Dr. Rarey met with Dr. Timothy Flynn's CME committee and spoke with the residency program directors. He would appreciate any additional input. The Department of Surgery has a similar handbook. The next step is for the data to be brought to the strategy group. Dr. Romrell replied that the pressure is on the College of Medicine to do something formal.
Evidence is needed to prove that the students think the residents are pretty good teachers.
The training of the residents to become teachers needs improvement. The next six months will be used to improve this training to get ready for the LCME report. If it works for him, he will be happy to share it and use it for the residents. Dr. Kellner said he thought the next step was to identify resources and to figure out a way to make these resources available to all the departments. Maybe they could develop something where a small group of people trained everyone else, similar to BLS training.