0
0 noon
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O.R. Webin
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OMM and Irritable Bowl Syndrome
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Sara Nehring, D.O.
9/27/2017
12:0
0 noon
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Research Webin
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Research: The Big Picture and How to Select a Topic for Your Research
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David Yens, Ph.D.
9/28
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12:0
0 noon
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Research Webin
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50 Shades of Research, Part 1: Experimental Design, Validity of Studies, Potential Design Problems
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David Yens, Ph.D.
10/26
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12:0
0 noon
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Research Webin
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50 Shades of Research, Part 2: Surveys, Prospective /Retrospective, Quantitative/ Qualitative, Noninferiority Designs
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David Yens, Ph.D.
11/16
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12:0
0 noon
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Research Webin
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Research: Experimental Design (Review), Validity (Review), Selection of Subjects, Number of Subjects Needed, Case Presentations
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David Yens, Ph.D.
12/21
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12:0
0 noon
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National Recruiting Events
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NYCOMEC Staff Will Be Promoting Your Programs at the Following Events:
OMED 2017
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October 7-10, 2017
Philadelphia Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
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October 7-10, 2017
Philadelphia Convention Center
Philadelphia, PA
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NYCOMEC Mission Statement
To continually improve the quality and scope of graduate medical education within the continuum of osteopathic medical education.
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NYCOMEC Blue Osteopathic Recognition Webinar Series
These webinars are for NYCOMEC trainees, faculty, medical staff, and NYITCOM and TouroCOM students.
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Topic:
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OMM beyond the Classic Osteopathic Diagnosis
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Date:
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August 30, 2017
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Time:
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12:00 noon
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Speaker:
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Clifford Stark, D.O., Program Director, Sports Medicine Fellowship, Plainview Hospital, Plainview, NY
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Opportunities still exist to present a webinar and obtain scholarly activity. If you are interested in presenting a topic, you are welcome to
email Lynn Mark, D.O., or call her at 516.686.3950 to schedule a webinar. Conducting a presentation counts towards scholarly activity.
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NYCOMEC-NYIT Healthcare Leadership Certificate Course
POSTPONED
Dr. Francis Yoo's presentation, originally schedule to take place on September 15, 2017, has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. Several participants will be attending the NYITCOM Academic & Scientific Symposium, which is scheduled for the same day, and requested that we reschedule his lecture. A new date will be announced shortly.
For information, please email
Sharon Player
or call 516-686-1283.
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Faculty Development Program:
Quality Improvement-Why, How and When in GME?
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Date:
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Friday, September 8, 2017
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Time:
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9:45 a.m.
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Place:
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Rockefeller Auditorium, NYITCOM-Old Westbury Campus
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Presenter:
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Daniel Lombardi, D.O., Patient Safety Officer, Associate Medical Director, and Director of Medical Education, St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY
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Quality Improvement-Why, How and When in GME? |
Preregistration is required. Please register by
Friday, September 1, 2017.
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NYCOMEC Co-Sponsors NYITCOM's Sports Medicine Conference: Beyond the Sideline: Unique Athlete Population
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Date:
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September 18, 2017
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Time:
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8:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
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Location:
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Rockefeller Auditorium, NYITCOM-Old Westbury Campus.
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There is no registration fee for the NYCOMEC trainees. For registration information and program outline please click here.
This program anticipates being approved for 5.5 of AOA Category 1A CME credit hours, 5.5 NYS Physical Therapy continuing education credit and 5.5 category A CEU credit hours pending approval by the AOA CME, NYS and the BOC respectively.
For more information, please email
Hallie Zwibel, D.O.
,
Assistant Professor
and Director, Sports Medicine, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine or call at (516) 686-3771.
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Faculty Development Program: The Problem Resident: Prevention, Remediation, Termination
NYCOMEC will host on
Thursday, October 19, 2017, from
11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway - New York City Campus a faculty development program titled
The Problem Resident: Prevention, Remediation, Termination, featuring
Robert Catalano, M.D., Executive Secretary, Board for Professional Medical Conduct.
The program is open to all NYCOMEC educational leaders, faculty and administrative staff. Please call Alana Berg at 516.686.1128 or
email to register.
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NYCOMEC Fall Grand Rounds
NYCOMEC Fall Grand Rounds, a professional medical education program designed for osteopathic residents, will take place on Wednesday,
November 15, 2017, in the W. Kenneth Riland Auditorium located in NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine - Old Westbury Campus.
KEY NOTE SPEAKER: Sorrel King, The Josie King Foundation
William Blazey, D.O., Assistant Dean, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Title: Preparing for Success on Your Medical Licensure and Specialty Board Exams during Residency
Lawrence Eisenstein, M.D.,
Nassau County Commissioner of Health
Title: Emerging and Relapsing Infectious Diseases
Martin Levine, D.O., Interim Clinical Dean, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Former AOA President
Title: OMM with Every Encounter
Kenya McRae, J.D., Ph.D., Vice President of Research and Development, American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
Title: Making the Connection between Osteopathic Medicine and Public Health: AOA Engagement
Breakfast and registration start at 8:30 a.m.
Pre-registration deadline: Wednesday, November 8, 2017. To register please contact the NYCOMEC office at 516.686.3730.
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2017-2018 NYCOMEC Research Manual
The new NYCOMEC Research Manual was distributed in electronic form via Constant Contact on August 18, 2017 to all NYCOMEC trainees, directors of medical education, associate directors of medical education, program directors and program coordinators. The content of the manual has been revised to correct referenced web sites and make minor modifications to the text. However, last year's manuals are still usable.
This annual publication provided by NYCOMEC helps foster research activity by our residents.
David Yens, Ph.D., Research Director, NYCOMEC, will continue to be available to meet with your programs' staff and residents to facilitate research.
NYCOMEC is also continuing its series of monthly NYCOMEC Blue research webinars which discuss different aspects of research. These webinars are archived on NYCOMEC website. To access them please go to
nycomec.org, click on Resources, scroll down to webinars and follow the link to
archived research webinars. These webinars are password protected. Please call the NYCOMEC office at 516.686.3730 to receive the password.
For more information, please click
here
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NYITCOM at A-State
White Coat Ceremony for Class of 2021
 The second class of medical students from New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro (A-State) received their white coats on August 11, 2017, at a ceremony where they pledged their commitment to the osteopathic profession. NYIT President
Hank Foley, Ph.D., joined NYITCOM Dean
Wolfgang Gilliar, D.O., and NYITCOM at A-State Site Dean
Shane Speights, D.O., in welcoming the Class of 2021. "Today, you join an elite group representing centuries of medical wisdom," Foley told the students. Read
more.
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 TouroCOM Middletown Class of 2021 Dons White Coats
Several hundred friends and family members gathered together on July 24, 2017, to celebrate the 135 members of Touro College of Medicine (TouroCOM) Middletown's Class of 2021 as they donned their white coats and took the first step in their medical school career. Read
more.
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NYITCOM - Old Westbury Campus White Coat Ceremony
The Class of 2021 students from NYITCOM - Old Westbury Campus celebrated with friends, family, and faculty their first step in their medical career: receiving their white coats. The event took place on August 22, 2017, at Crest Hollow Country Club, located in Woodbury, NY.
Please click
here for details in social media.
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ACGME Seeks Volunteers to participate in Milestones Work Group
The ACGME is in the early phases of planning and development for Milestones 2.0, and is assembling
a work group that will be responsible for reviewing the current Milestones to determine what, if any, changes need to be made, by specialty (Surgery, Pathology, Transitional Year). Participants should be proficient in one or more of the Competencies and be familiar with the Milestones, but need not be physicians. For more information, email
[email protected].
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ACGME Revised Common Program Requirements FAQs
The ACGME updated its Common Program Requirement FAQs in July 2017 to reflect the revisions of Section VI of the Common Program Requirements that are effective July 1, 2017.
View the ACGME Common Program FAQs.
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ACGME Committee News
INTERNAL MEDICINE REVIEW COMMITTEE:
New FAQs for Subspecialty Faculty Scholarly Activity
While the General Subspecialty FAQs for Internal Medicine are still under revision, the FAQ concerning subspecialty faculty scholarly activity has been published ahead of the rest due to significant revisions to the Committee's expectations regarding the related requirements. E-mail questions to Executive Director Jerry Vasilias.
OSTEOPATHIC PRINCIPLES COMMITTEE:
Osteopathic Recognition Brochure
An Osteopathic Recognition brochure has been developed and is now available in the Osteopathic Recognition section of the ACGME website. The brochure provides basic information and addresses common questions related to Osteopathic Recognition.
Osteopathic Recognition Presentations
The Osteopathic Principles Committee has posted additional presentations in the Osteopathic Recognition section of the ACGME website. The newly posted slide sets were presented at osteopathic conferences in the last six months.
OSTEOPATHIC NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE REVIEW COMMITTEE:
Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Presentations
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TIVRA - Update and Verify Trainee Contract Information
The Trainee Information Verification and Registration Audit (TIVRA) system is now open for institutions to
UPDATE and VERIFY contract information previously reported for the
2016-2017 academic year and
REPORT new and continuing contracts for the
2017-2018 academic year.
To access TIVRA system, please visit
AOA Opportunities and choose program login (on the left side of the split screen). Each institution must update each contract for every osteopathic trainee within their hospital
no later than October 15, 2017. Any intern, resident or fellow not registered by the deadline date will not have their training recognized or approved by the AOA.
To read more please click
here.
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The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and the Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators (AODME) launched
Call for Presentations for the AACOM & AODME Annual Conference that will take place in Baltimore, MD, on April 26-29, 2018. The conference's theme is
Educating Leaders 2018: Building Successful Collaborations.
Submissions
deadline is
September 21, 2017.
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AODME Upcoming Webinars
The Milestones: The Good, The Bad, and What You Should be Doing
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Presenter: Laura Edgar, Ed.D., CAE
Osteopathic Recognition Programs
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Presenter: Sarah James, D.O.
NBOME 7 COMLEX-USA Update for Residency Program Director
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
Presenter: John Gimpel, D.O.
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NUMC Receives Level I Trauma Center Verification
Nassau University Medical Center's trauma center has been verified as a Level I Trauma Center by the Verification Review Committee (VRC), of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
To read more please click
here
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Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Achieves Prestigious 5-Star Quality Rating from CMS
Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center has earned the 5-star Overall Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The prestigious accolade is awarded to the top 20% of facilities in the nation in recognition of their achievements in three categories: health inspections, quality measures and staffing.
To read more please click
here
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