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Professional development and leadership resources for osteopathic medical educators, administrators and researchers.  

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Academic Career Pathways / Clinical Education Leaders Series Webinar: How to Become a Chief Resident

Hosted by the AOGME Residents and Fellows Council (RFC), this webinar will provide information and tips for becoming a chief resident

Hosted by the AOGME Residents and Fellows Council (RFC), this webinar will provide information and tips for becoming a chief resident.

Objectives:

  • Describe what a chief resident is
  • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of a chief resident (clinical, administrative, others)
  • Highlight required skills chief residents should possess

Facilitators:

  • Maria Jones, DO, PGY-4 Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine, ChristianaCare Health System
  • Linda Logan, DO, Breast/GYN Pathology Clinical Instructor, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

Panelists:

  • Cassandra Smith, DO, PGY-3 Family Medicine Chief Resident, Northwestern McGaw Family Medicine at Lake Forest
  • Brie Howerton, DO, MSBE, PGY-2 Emergency Medicine, Corewell Health East Dearborn
  • Rosemary Mattaino, DO, MS, Cytopathology Fellow, PGY-5, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Vermont Medical Center

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    Leadership Institute

    The AACOM Leadership Institute offers leadership development opportunities to leaders and aspiring leaders in the osteopathic medical and medical education community. 

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    Councils & Committees

    AACOM provides opportunities for osteopathic medical educators to collaborate, contribute to and influence the future of medical education.

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    Osteopathic Health Policy Fellowship

    Learn how advocacy can impact OME, osteopathic medicine and the health of patients and communities through the OHPF.  

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    UME GME Task Force Steering Committee has 3 focus areas, 6 Action Groups and 3 subgroups

    UME-GME Task Force

    This initiative is to develop solutions in three major focus areas: the transition to residency, graduate level osteopathic training and strengthening the model of osteopathic training.

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    NAOME Fellowship

    Be recognized for your contributions to osteopathic undergraduate and graduate medical education and collaborate to shape the future of OME, as a member of AACOM’s selective academic fellowship program.

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    Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators

    AOGME Fellowship

    The Assembly of Osteopathic Graduate Medical Educators (AOGME) Fellowship recognizes those who have made specific contributions to osteopathic graduate medical education.  

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    Job Connection

    Find a job or post a job for the OME community!  AACOM's Job Connection also offers career coaching, resume writing, reference testing for a fee and a free career learning center. 

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    UME-GME Digital Resource Library

    This digital library contains resources on osteopathic training, Osteopathic Recognition, accreditation, evaluations, technology tools and more.
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