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APDVS 2010 Spring Meeting - Hotel Reservation Information Announced
April 16-17
Hotel Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare
Rosemont, IL
Hotel reservations for the APDVS 2010 Spring Meeting are now being accepted at the Hotel Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare. Click here to make your reservations or view more details.
Please note: Program and registration information will be available soon. The APDVS program will begin at Noon on Friday, April 16 and end on Saturday, April 17 at Noon.
New Coordinators Association: Association of Vascular Surgery Coordinators (AVSC)
APDVS is pleased to announce a new association dedicated to the education, training, mentoring, and support of coordinators in the position of managing vascular surgery residency programs. The Association of Vascular Surgery Coordinators (AVSC) will:
- provide a forum for the interchange of ideas and information relating to the education of vascular surgery fellows and residents
- assist in the identification and solution of educational and administrative problems that may arise
- serve as an advocate of resident education in the various professional agencies, boards, councils and committees that influence the specialty of vascular surgery
- represent the coordinators of residencies and fellowships in Vascular Surgery that have been approved by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
All coordinators of ACGME approved vascular residencies and fellowships are encouraged to become members of the AVSC. Download the membership application to become a member.
AVSC is currently accepting applications from members to be part of the Steering Committee, which is in charge of planning the annual meeting, maintaining the Web site, and keeping the coordinators informed of changes. The Steering Committee will be comprised of up to eight members including a President, President-Elect, Secretary, Immediate Past President, and three to four Councilors-at-Large. Click here for more information or download an application.
The inaugural meeting of the AVSC will be held during the APDVS Spring Meeting in Chicago on April 16-17, 2010. Hotel information is currently online and registration information will be available soon on this site.
Additionally, a Google group has been created to help facilitate communication and share information between vascular surgery coordinators. If you are interested in joining the Google group or have questions regarding AVSC, please contact:
Julie A. Gulley
Julie.gulley@uc.edu
513-558-5367
Read the letter to program directors regarding AVSC.
Proposed APDVS Outline for the Development of a Web-based Curriculum
The APDVS Curriculum and Education Committees have begun to develop a web-based curriculum for all vascular surgery residents. This outline includes the major content areas.
We request that all Program and Associate Program Directors, as well as current vascular surgery residents, review the outline and send any suggestions for improvement and any potential content areas that we may have inadvertently failed to include to pburton@vascularsociety.org.
The sections highlighted in yellow will all soon require section editors. In the next few weeks, we will be sending out RFAs for volunteers who are interested in working on the creation of the APDVS Curriculum Web site.
This is an exciting and vitally important project and it will need broad and active participation from the APDVS and SVS membership to succeed. We thank you in advance for your help.
ACGME Open Letter on Duty Hours
Thomas Nasca, MD, MACP, the CEO of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), has written an open letter to the GME community on the work of the ACGME Resident Duty Hours Task Force charged with responding to the Institute of Medicine's recommendations on duty hours. A draft document will be presented to the ACGME Board in February 2010, with anticipated implementation of the new standards by July 2011. View the open letter.