How To Meet OPTI Standards for Curriculum and Evaluation Mark Cummings, Ph'D' Associate Dean, SCS cu

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How To Meet OPTI Standards for Curriculum and
EvaluationMark Cummings, Ph.D.Associate Dean,
SCScummin67_at_msu.eduAnnual OPTI MeetingApril
8, 2008
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Slides Used in This Presentation Are On the SCS
Website www.scs.msu.edu Click Under Downloads
and Look For Todays Date Title
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Presentation Goals 1 Review Current OPTI
Standards 2 Examine Methods of
Compliance 3 Offer Options as Examples 4 Elicit
Audience Contributions 5 Provide Concluding
Thoughts
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For A Complete Understanding of Curriculum, We
Need To Consult the Wizard, the Grand Poohbah,
the Grand Vizier, the Man from Oz, the Man Who
Can Explain Big Ideas to Little Minds
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Carl, Can You Help Me Out With Curriculum? I Need
All the Support I Can Muster!!
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• What Do the OPTI Standards Require?
• There are Nine Standards
• Some of Them Are of the Moses Variety
• Some Mandate Creation of a Process

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• Focus Will Be on 3 Curricular Items
• Integration of OPP
• Research
• AOA Core Competencies
• Compliance Can Be Achieved in Different Ways and
  Challenges Are Unique

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A Primer on SCS Organization

PAC
Program Directors
RAC

Chief Residents
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Integration of OPP A Shotgun Approach

• Inclusion and Assessment at Education Days
• Specialized Programs MSUCOM SCS
• On-Line Assessment Programming
• Creation of Modules Teach the Trainers

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Challenges for OPTI Research

• Varied Program Requirements
• Large Number of Residents
• Limited Internal Resources
• Lack of Program Director Expertise in Research
• Recognition that SCS will Never Produce a Nobel
  Prize Laureate
• These are Steep Hills to Climb!!

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Hey Mark, That Research Program Looks Like It
Took a Lot of Time and Effort to Create. It Must
have Cost you Some Big Bucks!!!
Can You Send Me a Free Copy? Fraternally,
Michael
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AOA Core Competencies Different Doses, Different
Times

• OPTI Courses Open to All SCS Residents
• Structured Programs with the PACs
• Budget Carve Out for Programs
• Training Members on Compliance
• On-Line Educational Programs
• Emphasis on Measuring Proficiency
• Direct Assistance to SCS Members

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Overheard Earlier This Morning
If the Pikeville Kentucky OPTI Can Have a
Partner Member in Alaska, There is Nothing
Stopping OPTIK From Outdoing Them and Opening Up
a New Training Hospital in North Korea!!
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OPTI Standards for Program Evaluation

• Once Again, 9 Standards for Compliance
• More Moses-Like Rules Evident
• Responsibility Invested in the OGME Committee,
  Called the Educational Standards Committee in the
  SCS

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Levels of Assessment Under Consideration

• Intern and Resident Assessment
• Core Competency Assessment
• Programmatic Assessment

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• Instruments to Assess Program Quality
• AOA Inspection Reports
• In-Service Examination Scores
• AOA Certifying Board Results

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George, You Are a Big Shot in the AOA. Can You
Twist Some Arms and Break Some Kneecaps To Get
the Specialty Boards to Send Us Some Meaningful
Data So We Can Assess the Educational Quality of
our Programs?
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• Approaches Used by Other OPTIs?
• Success Stories to Report?
• Resounding Failures?
• Confusion with Standards?
• Difficulties in Compliance?

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• Lessons Learned By Experience
• Reliance on Technology
• Emphasize the Majority
• Do What is Hardest to Accomplish
• Make It Voluntary Not Required
• Be An Active Listener to Constituents

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(Pssst, Give this Message to Mark)
I Think Keith is Giving Me a Signal That It is
Time to Wrap Up My Presentation. Thank you!!