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Submit your abstracts for ARAS 2023!

11/3/2022

 
It's me, hi!
(if you can't tell - I've been on a Taylor Swift loop all week.)


I'm going to let you in on a little secret: of the biggest and most repetitive pieces of feedback the ARAS EC gets after every conference is a variation of the statement "we always see the EC presenting" or "it's the same people that always present."
  • Trust me. The EC gets it. But this happens because we don't get a lot of submissions.
I had a few ARAS members reach out and tell me that they are hesitant to submit an abstract because they don't want it rejected.

If you are going to put the time and effort into submitting an abstract - we will be accepting it to be presented in San Diego 2023
  • If we aren't sure where it fits or the best way to present it - we will work with you on ideas so it will be a success!
Submit your idea/abstract here! http://www.arasurgery.org/abstract-form.html

If you need ideas on what your colleagues want to see - here's the feedback from 2022:
  • More information regarding osteopathic surgery programs
  • Fostering/teaching professionalism to our trainees
  • Best practices for MedHub/NI/other RMS
  • EPAs
  • More "how we do it" sessions!
  • Overcoming burnout/maintaining momentum
  • Annual Program Evaluations
  • Managing data - scholarly activity, PECs, etc. Maybe a panel to see how different programs (large/small) do it
  • Learned best virtual recruitment practices over the past two years
  • How to monitor and stay on top of potential issues before they turn into large problems
  • Managing up! to new PDs, current PDs, etc.
  • Navigating HR issues with trainees
  • How can we make data work for us? Software breakout sessions?
  • Back to basics for seasoned coordinators
  • SOAP
  • Remediation for the resident when the issue is professionalism
  • Meeting the needs of the new generation of trainees - moving from lectures/powerpoints to more interactive experiences
  • Working relationships with your PDs
  • Managing change
  • Creating career growth
  • More personal stories from PC perspectives in this job
Let's see some new faces, ideas, inspiration, and all the things this year!
-B

ABS Rosters, CCC, ARAS Planning, and more!

10/16/2022

 
Hello ARAS Friends!
It’s been a hot second – apologies for that! There’s a lot of new everything in my neck of the woods both personally and professionally. But I have a great crew on this ARAS EC year this year and they have been rock stars. As I write this – they are hard at work while I listen in via zoom planning a fantastic 2023 meeting.

Things you need to know as we ramp up into recruitment (as in things we need to do that don’t involve recruitment!):

ABS Roster due October 24th!
  • Please make sure you cross check to make sure there aren’t any errors
  • Residents identified in wrong graduation years/left off accidentally/etc. can affect ABSITE enrollment, ABS qualifying exam packet receipt, and it makes a lot of extra work for both you and the board.
  • New this year: you can sort by PGY level! ABS reached out and asked us what they could fix now to make this task easier for us to cross check and we all said “sort by PGY level” because that’s how an administrator thinks when checking and making sure everyone is accounted for.

Get planning for Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) meeting(s)!
  • If you don’t have your dates on a calendar yet – start working with your CCC chair(s) to get meetings scheduled and identify what data, you want pulled for the committee to make the most objective assessment possible.
  • Remember – subjective vs. objective assessments:
    • Subjective: with bias, own opinion/interpretation
    • Objective: deciding based solely on the data in front of you

ARAS 2023
  • We will be soliciting information from you all on what you want to see at ARAS 2023 as well as presenters
  • We want to see you presenting!
    • Nervous about presenting alone? We will find you a presentation buddy!
      I am always willing to be a buddy!
  • We will have ARAS panel sessions this year!
    • If you see a topic you feel confident in talking about with peers – sign up!
    • Topics to be voted on/announced soon!
  • But seriously. We want to see you on the stage!
    • My goal this year is to see as many non EC member (current, that is) presenters/panelists as possible.
    • Please – reach out to me or any of the EC members if you want to present but have concerns/nerves/etc.  Again - we want to help!

Next up on the blog this week - introducing new Ad-Hoc and At-Large Members!

​-B

Navigating Resident Leave Webinar;                Tuesday 8/22/2022

8/22/2022

 

Teams Information Distributed for Webinar
​If you signed up for the APDS Educational Webinar for Navigating Resident Leave, you should have received an email/calendar notification from Jennifer Timmons on behalf of the APDS List Serv this morning around 9:54 EST.

If you haven't signed up for the webinar a zoom link (yes, somehow there was a teams and a zoom link distributed) was sent by Brianne to the ARAS members today as well as it being posted on the APDS listserv. 

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