Region 1
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, New Brunswick
April 2012 Newsletter Article
Region I: Happy Spring!
Terrific Regional Spring Meeting:
- Our Region I Spring 2012 meeting was held at the historic Publick House in Sturbridge, Mass. We had the great fortune of hosting several of our participating institutions along with several medical students and residents who presented their work in child abuse, child development and curriculum development in global child health. Overall, it was an outstanding day of sharing ideas, eating good food and meeting new and old friends (OK so maybe the flowers weren't blooming like in the picture but it still was a great day!).
- Our keynote speaker, Dr. Anand Sekaran, Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at Connecticut Children's Medical Center gave an excellent talk entitled, "From Evidence to Excellence" discussing how standardized tools can improve the way we practice medicine.
Following the presentations, the spirit of quality care and deliberate practice in medicine continued with a lively workshop led by Drs. Ron Adler and Beth Murphy, from UMASS Medical School-"Think QuiC! Using Mr. Potato Head to Teach Quality Improvement." Participants were introduced to innovative QI curriculum ideas which can be used at the medical student, resident, and faculty development levels. We then had a fun, hands-on exercise with Mr. Potato Head (actually many of them!) that demonstrated components of teamwork, patient safety, and quality improvement.
Upcoming Region Breakfast at PAS:
- We hope you will join us at PAS in Boston at our Region I breakfast! It will be held at 7am on April 30th, 2012.
Regional Co-Chair nominations/elections:
- Are you looking for a way to contribute to the APA and to meet interesting people from our region? Do you want to hone your leadership skills and gain regional experience doing so? If so we are looking for you to be the incoming Region I Co-Chair! There are three Co-Chair positions each serving a three year term. If you would like to nominate a colleague or would like to be considered yourself, please email us below. We would love to have the election electronically before PAS and announce the next Co-Chair there.
Hoping to see you in Boston!
Region Co-Chairs:
Ada Fenick
ada.fenick@yale.edu
Melissa Held
mheld@ccmckids.org
Marcia VanVleet
mvanvleet@WIHRI.org
Previous Newsletter Articles
- February 2012 Article
- December 2011 Article
- June 2011 Article
- April 2011 Article
- February 2011 Article
- December 2010 Article
- August 2009 Article
Current Region I Co-Chairs:
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar St
New Haven, CT 06520-8064
Phone: (203) 688-2475
ada.fenick@yale.edu
Melissa Held, MD
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
282 Washington St, Suite 4H
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 545-8894
mheld@ccmckids.org
Marcia Van Vleet, MD
Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island
101 Dudley Street
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 274-1122 (Ext: 1770)
MVanVleet@WIHRI.org
