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September 1996
Volume 60 |
Number 9
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RESIDENTS' REVIEW
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| Resident Component
1996 Review and Annual Meeting Preview |
Janet D. Pearl, M.D., Alternate
Delegate
ASA Resident Component Governing Council
Resident involvement in ASA is needed more than ever in these
"interesting times." Funding for graduate medical education
is at risk for dramatic cuts as Congress scrutinizes the Medicare
program for potential sources of "savings." Will fellowship
opportunities be available to us? We are already seeing the results
of this scrutiny in the new Medicare regulations pertaining to
resident supervision. Moreover, the nature of graduate medical
education is changing as managed care alters patient referral
patterns. Managed care has initiated the concept of "scope
of practice," which is now the "in" topic in health
care discussions on Capitol Hill. Will nonphysicians be replacing
us?
The 1996 National Residency Match Program was best described as
a "drought" for anesthesiology. Will we be able to depend
on the quality of our peers?
ASA provides a forum in which to discuss these issues and to develop
a strategy for action as a profession. The ASA Resident Component
provides a starting block from which residents can start to become
involved in the process, to learn the organization and issues,
and to develop the skills to become an effective leader for anesthesiology.
The ASA Resident Component Governing Council has planned the first
Resident Leadership Training/Grassroots Advocacy Workshop, which
will be held at this year's ASA Annual Meeting. The objectives
of the workshop are to learn how distinguished members of ASA
became involved in organized medicine and national politics, what
the ASA leadership is doing in Washington, D.C., and how to lobby
our senators and representatives effectively.
Five formal ASA meetings and one American Board of Anesthesiology
(ABA) meeting are scheduled for resident participation at the
ASA Annual Meeting in New Orleans:
- Resident Reception: Friday, October 18, from 8 to 10
p.m. in the Elmwood Room, New Orleans Hilton.
- Resident Component House of Delegates: Saturday,
October 19, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Carondelet Room, New Orleans
Marriott.
- Resident Forum: Sunday, October 20, from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. in Balcony I, J and K, New Orleans Marriott.
- ASA House of Delegates Opening Session: Sunday, October
20, at 9 a.m. in the Acadia and Bissonet rooms, New Orleans
Marriott.
- ASA House of Delegates Closing Session: Wednesday,
October 23, at 8 a.m. in the Acadia and Bissonet rooms, New
Orleans Marriott.
- ABA Information Session: Saturday, October 19, from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Ballroom I A-B (La Louisiane), Morial Convention
Center.
Four special meetings that may be of interest to residents also
will be held:
- Resident Leadership Training/Grassroots Advocacy Workshop:
Friday, October 18, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Belle Chasse Room,
New Orleans Hilton.
- Panel on Physician Advocacy: The Importance of Being Involved:
Monday, October 21, from 9 to 11 a.m., in Room 103-104, Morial
Convention Center.
- Panel on Communicating With the Media, the Public
and Our Peers: Monday, October 21, from 2 to 5 p.m., in
Room 103-104, Morial Convention Center.
- Panel on Job Opportunities as Anesthesiology Practices
Change Rapidly: Tuesday, October 22, from 2 to 5 p.m., in
Room 100-102, Morial Convention Center.
Other Resident Component activities include a revival of the Anesthesiology
Resident Key Contact Program. We will be asking for your e-mail
address and fax number to improve communications and establish
an expeditious method of disseminating information. We are also
working on a guide to encourage medical students to choose a career
in anesthesiology. This idea was suggested by residents at last
year's Resident Forum.
The Resident Component extends its sincere thanks to ASA President
Norig Ellison, M.D., for his support and to the other past and
present ASA leaders who have encouraged further resident involvement
in ASA's governance. A special thanks is also extended to Ronald
A. Bruns, ASA Director of Administrative Affairs, for all of his
assistance. We would like to express our gratitude to the state
anesthesiology societies who have sent resident delegates to the
ASA Resident Component annual meeting.
To those members of the ASA Resident Component Governing Council
who will be completing their terms as officers -- John L. Jimenez,
M.D., Chair; Steven J. Hattamer, M.D., Delegate; Anne C. Still,
M.D., Secretary; and Michael L. Ault, M.D., "Residents' Review"
Editor -- we express much appreciation for your leadership, vision
and effort.
Finally, thank you to the many residents who have contributed
to the ASA Resident Component. Scott E. Metzger, M.D., Resident
Component Governing Council Chair-Elect, and I look forward to
an exciting and interesting year ahead. See you in "N'Awlins"!
Janet D. Pearl, M.D., is a CA-2
anesthesiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts.
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