tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13495125.post395575723457201332..comments2011-03-27T22:36:05.939-05:00Drew Rosielle MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345646798042773615noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13495125.post-47886096355035247182011-03-27T22:36:05.940-05:002011-03-27T22:36:05.940-05:00Anon: *sigh*. <br>I&#39;m sighing because the academy does encourage such presentations, and even has two fellows/trainees case conferences (thanks to at least in part Christian&#39;s efforts), but I think they often go unrecognized and under appreciated. They are routinely some of the most interesting hours at the session, but I think suffer from underrecognition. I&#39;m sighing because after all the years of these sessions your comment is indicative of the reality - not enough people know about them.<br><br>Anyway - Christian, I&#39;d appreciate it if you would advocate for the renaming of JPSM to P.A.L.L.I.A.T.O.R. All caps, with periods, just like that. <br><br>Seriously though, regarding workforce and reimbursement issues, if the academy could generate and disseminate information about average physician RVUs for different palliative care settings (e.g. consult service at university hospital; inpatient hospital based PCU; etc.). As dangerous as this data can be, and as much as I wish it didn&#39;t matter, I think it&#39;s needed as we mature into our legitimacy - people who pay our salaries want to know how much they can/should be expecting of us w/r/t clinical productivity.Drew Rosielle MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345646798042773615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13495125.post-51272660693913511852009-09-28T21:09:54.741-05:002009-09-28T21:09:54.741-05:00Anon: *sigh*. <br />I&#39;m sighing because the academy does encourage such presentations, and even has two fellows/trainees case conferences (thanks to at least in part Christian&#39;s efforts), but I think they often go unrecognized and under appreciated. They are routinely some of the most interesting hours at the session, but I think suffer from underrecognition. I&#39;m sighing because after all the years of these sessions your comment is indicative of the reality - not enough people know about them.<br /><br />Anyway - Christian, I&#39;d appreciate it if you would advocate for the renaming of JPSM to P.A.L.L.I.A.T.O.R. All caps, with periods, just like that. <br /><br />Seriously though, regarding workforce and reimbursement issues, if the academy could generate and disseminate information about average physician RVUs for different palliative care settings (e.g. consult service at university hospital; inpatient hospital based PCU; etc.). As dangerous as this data can be, and as much as I wish it didn&#39;t matter, I think it&#39;s needed as we mature into our legitimacy - people who pay our salaries want to know how much they can/should be expecting of us w/r/t clinical productivity.Drew Rosielle MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04345646798042773615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13495125.post-11830686826435387042009-09-22T15:46:29.527-05:002009-09-22T15:46:29.527-05:00One of the things that I like the best about the meeting at the American College of Surgeons, either the Illinois or National groups is that they encourage presentations by Residents/Fellows. In Illinois, they have one morning devoted to a Resident competition where many interesting papers are presented and a token reward given for the 1st,2nd and 3rd best papers. The National meeting has a similar venue. It might be a good idea for AAHPM to try something like this as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com