Program Directors Workshop

The Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Announces 
Program Directors Workshop

Saturday, January 24, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(The morning prior to the TSDA General Session)
Moscone West Convention Center
Room 2004
San Francisco, CA

Box lunch will be provided.

Primary Objectives

• To review educational and administrative expectations for thoracic surgery residency Program Directors, Associate Program Directors, and Faculty
• To present an overview of the accreditation process
• To help Program Directors and Faculty prepare for upcoming accreditation site visit

Who Should Attend

• Program Directors (especially program directors who have been in their positions for less than five years
• Current Program Directors seeking a review of the accreditation process
• Associate Program Directors
• Faculty in training for educational leadership positions
• Program Directors and Faculty planning for an upcoming accreditation site visit
• All TSDA members who wish to learn more about the accreditation process
  

Fee

• The fee is $100 per program for Program Director and one additional surgeon (either Associate Program Director or Faculty). Participants may also register one Program Coordinator at no additional charge, but Program Coordinators may not participate without a physician faculty member in attendance. Registration required. Click here to download registration form. Box lunch will be provided.
  

Course Director

• Walter Merrill, MD
  

Preliminary Faculty List

• William Baumgartner, MD, Executive Director, ABTS
• John Brown, MD, President, TSDA
• John Calhoon, MD, President-Elect, TSDA
• Irv Kron, MD, Chair, ACGME/RRC Thoracic Surgery Committee
• Seenu Reddy, MD, University of Texas-San Antonio
• Doris Stoll, PhD, GME Consultant and former Thoracic Surgery RRC Executive Director
• Curt Tribble, MD, Chair, TSDA Curriculum Committee

Preliminary agenda:

Welcome, John Brown, MD
Role of the Residency Review Committee, Irving Kron, MD
Internal Review Process, Basics of Accreditation, Doris Stoll, PhD
Methods of Using the TSDA Weekly Curriculum in Your Residency 
    Program, Curt Tribble, MD
Site Visit Survival: Tales from the Front, Seenu Reddy, MD
American Board of Thoracic Surgery, William Baumgartner, MD
Continuation of Doris Stoll’s presentation
Integrated Curriculum, John Calhoon, MD
Panel Discussion/Q&A
Adjournment/Lunch

   Topics to be Covered

       The Big Picture

The Internal Review Process: When and What?

Peer Review/Standard Setting

Role of the ACGME Evaluators

Role of the RRC Chair

Role of the RRC Executive Director

The Program Director's Responsibilities

Qualifications for Support Staff

The Role of the Designated Institutional Officer (DIO)

Signature Authority

Tales from the Front: A First-Hand Account of Site-Visit Survival


The Nitty-Gritty

Deadline Dates for the Accreditation Period

Timing of Work Product

Truth vs. The Whole Truth vs. Prevarication

Quality of Writing

Completeness of Information

Record-Keeping

Data Accuracy

Knowing the PRs

Preparing the Program Information Form (PIF)

New Program vs. Continuing Program Application

The "Ever-Ubiquitous" Competencies

Q & A Session

Partial List of Handout Materials

• Annotated RRC Requirements
• Annotated PIF Document
• Current ABTS and RRC Operative Data Requirements
• Outline of RRC 4+5 and Other Curricula Iterations
• TSDA Curriculum Materials and Website
• Samples of Acceptable Evaluations
• Accreditation Cycle Outline
• Accreditation Definitions
• Sample ACGME / RRC Letters, with Comments
• “Killer” ACGME Policies
  

Registration
Download registration form. 
Submit completed registration form via fax or e-mail:
Fax: 312-202-5829
E-mail: tsda@tsda.org (please enter Program Directors Workshop in subject line)

Submit payment to:
Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
633 N. St. Clair Street, Suite 2320
Chicago, IL 60611

Questions?
Contact TSDA at 312-202-5854 or tsda@tsda.org.