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Hematology Course Directors' Workshop
December 11, 2011 7:00 AM-9:00 AM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
(Randle Ballroom AB)
The first part of this session will consist of a 20-minute didactic lecture on techniques for writing effective multiple-choice questions. Following this overview, Dr. Kahn will lead the group in an exercise of critiquing and revising questions. In the second half of the workshop, led by Dr. Ma, speakers will share tools and methods used in teaching a second-year hematology course.
Chair
Alice D. Ma, MD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Speaker(s):
Writing Multiple Choice Questions
Marc J. Kahn, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA, USA
Multiple Choice Questions Writing Workshop
Marc J. Kahn, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA, USA
Best Practices From Course Directors
Alice D. Ma, MD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Integrating Technology and Mind Mapping Into Hematology Curriculums
Hooman Rashidi, MD
UC San Diego School of Medicine
San Diego, CA, USA
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Training Program Directors' Workshop
December 9, 2011 12:30 PM-5:00 PM
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
(Aqua 308)
These sessions will provide training program directors outstanding opportunities to learn about and share best practices for critical issues facing training programs. Program directors who complete this workshop will be eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.
A buffet lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m. and the program will run from 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. There will be no business meeting with this workshop.
Chair
Alison Loren, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Speaker(s):
Didactic #1: Updates/Changes to Residency Review Committee Requirements
Lynne Kirk, MD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA
Didactic #2: Professionalism In Medical Education
Maxine Papadakis, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Breakout #1: Professionalism Workshop
Maxine Papadakis, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Breakout #2: Alternative Pathways In Fellowship Training and Education
Alice D. Ma, MD
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Barbara A Konkle, MD
Puget Sound Blood Center
Seattle, WA, USA
Patrick Leavey, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Dallas, TX, USA
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Practice Forum
December 10, 2011 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
(Randle Ballroom DE)
The 2011 Practice Forum will address the impact of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and other payment and health reforms on hematology practices. The ASH practice community will learn about evolving delivery systems through examples from several hematology practices around the country. The Forum will also provide important information to the practice community to help prepare hematologists for the transitions in the practice environment. The session will also include an overview of the latest legislative and regulatory highlights from Washington.
Chair
Lawrence Solberg, MD, PhD
Chair, ASH Committee on Practice, Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Speaker(s):
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Mila Becker, Esq.
American Society of Hematology
Washington, DC, USA
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Ellen Riker,
H &K Consultants
Washington, DC, USA
Insider's Perspective
John David Sprandio, MD
Consultants in Medical Oncology and Hematology, INC
Drexel Hill, PA, USA
Insider's Perspective
Neil M. Barth, MD, FACP
Newport Pacific Medical Associates
Newport Beach, CA, USA
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Practice Forum Reception
December 10, 2011 7:30 PM-8:30 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
(Randle Ballroom A)
A special reception for practitioners will follow the Practice Forum. The reception provides an opportunity for participants to network and talk directly with members of the ASH Committee on Practice to express issues of concern, learn more about the Society's practice-related initiatives, and share personal experiences. Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be provided.
Special Symposium: Quality Indicators: Examples and Relevance to Hematology
December 10, 2011 2:00 PM-3:30 PM
San Diego Convention Center
(Room 30)
Quality indicators are becoming guides toward the provision of safe and effective patient care. Although clinical medicine remains more "art" than "science," there is increasing evidence that adherence to a minimum standard of practice, guided by evidence, improves both short- and long-term outcomes and may be resource-sparing. Further, performance on some quality indicators is now linked to reimbursement to hospitals and providers. Therefore, quality indicators have become an increasingly important part of the practice of hematology. This session will focus on three clinical areas of hematology in which quality measures have been developed and are available to practicing clinicians: malignant hematology, venous thromboembolism prevention, and sickle cell disease. The session will examine how such measures are derived, how they can be measured, and the potential consequences of failure to adhere to these indicators. Specific examples will be cited to highlight these issues.
Chair
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc
University of Vermont
Colchester, VT, USA
Speaker(s):
Pretreatment Cytogenetics and Molecular Diagnostics Guide Treatment for Leukemia
Richard A. Larson, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients: Current Quality Indicators
Richard H. White, MD
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA, USA
Challenges in Defining Quality of Health Care for Sickle Cell Disease
Richard Lottenberg, MD
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Grassroots Network Breakfast
December 11, 2011 7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
(Aqua 308)
The Grassroots Network Breakfast provides a forum for all interested members to learn how they can participate in ASH's advocacy efforts, communicate with Congress and the White House, become effective advocates for hematology, and discuss the Society's legislative priorities for 2012. This year's breakfast will focus on how to engage patients in ASH advocacy efforts.
Blood and Beyond: Searching the Scientific Literature Online
December 11, 2011 6:15 PM-7:15 PM
San Diego Convention Center
(Room 26A)
The explosion of information on the Internet has led to powerful new search technologies to help make it easier for users to find what they need. Blood has partnered with Stanford University's HighWire Press to provide robust search capabilities within Blood's online journal site (http://bloodjournal.hematologylibrary.org). This session will describe the search and alert features available on Blood Online, including RSS feeds (online features that automatically deliver updated website content directly to users) and electronic table-of-contents alerts, to mine the scientific literature. Participants will also be introduced to the 2.0 technology now available with Blood Online and to new search and automatic alert features available from the HighWire portal, which allows powerful searching and browsing of hundreds of online journals, Medline, and the other ASH publications it hosts.
Chair
Jean Nugent,
Highwire Press, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Promoting Minorities in Hematology Presentations and Reception
December 10, 2011 6:30 PM-9:00 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
(Manchester Ballroom GHI)
ASH invites all interested meeting attendees to this event, which will showcase training and research opportunities designed to increase the diversity of scholars in the field of hematology. The scientific presentations of the ASH Minority Medical Student Award Program participants are the highlight of the session. The reception will also include poster presentations by students participating in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Minority Research Supplement. An announcement of this year's ASH-AMFDP Award, a partnership between ASH and the Harold Amos Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the brand new Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award (MGSAAA) will be made. Representatives from the National Institutes of Health will also be in attendance to provide information about their training and research offerings. The event will conclude with a buffet dinner and networking session. Please join us to hear the impressive research presentations and learn more about these exciting opportunities.
The HVO Volunteer Session: Sharing Your Hematology Expertise Globally
December 11, 2011 6:30 PM-8:00 PM
Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
(Randle Ballroom A)
ASH and its partner organization Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) are looking for hematologists with a passion for teaching and training who want to broaden their horizons through a short-term volunteer experience in a developing country. Gain insight into how volunteering with HVO can improve hematology care overseas and confront hematology health challenges globally. This one-hour session will feature several presentations from ASH members who serve as program directors and volunteers at various sites. You will learn more about the sites, educational needs in both clinical and laboratory hematology, and your role as a volunteer. Following the presentations, a question-and-answer session will be held. Bring your sense of adventure and learn how a brief visit can make a very big impact.
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Learning Session
December 9, 2011 9:00 AM-12:00 PM
Hilton San Diego Bayfront
(Indigo DH)
This is a ticketed session. Tickets were available for purchase during online registration. Inquire at Registration to purchase tickets on site (if available).
This Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Learning Session will feature an American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) medical knowledge module on hematology; it is intended for those who are enrolled in the MOC process and due to recertify in the next few years. Learning Sessions are conducted in an interactive group setting and are led by ABIM-certified physicians. The three-hour session will cover the 25 multiple-choice questions in the "2011 Update in Hematology" ABIM module.
At the completion of this session, those enrolled in the ABIM MOC program can submit their answers to ABIM for scoring to receive MOC credit. Enrolled participants can order a copy of the module(s) online from ABIM's website, www.abim.org. At the conclusion of the session, participants will transfer the answers to their online module and submit the module to ABIM for scoring. For additional information about ABIM's MOC program requirements, visit www.abim.org or call the ABIM Contact Center at 800-441-ABIM. Please note that this is not a board review activity; the workshop is designed to facilitate completion of ABIM's Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge MOC requirement.
Chair
Sonali Smith, MD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Speaker(s):
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Learning Session
Harry Paul Erba, MD, PhD
Univ. of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Learning Session
Brandon McMahon, MD
Northwestern Feinberg School of Med.
Chicago, IL, USA
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