GME
NMC Camp Lejeune Professional Education, Director (DPE) – 1 JUL 2024
NMCCL, Professional Education Director – Director NMCCL requests qualified candidates for the NMCCL Professional Education Director position. Candidates must have sufficient post-graduate experience and documented academic achievement with a working knowledge of ACGME requirements. Candidates will have a track record of broad superior performance in both clinical and educational leadership positions. Candidates must hold a current medical license and board certification in any specialty. The desired report date is NLT than July 2024.
Ideal candidate is a senior Navy Medical Corps active-duty physician (rank O-5 or above recommended), with leadership skills and a passion for professional education. DPE is a full-time position, but it is encouraged to maintain clinical skills on a part-time basis (incumbent is 0.2 FTE clinical). Interviews will be in November. Please review the attached vacancy announcement for qualification attributes associated with position.
Nomination Package Requirements: CV, Bio, Letter of Intent, three most recent FITREPs and Specialty Leader endorsement. Questions regarding availability for assignment should be directed to the specific detailer. For questions, contact current Director: CDR Dinchen “Dink” Jardine.
Fully completed nomination packages will be emailed to CDR Dink Jardine NLT 1200 EST Friday, 10 November 2023.
Continuous Medical Corps Symposium Update
The recording of Tuesday’s symposium on OMO/GME Q&A is available on the MC Sharepoint site:
https://esportal.med.navy.mil/bumed/m00/m00c/M00C1/Pages/ContinuousSymposium.aspx
The next symposium is 6 Sep at 12 ET. Primer on “How Detailing Works, Set Yourself Up for Success” presented by LCDR Derek Chamberlain, the (GME Placement/OMO Detailer).
Or call in (audio only) +1 410-874-6747, ID: 749 353 834#
Save the dates for future symposia: Oct 18 @1200 ET, Nov 1 @ 1200 ET, Dec 7 @1100 ET
Have an idea for a topic? Want to present? Contact CDR Robyn Treadwell.
Tips to Get Selected for GME
I’ve lost count of how many GME selection boards I’ve participated in (it is either 7 or 8). Based on my experience, here are my tips for people looking to match for GME in the future. We’ll cover general tips and those specific for medical students and those returning from an operational tour:
General Tips
- Be realistic about your chances of matching. If you are applying to a competitive specialty and you’ve failed a board exam or had to repeat a year in medical school, you are probably not going to match in that specialty. There are some specialties where you can overcome a major blight on your record, but there are some where you can’t. If this is applicable to you, the residency director or specialty leader should be able to give you some idea of your chances. Will they be honest and direct with you? I’m not sure, but it can’t hurt to ask.
- If you are having trouble matching in the Navy for GME, you may have a better chance as a civilian. By the time you pay back your commitment to the Navy, you are a wiser, more mature applicant that some civilian residency programs might prefer over an inexperienced medical student. You’ll also find some fairly patriotic residency programs, usually with faculty who are prior military, that may take you despite your academic struggles. Many people who “are never going to match” do so in the civilian match. Trust me.
Tips for Medical Students
- Do everything you can to do a rotation with the GME program you want to match at. You want them to know who you are.
- Many specialties are considering applications from medical students for straight-through GME. If you don’t want to do straight-through and only want to apply for internship, you can opt out on MODS.
- When you are applying, make sure your 2nd choice is not a popular internship (like Orthopedics). If you don’t match in your 1st choice and your 2nd choice is a popular internship, then it will likely have filled during the initial match. This means you get put in the “intern scramble” and you’ll likely wind up in an internship you didn’t even list on your application.
- If you don’t match, your backup plan should be an alternative program at the same site where you eventually want to match for residency. For example, in my specialty (Emergency Medicine or EM) we only have residencies at NMCP and NMCSD. If someone doesn’t match for an EM internship at NMCP or NMCSD, they will have a better chance of eventually matching for EM residency if they do an internship locally, like a transitional internship. Internships at Walter Reed or any other hospital without an EM program are quality programs, but it is much easier to “pledge the fraternity” if you are physically present and can get to know people, attending conferences and journal clubs when you can.
- You need to apply to civilian residency programs. It is required, per the BUMED note. You don’t want to find out that you were given a NADDS deferment but you didn’t apply for civilian residency programs. This happens to people all the time. Don’t be that student.
Tips for Applicants Returning from Operational Tours
- You should show up whenever you can for conferences and journal clubs. Again, you want them to know who you are. By attending these events you demonstrate your commitment to the specialty and their program.
- Always get a warfare device (if one is available) during your operational tour. Not having it when one was available is a red flag.
- Closely examine the GME note and by-site goals. You’ll see that some specialties are offering full-time outservice (FTOS) or civilian deferment (RAD-to-NADDS). If you are in one of these specialties, you need to consider applying for civilian residency programs. If you are unsure, you should probably talk to the specialty leader for whatever specialty you are applying for. There is often a shortage of people willing to enter civilian training. If you are willing to do so, it could get you selected for the specialty you want. Make sure that they specialty leader is aware you will take a civilian deferment if one is offered to you, and make sure you apply to the civilian match.
Operational Road Show – 8-31 AUG 2023
The Corps Chief’s office, the head of Navy GME, and the operational detailer are coming to an NMRTC/Operational Unit near you. There will be a few changes this year, from prior operational road shows to expanding our outreach to interns and junior staff and visiting with operational medical physicians.
Additionally, there will be all MC staff officer calls for NMRTCs, operational units, and detailers with corps chief mentoring sessions. We look forward to seeing you all on the road and hearing from you. Please see attached flyer.
Dates:
8 &9 August – Camp Lejeune
11 August – Jacksonville/Mayport
15 August – National Capital Region
17 & 18 August – Hampton Roads
28 & 29 August – San Diego
30 & 31 August – Camp Pendleton
Portsmouth Transitional Year Internship Program Director – JULY 2024
NMCP Program Director, Transitional Year Internship – Director NMCP requests
qualified candidates for the NMCP Transitional Year internship Program
Director position. Candidates must have sufficient post-graduate experience
and documented academic achievement.
Candidates must hold a current medical license and board certification with
(sub)specialty qualifications. Please review the attached vacancy
announcement for qualification attributes associated with position. The
desired report date is NLT than July 2024.
Ideal candidate is a senior Navy Medical Corps active-duty physician, with
leadership skills and a passion for graduate medical education. Candidates
should be prepared to commit 0.5 FTE to the academic and administrative
needs of the residency program. Interviews will be held early July.
Nomination Package Requirements: CV, Bio, Letter of Intent and three most
recent FITREPs. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment
to GME and to the Program Director position, including willingness to serve
as Program Director for a minimum of 4 years and that, if selected, they
will accept the job. Questions regarding availability for assignment should
be directed to specific detailer. For questions, contact current Program
Director: CDR James K. Clark
Fully completed nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna
O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Friday, 30 June 2023.
NCC GYN-ONC Fellowship Program Director – May 2024
- NCC Fellowship Program Director, Gynecologic Oncology– Director NCC requests qualified candidates for the NCC Fellowship Program Director position. Candidates must have sufficient post-graduate experience and documented academic achievement acceptable for the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC). Candidates must hold a current medical license and board certification with (sub)specialty qualifications suitable for the RCC. Please review the DoD Policy and Selection Criteria for GME Program Directors and the ACGME requirements for this position. The desired report date is NLT than 1 May 2024.
- Nomination Package Requirements: CV, Bio, and a Letter of Intent. An applicant’s CV must include a section about faculty development activities. The CV must demonstrate at least three years of documented education and administrative experience, current scholarly activity, and ongoing clinical activity in the (sub)specialty for which they apply. Additionally, the CV must show current board certification in the (sub)specialties they are applying to and current medical licensure. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to GME and to the Program Director position, including willingness to serve as Program Director for a minimum of 4 years per DHA-PI 1025.04 guidance and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
- Fully completed nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1200 EST Monday, 27 March, 2023.
Certificate and Degree Programs in Health Professions Education
Below is info regarding Professional Health Education programs available at USUHS.
National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Program Director
NCC Program Director, Psychiatry – Director NCC requests qualified candidates for the NCC Residency Program Director position. Candidates must have sufficient post-graduate experience and documented academic achievement acceptable for the ACGME Residency Review Committee (RRC). Candidates must hold a current medical license and board certification with specialty qualifications suitable for the RRC. Please review the DoD Policy and Selection Criteria for GME Program Directors and the ACGME requirements for this position. The desired report date is NLT than 1 June 2023.
Nomination Package Requirements: CV, Bio, and a Letter of Intent. An applicant’s CV must include a section about faculty development activities. The CV must demonstrate at least three years of documented education and administrative experience, current scholarly activity, and ongoing clinical activity in the specialty for which they apply. Additionally, the CV must show current board certification in the specialties they are applying to and current medical licensure. The letter of intent must include the candidate’s commitment to GME and the Program Director position, including the number of years they are willing to serve and that, if selected, they will accept the job.
Fully completed nomination packages will be emailed to CAPT Shauna O’Sullivan NLT 1600 EST Thursday, 2 March, 2023.