Over the past few years, increasing attention has been devoted to identifying trends negatively impacting the UME-GME transition. InCUS (Invitational Conference on USMLE Scoring) laid important ground work for the efforts ahead. The decision to change the scoring of the USMLE Step I examination to pass/fail has accelerated the timeline for solutions, and the UME-GME community is energized to more comprehensively improve the UME-GME transition for all stakeholders. In follow-up to InCUS, the Coalition for Physician Accountability convened a UME-GME Review Committee (UGRC) in September 2020 with a one year charge to develop recommended solutions to identified challenges in the UME-GME transition. The UGRC is to act with transparency, consider stakeholder engagement, and utilize data when available. Assuring learner competence and readiness for residency, wellbeing, and equity are primary goals.
Learner Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
–describe the history and background leading to the creation of the UME-GME Review Committee (UGRC)
–identify the goals, work process, and timeline of the UGRC
Dr. Lovell graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati. She is the Program Director at the Advocate Christ Medical Center (ACMC) emergency medicine residency and a Clinical Professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Dr. Lovell currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Coalition for Physician Accountability UME-GME Review Committee, and as Chair of the Organization of Program Director Societies (OPDA). From 2011 through 2015, she served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (CORD). She has received teaching awards from the Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine residency programs at ACMC, the CORD Impact Award for contributions to the national CORD Academic Assembly, the Associate Program Director of the Year award from the national Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, and the Ally Award from the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine.