TS-RACS Meeting
Sunday, January 28, 2007
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, CA
Room 29 B: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
AGENDA:
8:00 am
Welcome/Announcements/Introductions
8:15 am – 9:15 am
"Using Checklists and Direct Observation to Assess Operative Skills"
Robbie Maki
Resident Education Program Coordinator
Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
9:15 am – 9:30 am
"Preliminary Statistics on Thoracic Surgery Applicants"
Renee Overton, ERAS Director
Washington, DC
9:30 am – 10:15 am
"ERAS Tips" and Question and Answer
Alana Diaz-Sutton, Senior Client & Technical Support Analyst
Washington, DC
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 – 11:00 am
"Expectations of a Thoracic Surgery Interview -- An Applicant's Perspective"
Inderpal (Netu) S. Sarkaria, MD
Administrative Chief Resident, Department of Surgery
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
New York, NY
11:00 am – 10:30 am
"Preparing for a Site Visit"
Richard Nelson, PhD
Independent Consultant
Chicago, IL
12:00 Noon - 12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Working Lunch
Informal Question and Answer with Richard Nelson, PhD
DISCUSSION:
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
1) Nancy Puckett, Executive Director, TSDA
a) Posting of Interview Dates on Web
2) In-Training Examination
3) New Coordinators
a) Mentoring
4) ERAS – Chris
5) Site Visits – Comments from Recent Reviews
6) Competencies – Bring Innovative Ideas
7) 4+3 Program – Trials and Tribulations (case coding, etc.)
8) Recruitment Efforts
9) NRMP
10) CTSNet
a) Toolkit
b) Home Page for Coordinators
11) Changes to RRC Program Requirements – Section III C
12) Congenital Accreditation
13) JCAHO
a) Procedure Competency Skills List (bring examples)
14) Other
BUSINESS MEETING:
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1) Approve minutes from 2006 minutes
2) Standing Committee Reports
a) Curriculum – Joann Gizzi
b) Ethics –
c) Eval – Jackie Drillien and Robbie Maki
3) Ad Hoc Committee Reports
a) Web Content – Robbie Maki and Kathleen Simpson
b) ERAS – Chris Morrison and Leslie Sotomayor
4) TAGME Update – Mary McConnell
a) Application posted to TS-RACS web
5) Nomination/Election of Officers
a) Vice President
b) Secretary
c) Councillors (2)
6) Certificates of Attendance
7) Other
