Event

Time

Location

Initiates Program

2:30–4:00 pm

McCormick Place
Convention Center (West); Room W176--ABC

2009 Initiates Program
Your Practice: Coping with the Stress of Unexpected and Adverse Outcomes
Co-Moderators: Patricia Turner, MD, FACS, Baltimore, MD, and Laurel Soot, MD, FACS, Portland, OR
Presenter: Ira Kodner, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO

This session will provide strategies for coping with unexpected and adverse patient outcomes. Specific topics that will be covered include breaking bad news to patients and families, the art and the medico-legal implications of apologies, and techniques to help manage ultimate patient-care responsibility without feeling overwhelmed.

Dr. Kodner directs the Center for the Study of Human Values and Ethics at Washington University, St. Louis, which supports the study, research, and teaching of ethics in areas ranging from medicine to business to architecture.

Your Practice: Coping with the Stress of Unexpected and Adverse Outcomes (6870K PDF)
Ethical Dilemmas in the Management of Patients (495K PDF)

Inaugural Meeting of the Young Fellows Association (YFA)

4:00–5:45 pm

Call to Order and Introductions—
Dr. Perry Shen, Chair

4:00–4:05 pm

Mark Malangoni, MD, FACS is pictured with the Executive Committee of the YFA Governing Council (all MD, FACS), left to right: Dr. Perry Shen, Immediate Past Chair; Dr. Mark Savarise, Chair; Dr. Laurel Soot, Chair, Communications Work Group; Dr. Wayne Frederick, Chair, Education Work Group; and Dr. Sanjay Parikh, YFA Vice Chair and Chair, Advocacy Work Group.

Welcoming Remarks from
Dr. Mark A. Malangoni, ACS Regent

Pictured right: Mark Malangoni, MD, FACS a Regent of the College from Cleveland, OH, address the attendees of the Inaugural Meeting of the Young Fellows Association (YFA).

Presentation (705K PDF)
Video from presentation (1220K WMV)

4:05–4:20 pm

The YFA—Purpose, Goals & Objectives—Dr. Mark Savarise, Vice Chair

Pictured right: Mark Savarise, MD, FACS outlines how the YFA Work Groups will plan their objectives and achieve their goals.

4:20–4:30 pm

YFA Work Groups—Introductions of WG Chairs and Report on Activities

4:30–5:10 pm

Networking Reception

5:10–5:45 pm

Busses Leave McCormick Place

6:00 pm

Event

Time

Location

Resident-Associate Society & Young Fellows Association Joint Program

11:30 am–1:00 pm

McCormick Place (West) Room W-175 ABC.

Practicing Medicine in the Information Age: Are You Prepared for What's on the Internet?

Co-Moderators: Josh Broghammer, MD, and Sanjay Parikh, MD, FACS

Patients are spending more and more time using the Internet to screen their physicians and evaluate the care they are receiving. Do you know what type of information shows up when people view your online profile and how to improve it? Is your practice Web site up to date or out of date? What online resources do patients turn to for answers? Are you prepared to handle online personal health records?

This session focuses on the information patients are able to access via the internet. Learn what patients can find out about you by using common search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Get tips and tricks for improving your online persona and practice Web site. Learn about commonly used patient resources available on the internet. Understand the upcoming push for online personal health records and what the implications may mean for your practice.