10/27

What a week! I've been meaning to update this blog ALL WEEK and just now getting to it. It's been long work days every day this week, so I haven't quite caught up from being gone last week.

The end of last week I was in Santa Fe, attending the NIPDD... basically, the Program Directors fellowship. Learning how to be a more effective PD. It lasts through summer '07, and got off to a really good start. I'm looking forward to learning a lot and have already gotten some good tips we'll be implementing in our program. One of the projects we're required to do in the fellowship is a curriculum project, so if any of my current residents have suggestions for which area you'd like me to pick, please let me know! I'm thinking about an applied Practice Management project based on your own clinic numbers, Pedi Inpatient or the community service piece of Community Medicine. You may have other requests I haven't thought about though.

This has been a week of odd occurrences too... kind of unusual circumstances various residents have found themselves in. As you might expect, some had the potential for residents to get into some kind of trouble, with somebody! I've been really impressed with the professionalism demonstrated by you in your handling of the situations. Secondly, I am very much appreciative that you have filled me in. It is SO MUCH easier for me to be effective on your behalf when I already know your side of the story and someone else thinks I need to know about it or that I need to "do something". Good work! Keep it up!

And I'm not the only one noticing... I'd say in the past month, at least a half dozen different faculty have approached me for the purpose of commenting about what a great group of residents we have right now. You make me proud. :-)

Change of subject - for the applicants: based on a request from an applicant via the blog, we were able to send out an email through ERAS for applicants who will NOT be offered an interview. That went out last week. If your application was complete as of last week, and you did not receive a notification email, your application is still being considered.

We have in the ballpark of 65 interview slots. We've scheduled 35 interviews and extended an additional 15 invitations. Should we need to, we will add interview dates in early February. The season is going well, I continue to be excited about Match 2007.

Residents: quick reminders

November 3 & Nov. 6 - ITE exam. Check your schedule to see which date you're assigned. Good luck!! I'm hoping we're going to have a banner year.

November 15 - FM Dept Thanksgiving luncheon, PCP 2.268 from 11:45 to 1:00. See you there!