1. AAOS Resident Assembly Delegate
*Insert Name Here*
AAOS Resident Assembly Delegate

2. The Resident Assembly Purpose
Provide an organized venue within the AAOS to Engage, Educate, and Represent
Orthopaedic residents while developing
Future AAOS Fellows and Leaders.

3. Leadership Overview Executive Committee
Past Chair: Jared Harwood (Ohio State Univ.)
Chair: Jeremy Burnham (Univ. of Kentucky)
Vice Chair: Verena Schreiber (UPMC)
Committee Chairs
Technology: Philip Louie (Rush)
Education: Andrew Jensen (UCLA)
Research: Vahid Entezari (Cleveland Clinic)
Health Policy: Patrick Marinello (Cleveland Clinic)
Practice Management: Bishoy Gad (Cleveland Clinic)
At-Large Members
Nicholas Bonazza (PSU)
Zachary Working (Utah)

4. 2016 Action Items Credit for Global Health Rotations
Global Health Scholarships
Institutional DEA Licenses
Online Intern Curriculum
Resident Representation in State Orthopaedic Societies
Advocacy Milestones
Resident Track at NOLC

5. 2016 Action Items – What’s Next?
Candidate, Resident and Fellow Committee met and developed recommendations
Council on Education will review recommendations
Ability to defer items to most appropriate party for further review, research and/or implementation
Report to RA on progress at 2017 Annual Meeting

6. Future Directions for 2016
Continue to identify and develop leaders early in their training
Continue to develop innovative ways to improve resident education
Expand key contact programs
Executive Committee will partner with Key Contacts within BOC and BOS
Increase resident participation in advocacy
Increase resident participation in global health
Develop resources for medical students

7. 2016 Goals Education Committee Health Policy Committee
Improve Education Committee communications.
Improve pre-residency education for incoming interns.
Improve resident access to surgical courses
Improve fellowship search process & establish a buddy mentorship program.
Improve resident awareness of loan repayment options.
Improve the resident bowl.
Discuss the model residency program concept.
Develop a health policy webinar.
Develop a series of articles for publication.
Increase resident PAC participation.
Review the Washington Health Policy Fellows program goals and incorporate into the Resident Assembly, where applicable.

8. 2016 Goals Practice Management Committee Technology Committee
Survey PGY4 and PGY5 residents on their experience finding a job/negotiating a contract – what they would like to learn more about.
Hosting a webinar on ways to reduce student loan debt
Explore new and better ways for AAOS to engage residents with the new AAOS.org web site
Actively involved in the pilot study for the AAOS Community Portal which will be open to all Resident Assembly delegates and Committee members.
Work jointly with the Education Committee to develop a potential resource guide of digital content that is most useful to residents in different stages of their residency as well as the most appropriate ways to deliver this content to the target audiences.

9. 2016 Goals Research Committee
Recruit residents to join the Research Committee.
Encourage involvement of members within the committee.
Host two additional webinars – topics to be determined.
Publish two AAOS Now articles – “Performing Research as Resident: Challenges and Opportunities” and “Research during Residency: Executing Now with an Eye towards Career Development”.
Develop and disseminate survey to residents to residents and residency directors to assess the current status of research, what residency programs directors are doing well and why.
Begin development of resident research toolkit.

10. Please contact us at: residentassembly@aaos.org
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