Upcoming GME Events; Welcome New AOGME Members!

Sandra Snyder

By Sandra Snyder, DO
AOGME Chair

April 24, 2023

We are excited to welcome all new members who recently joined AOGME as part of AACOM’s 125th anniversary celebration! We are grateful to all current members who referred their colleagues for AOGME membership. Thank you to all existing and new AOGME members who joined us for the 2023 AOGME Annual Business meeting on April 19. We appreciate your engagement and participation in AOGME!

This year, AACOM celebrates 125 years of service to the nation’s colleges of osteopathic medicine and AOGME celebrates 6 years as part of AACOM. To mark this occasion and to show our gratitude to our members, we are pleased to offer one year of free membership this year. We hope you enjoy this unique opportunity and engage with us to influence the future direction of AOGME, the GME community and osteopathic medical education.

Our big goal is to have 1,250 AOGME members by the end of the upcoming academic year! We already have 550+ new AOGME members, including 100+ new RFC members. This brings the total AOGME membership to more than 700 members! Please continue to refer your friends and colleagues to join AOGME by emailing aogme@aacom.org, completing this quick 1-minute referral form or inviting them to join directly with this brief intake form.

2023 AOGME Award Recipients & Collegium of Fellows Inductee

AOGME is pleased to honor four awardees for this year's AOGME Awards, as well as one Collegium of Fellows inductee.

Ms. Rhonda Reynolds and Dr. Noreen O'Shea are recipients of the AOGME Special Award of Appreciation
Dr. Andrew Eilerman is the recipient of the AOGME Leadership Award
Dr. Lorenzo Pence is the recipient of the AOGME Special Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Martin Levine is this year’s inductee in the AOGME Collegium of Fellows

These individuals will be recognized at the Educating Leaders 2023 annual conference. Congratulations to the 2023 AOGME awardees and Collegium of Fellows inductee!

Residents and Fellows Council Alumni: Where Are They Now?

The AOGME Residents and Fellows Council was established in 2018 to develop future leaders in the osteopathic profession by creating a community and forum for residents and fellows to connect, collaborate, learn and lead. AOGME is taking a look at the accomplishments of the distinguished leaders of the Residents and Fellows Council and keeping up with their current activities. Dr. Breanne Jaqua is an exemplary leader having served as the former Council of Osteopathic Student Government Presidents (COSGP) National Chair and as a founding member of the AOGME Residents and Fellows Council (RFC). Read more.

Save the Date: AIAMC Event

The Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC) and AACOM are presenting a three-hour program in June on Articulating the Value of Community-Based Education and Healthcare. The program will be held on June 13, 2023, at 1:00–4:00 PM ET. Registration opens May 1, 2023, at www.aiamc.org.

Register Today: AACOM/AOGME GME Development Institute

Join us on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 1:00-4:00 PM ET for the AOGME Council of GME Leaders' first GME Development Institute, a 3-hour virtual event that will provide the latest information, best practices, resources and education on GME growth in medically underserved areas. Join us for discussion and presentations by national GME experts including:

Dr. Thomas Mohr
Dr. Tedd Epperly
Paul Umbach, MA
Charlie Alfero, MA
Dr. Carlyle Chan
Dr. Louis A. Sanner
Dr. Kent Voorhees
Dr. Ward Stevens

Learn about successful models for GME growth, federal and state funding opportunities and strategies, how to form consortia to support GME growth, growing GME in primary care and non-primary care specialties, identifying hospitals that are prime for GME development and more. This event was organized by a planning committee including Ms. Lori Rodefeld, Dr. Thomas Mohr and Dr. Christopher Hayes. Space is limited. Register here.

AOGME Council of GME Leaders’ Forums on GME Growth & Development

Thank you to all of the speakers and participants who joined us in the Forums on GME Growth & Development! In an effort to expand AOGME’s role in supporting GME growth and development among COMs and residency programs, the AOGME Council of GME Leaders hosted the Forums on GME Growth & Development. Recordings are now available for all seven sessions:

AOGME Webinar Series

Upcoming AOGME Webinars

Join us on Wednesday May 3, 2023, at 4:00–5:00 PM ET for a webinar presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges that will cover ERAS program signaling and updates on the other changes to the MyERAS application for the upcoming residency recruitment cycle. Register for the webinar.

On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 4:00–5:00 PM ET, Shiby Abraham, MD, will present a webinar on moral injury among physicians. In this webinar, she will differentiate between burnout, moral distress and moral injury, discuss the effects of moral injury in healthcare and review methods to prevent and address moral injury. Register for the webinar.

AOGME Webinar Recording Available

On March 8, 2023, Tyra Fainstad, MD, presented an important session on imposter syndrome, where she unpacked unhelpful habits like perfectionism that ironically end up sabotaging learners. As a certified professional life coach who has built a coaching curriculum to decrease burnout for medical trainees called Better Together, Dr. Fainstad feels passionate about mitigating this toxic syndrome. View the webinar recording.

Monthly Membership Discussions

Join us on Wednesday, May 17 at 4:00 PM ET for the next monthly AOGME Membership discussion opportunity. This is an opportunity to connect with peers and raise topics for feedback or discussion. Please contact us at aogme@aacom.org if you have any questions or have not received a meeting invitation.

Please feel free to reach out to us at any time with direct inquires by emailing aogme@aacom.org or calling us at 301-657-7881.

Thank you,

Sandra Snyder, DO
Chair, AOGME