Association Of Professors Of Medicine Research Articles

On Being a Chair of Medicine in 2012

Shortly after becoming a chair of medicine in 2002, I chanced upon an article by Barry S. Coller, MD, PhD, entitled “Reflections on Being a Chair of Medicine, 1993-2001” that was published in Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) Perspectives in The American Journal of Medicine. The article served as a lueprint for me as I shouldered the new responsibiliies of being a chair. After a decade as a chair, I am elinquishing my position to undertake new challenges. s I was cleaning out my desk I again found myself eading Coller’s thoughtful discourse. It caused me to eflect on my own tenure as chair. Clearly, academic edicine has changed over the past decade and so, too, as the role of the chair of medicine. Some critics have rgued that being a chair of medicine in the era of ealth care reform requires greatly different skill sets han were required even a decade ago. I would posit hat while many of the challenges are new, most of the enets put forward by Coller are just as important today; lthough the order of priorities may be different and ew skill sets are required. To provide new chairs of edicine with the same type of information that Coller rovided a decade ago, I put forth what I think are the 0 most important concepts that a new chair should eep in mind when undertaking the challenge of leadng a department of medicine in 2012.

The Role of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Academic Promotion: Results of a Survey of Chairs of Departments of Internal Medicine in North America

The Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) is the national organization of departments of internal medicine at the US medicalschools and numerous affiliated teaching hospitals as represented by chairs and appointed leaders. As the official sponsor of TheAmerican Journal of Medicine, the association invites authors to publish commentaries on issues concerning academic internalmedicine.For the latest information about departments of internal medicine, please visit APM’s website at www.im.org/APM.

A Commentary on the Use of the Internal Medicine In-Training Examination

The Internal Medicine In-Training Examination (IM-ITE) was developed by the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), and the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM).1 The current test has 340 questions in 11 content areas and a 7-hour time limit, and is administered annually in the fall. The test is designed to evaluate the knowledge base of postgraduate year (PGY)-2 residents; however, most internal medicine residency programs administer the test to residents at all levels.

Tenures for Department Chairs: How Short Is Too Short?

F i h c i p he average tenure for chairs of departments of internal edicine at US medical schools has decreased from .272 years in the 1970s to 3.997 years in the 2000s 2000 to 2006). During the past 4 decades, the average ength of an interim (or acting) chair’s tenure increased rom 1.353 years to 2.355 years. These trends indicate hat the leadership of departments of internal medicine s becoming increasingly destabilized. Becoming chair of a department of internal medicine t a US medical school has shifted from the capstone of successful career to a stop on the way to other posiions, such as dean of a medical school. The chairs of esterday are now running centers and institutes, servng as vice deans for research, or leaving academic edicine to pursue other professional opportunities. cademic medicine has become more corporate: deartment chairs run “business units” rather than build cademic programs in education, research, and patient are; mentor students, residents, fellows, and faculty; or each, conduct research, or care for patients. This shift raises fundamental questions about the kills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for chairing epartments of internal medicine in the future as well as oncerns about the amount of money medical schools pend to replace chairs. These costs include retaining earch firms, involving faculty and staff in the search, nd providing packages to entice the most appealing andidates.

Clinical Simulation: Importance to the Internal Medicine Educational Mission

The Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) is the national organization of departments of internal medicine at the US medicalschools and numerous affiliated teaching hospitals as represented by chairs and appointed leaders. As the official sponsor of TheAmerican Journal of Medicine, the association invites authors to publish commentaries on issues concerning academic internalmedicine.For the latest information about departments of internal medicine, please visit APM’s website at www.im.org/APM.

Internal Medicine Department Chairs: Where They Come From, Why They Leave, Where They Go

Internal Medicine Department Chairs: Where They Come From, Why They Leave, Where They Go

Achieving Diversity in Academic Internal Medicine: Recommendations for Leaders

Achieving Diversity in Academic Internal Medicine: Recommendations for Leaders

Crafting an effective strategic plan for a department of medicine

The Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) is the national organization of departments of internalmedicine at the US medical schools and numerous affiliated teaching hospitals as represented by chairs andappointed leaders. As the official sponsor of The American Journal of Medicine, the association invitesauthors to publish commentaries on issues concerning academic internal medicine.For the latest information about departments of internal medicine, please visit APM’s website atwww.im.org/APM.

The future of medical student education in internal medicine

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) has dedicated its pages in The American Journal of Medicine in 2004 to the future of academic internal medicine. In this issue, the APM invited the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine to discuss the future of medical student education.

The case for diversity in academic internal medicine

The Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) is committed to ensuring that departments of internal medicine fulfill their tripartite mission of educating the next generation of physicians and other health care professionals, conducting groundbreaking research, and providing excellent patient care. Increasing racial and ethnic diversity within these departments is integral to achieving this mission. Chairs of departments of internal medicine and other leaders in academic medicine must take specific steps to increase diversity among students, residents, fellows, and faculty, not only because it is “the right thing to do,” but because it is “the smart thing to do” (1).

By the numbers: data on medical school–based departments of internal medicine

2004 marks the 50th anniversary of the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM)—the national organization of departments of internal medicine at the U.S. medical schools and numerous affiliated teaching hospitals as represented by chairs and appointed leaders—and presents an ideal time to review data describing medical school-based departments of internal medicine. Departments of internal medicine are a heterogeneous mix of entities as much differentiated by their approach to critical missions—educating the next generation of physicians and other health care providers; conducting groundbreaking basic, clinical, translational, and health services research; and providing excellent patient care—as they are united by the commonality of these goals. Mr. Clayton is Vice President for Policy of the Association of Professors of Medicine and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Dr. Grover is a PhD candidate in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Ms. O'Connell was an intern with these organizations in summer 2003

Centers, institutes, and the future of clinical departments: part II

The Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) continued its efforts to examine the structure of departments of internal medicine by publishing an article in the September 2003 issue of the Journal that defined centers, institutes, and interdepartmental structures in academic medical institutions; provided a brief history of these entities; and outlined the association's agenda for examining centers ( 1 Ibrahim T. O'Connell J.B. LaRusso N.F. Meyers F.J. Crist T.B. Centers, institutes, and the future of clinical departments part I. Am J Med. 2003; 115: 337-341 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar ). Since the creation of centers, the center-department relationship has been controversial. According to a 1930 report by Abraham Flexner “… in America, [centers] may mean something or nothing… Harvard has in its faculty of law an institute of criminal law, which would appear to be simply the name of the research activities of the chair devoted to that subject—a dubious departure, since it implies a possible separation of teaching and research within the limits of the university chair” ( 2 Flexner A. The Flexner Report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada 1910. Science and Health Publications, Inc, Washington, DC1960 Google Scholar ).

The potential impact of graduate medical education policy initiatives on internal medicine residency programs—Response from a survey of program directors

The following commentary details results of a survey of internal medicine program directors aimed at gauging their reactions to proposed policy changes effecting graduate medical education. A similar survey was conducted by the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) and the Association of American Medical College's Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH). The preliminary results of the APM-COTH effort—aimed at gathering institutional data on rightsizing internal medicine residencies—reinforce the data presented below. APM and COTH plan to develop case studies highlighting institutional successes at reconfiguring training programs and will share these studies with the community as they become available. For a copy of the preliminary results of the APM-COTH effort, please contact the APM office at (202) 857-1158 or APM1CDIM@aol.com.

Report of the APM diversity subcommittee: Review of issues and initiatives in minority recruitment and faculty development

The following articles address the racial and ethnic diversity of the internal medicine workforce, an important issue for the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) and academic internal medicine. The first article—prepared by John T. Potts, Jr., MD, Chair of APM's Diversity Subcommittee—outlines steps departments of internal medicine can take to increase the representation of minority physicians on an institutional level and throughout the discipline. Moreover, the piece sets forth specific goals departments can incorporate in their missions regarding minority physician recruitment and faculty development. Continuing this theme in a second article, Joan Y. Reede, MD—Director of the Minority Faculty Development Program at Harvard Medical School—outlines the broad range of programs necessary for institutions to confront the restricted of underrepresented minority individuals entering the biomedical sciences. Additionally, Dr. Reede presents a program she and others have developed to face the pipeline issue on a national scale. would establish a national database on minority individuals interested in the biomedical sciences, as well as on the programs and funds available to aid these individuals. APM endorses the development of DataLink as a means to identify those minority individuals interested in careers in the biomedical sciences and detail options available to assist minority students in their pursuits. While some practical issues must be addressed in completing such a project, the association encourages those interested in its development to contact Dr. Reede at (617) 432–2413.

Roles of various organizations in internal medicine curriculum reform.

The curriculum in internal medicine for medical students and residents is being driven increasingly by the service demands of our teaching hospitals and is badly in need of fundamental reform. In reasserting the primacy of education as the driving force for the curriculum, numerous tasks must be done to achieve successful reform. These tasks are well within the scope of the several organizations that command leadership positions in the discipline of internal medicine and that represent the spectrum of activities required to discharge the specialty's public responsibility. These organizations include the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM), the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), The Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine (RRC-IM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM), and the Federated Council of Internal Medicine (FCIM). The challenge posed by the need for curriculum reform is to rouse these organizations to concerted action. Each of the seven organizations must assume a specific role and a unique set of responsibilities in the epic reforms envisioned.

Leadership in Internal Medicine; APM Responds

Letters1 June 1991Leadership in Internal Medicine; APM RespondsGerald S. Levey, MDGerald S. Levey, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-114-11-995_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editors: The members of the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) have read with great interest the article by Dr. Reitemeier (1) on the leadership crisis in internal medicine. We agree with Dr. Reitemeier that the APM is the only organization within internal medicine with the authority, responsibility, and accountability to serve as an effective agent of change.It should be noted that the APM has begun to work towards positive change on several fronts. The APM has undertaken the major project for examining the curriculum for internal medicine residency training by appointing a curriculum committee that is...Reference1. Reitemeier R. The leadership crisis in internal medicine: what can be done? Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:69-75. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Association of Professors of Medicine Washington, DC 20036 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1991Volume 114, Issue 11Page: 995-995KeywordsResidency Issue Published: 1 June 1991 PDF DownloadLoading ...

Uniform Appointment Procedure for Residents in Internal Medicine

Presented here are two reports regarding some intradiscipline problems in internal medicine. The first, by Drs. James V. Warren and Robert G. Petersdorf, covers some detailed arrangements regarding first year residency appointments in internal medicine; the second, by Dr. Jack D. Myers, is a progress report on the state of affairs of the parent guild. The American Board of Internal Medicine has been under intensive change and review during the past few years. Dr. Jack Myers, in his usual forceful and incisive manner, has attempted to sharpen up the focus of the Board's written and oral examinations. As a proctor who has taken the examination during the past five years, it has been my observation that his leadership has been effective .—Ed. For several years, the Association of Professors of Medicine (APM) had discussed at its annual meeting in Atlantic City, NJ, the excessively early date for appointment of