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AACOM UME-GME Task Force Working Group

Transition to Residency (T2R)

Charge

The Transition to Residency Working Group (also known as T2R) of the UME-GME Task Force, is charged with improving students’ journeys through residency and is focused on three main areas of improvement: data collection, residency readiness, and unmatched students. 

T2R Working Group members

Action Groups

T2R formed the three action groups below to provide recommendations and solutions in these areas.

Residency Boot Camp
Action Group

This Action Group proposes recommendations to support initiatives at colleges of osteopathic medicine that validate and prepare graduates for residency readiness. See the latest deliverable below: 

Readiness-for-Residency-Bootcamp-Implementation-Playbook cover

Readiness for Residency Bootcamp Implementation Playbook

This national framework guides COMs on how to implement a residency readiness bootcamp at their institutions, including a recommended list of skills to validate, refresher resources and more. 

Advising
Action Group

This action group identifies needs and design tools and resources that enable advisors to provide personalized, compassionate, student-centric guidance, reflecting osteopathic principles. See the latest deliverable below: 
  • Report Cover: Student and Advisor Focus Group Findings by the UME-GME Taskforce Transition to Residency Advising Action Group Insights into Residency Advising: Focus Group Findings

    This report summarizes insights from focus groups and surveys of osteopathic medical students and advisors, identifying key challenges, effective practices, and strategic opportunities to strengthen residency advising and support the transition from UME to GME.
     

Data Collection
Action Group

This Action Group is charged with understanding available data in the transition to residency, determining gaps and mechanisms to share and utilize the data and resources for advising. See the latest deliverable below:

Specialty-Specific Advising Resources

A series of downloadable PowerPoints providing COMs and students with a general overview of specialty information and key data on the transition to residency. 

Residency Application Data Guide Residency Application Data Guide

This tool helps students navigate key data resources on the transition to residency, and outlines the benefits and potential drawbacks of each one to help inform students on how to best use them.

Webinar

Unmatched Students
Action Group (Sunset)

This Action Group provided recommendations for COMs to offer unmatched osteopathic medical graduates.

Toolkit to Support Students Reentering the Residenc Application & Match Process Toolkit to Support Students Re-entering the Residency Application & Match Process

This toolkit provides a wide variety of in-depth options medical schools can offer unmatched students in order to equip them with additional credentials and experiences for success in the residency match.

Additional Deliverables

Member Rosters

T2R Working Group Members

Chair
Tami Hendriksz, DO, Dean and Chief Academic Officer
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine in California

Members
Andrew Farmer, MS, OMS IV
William Carey University of Osteopathic Medicine

Ashley Gullett, DO, Family Medicine Physician
The Iowa Clinic Family Medicine Department

Kenneth Heiles, DO, Campus Dean, KCU-COM Joplin; Associate Dean for GME
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Joplin

Victor Kolade, MD,  Member of Board of Directors and Programming Committee
Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers

Meghan Marsashti, OMS IV
Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jason Steele, PGY 1
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Utah

James Toldi, DO, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Assessment
Lincoln Memorial University - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine - Orange Park

Nicole Wadsworth, DO, Dean
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

Advising Action Group Members

Chair
Katie Harden, Director, COM Career and Residency Placement Advising
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Joplin

Members
Melanie Elmore, MBA, Director of Career Development
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Deborah Heineman, MA, Residency and Career Services
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York

Jessica Langston, MS, Career Counselor
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Oscar Li, OMS II
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Utah

Caroline Rizea, DO, PGY1
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

David Tolentino, DO, Interim Dean Jerry M. Wallace of Osteopathic Medicine
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Diana Topolnycky, DO, Program Director, OB/GYN Residency Program
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital

Rashmi Venkatesh, OMS IV
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Brooke-Lynn Vij, Med, Academic and Career Advising and Faculty
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Clinton Township

Alesia Wagner, DO, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine California

Data Collection Action Group Members

Chair
Martin Timoney, EdD, Director of Residency Advising
University of the Incarnate World, School of Osteopathic Medicine

Members
Angie Clemmer, BBA, Residency Placement Coordinator
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Melva Landrum, MEd, Director, TCOM Medical Student Success Residency Counselor
UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Tiffany Matyja, MS, OMS IV
William Carey University of Osteopathic Medicine

Chris Parr, Director of Graduate Medical Education Advising and Applications
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Priya Patel, OMS II
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine – Bradenton

Jason Steele, DO, PGY1
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Utah

Residency Boot Camp Action Group Members

Chair
Katie Harden, Director, COM Career and Residency Placement Advising
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Joplin

Members
Melanie Elmore, MBA, Director of Career Development
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine

Deborah Heineman, MA, Residency and Career Services
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine – New York

Jessica Langston, MS, Career Counselor
Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Oscar Li, OMS II
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Utah

Caroline Rizea, DO, PGY1
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine

David Tolentino, DO, Interim Dean Jerry M. Wallace of Osteopathic Medicine
Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine

Diana Topolnycky, DO, Program Director, OB/GYN Residency Program
OhioHealth Doctors Hospital

Rashmi Venkatesh, OMS IV
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Brooke-Lynn Vij, Med, Academic and Career Advising and Faculty
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine – Clinton Township

Alesia Wagner, DO, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine California

Residency Boot Camp Pilot COMs Members

Midwest University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona
  • Lyle Greenwood, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Tracy Middleton, DO, Chair and Clinical Professor, Osteopathic Family & Community Medicine
Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Bruce Williams, DO, Associate Dean of Clinical Education
Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Mark Baldwin, DO, Professor and Cahir, Department of Primary Care Medicine
  • Melissa Stephens, MD, Assistant Dean of Clinical Medicine
Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Gia DiGiacobbe, MBA, Senior Director, Medical Teaching and Learning Innovation
  • Christine Fall, MD, Associate Professor, Clinical Curriculum Director
A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine – Arizona
  • Nicholas Caputo, DO, Assistant Professor 
  • Scott Hauert, PhD, Instructional Designer
  • Christina Weaver, DO, Assistant Dean of Clinical Curriculum, IPE, and Simulation 
  • Connor Yost, DO, PGY 1