Connecting education to exceptional patient care.
Connecting education to exceptional patient care.
National Initiative IX
The AIAMC’s sixteen years of experience with eight successful National Initiatives provide a rich and unique resource to the CLE community. We have engaged numerous key leaders, including the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) and look forward to their continued input and support. The AIAMC is also an inaugural member of the National Collaborative for Improving the Clinical Learning Environment (NCICLE), facilitated by the ACGME and represented by more than 40 major health care organizations working to improve the educational experience and patient care outcomes within clinical learning environments.
WHY Social and Moral Determinants of Health?
Social Determinants of Health are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. They are well documented, yet too often ignored by those providing care3. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) updated the Common Program Requirements effective July 1, 2023 to reflect the urgency for a systematic recruitment and retention of a diverse workforce of trainees, faculty, and education/academic staff, that professionalism requires residents to demonstrate competence in respect and responding to diverse patient populations, and that residents must demonstrate an awareness of a responsiveness to the larger context and system of health care including structural and social determinants of health and equity (systems-based practice).
Addressing the Social and Moral Determinants of Health
Read and be able to articulate
local Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
Assess social and
moral determinants of health (SMDH)
Establish and measure
programs for learners and others related to SMDH
Engage the C-Suite in
a review of Medicare requirements and how SMDH affect the clinical learning
environment
Significantly and
measurably advance the clinical learning environment’s efforts in SMDH,
disseminating results within your organization’s Micro, Meso, and Macro
environments
Participate in a collaborative national effort to identify
and share best practices
Author one or more peer reviewed scholarly products at the conclusion of the Initiative
SELECTION AND EXPECTATIONS OF NI IX PARTICIPANTS
Application: A completed application is required for consideration, and a member of the selection committee may follow up with a phone consultation, if needed. Completed application forms are due to Mindi Apicella, AIAMC Administrative Coordinator, in Word format via email mindi@aiamc.org no later than June 2, 2023.
Team: Each selected participant must have a
team identified prior to the start of NI IX, composed of:
A. Identified Team Leader who will be
responsible for:
(1)
The
project from conception to completion including establishing and maintaining a
collaborative, interprofessional team charged with aligning team aims with
measures and methods to improve care
(2)
Submitting
all reports, documents, and NI IX required evaluations on time
(3) Ensuring that the team is represented at all NI IX meetings, local on-site meetings, and
monthly
conference calls or webinars
B. Composition of each team must
include:
(1)
Resident(s)/Fellows(s): Ideally, these team member(s) should be
available to participate throughout the entire project, i.e., graduate on or
after June 2025, to ensure continuity of team membership throughout the entire
project period (Summer 2023 thru Spring 2025)
(3)
Representation from your hospital or health system’s Office
of Patient Experience
(4) Faculty, Program Director(s) and/or DIO seeking opportunities to align with the ACGME’s Common Program Requirements effective July 1, 2023
Date |
Location |
Learning Content |
October 13, 2023 |
Omni Chicago Hotel Chicago, IL |
Micro Environment Approach Understanding SMDH
and its impact on health outcomes and the CLE |
April 5-6, 2024 |
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort Tucson, AZ |
Meso Environment Approach Implementing a SMDH project |
October 11, 2024
|
Virtual |
Macro Environment Approach Supporting the SMDH
project and seeking input from others |
March 21-22, 2025 |
Loews New Orleans Hotel New Orleans, LA |
Celebrating Our Results Inspiring the Sustained Improvements in
the Social and Moral Determinants of Health |
Note that meetings two and four will be held in conjunction with the AIAMC Annual Meeting.Meeting four commitments include a staffed poster display and attendance at the annual awards dinner.
Zoom Meetings and Webinars: In addition to attending the four meetings, NI participants will be required to participate in monthly activities including Zoom meetings and webinars. During these activities, timely and educational topics will be presented, progress reports will be shared, and participants will network and brainstorm with one another regarding how to implement sustainable and positive change more successfully.
Financials: AIAMC Members: The participation fee for AIAMC member institutions selected is $4,000. Payment options are available. In addition to the $4,000 participation fee, member institutions will be responsible for covering any costs incurred for travel to on-site meetings. The participation fee will cover one registration for each of the four meetings. If additional team members wish to attend the meetings, they may do so at a rate of $250 per person per meeting.
Non-Members: The participation fee for non-AIAMC member institutions selected is $6,000. Payment options are available. In addition to the $6,000 participation fee, institutions will be responsible for covering any costs incurred for travel to meetings. The participation fee will cover one registration for each of the four meetings. If additional team members wish to attend the meetings, they may do so at a rate of $250 per person per meeting.
Alternatively, institutions eligible for membership may join the AIAMC at the regular annual dues rate of $6,625 and participate in National Initiative IX for just $2,000. A membership application form https://aiamc.org/become-member must be submitted by June 2nd to be eligible for the 50% new-member discount.
For More Information:
James (“JP”) Orlando, EdD, Chief GME Officer and DIO, St. Luke’s University Health Network, at james.orlando@sluhn.org
Kimberly Pierce Burke, AIAMC Executive Director, at kimberly@aiamc.org
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