Legacy of Excellence Digital Flipbook

LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

The Foundation is implementing the performance improvement model for existing programs through development of new learning opportunities and integration with clinical practice. This requires close collaboration with our research and quality and health policy departments. We are utilizing rich member-developed content, and creating learning opportunities that allow physicians to document how they will apply what they learn,”

– Ronald B. Kuppersmith, MD, MBA, 2009-2010 President, 2010 Annual Report

EDUCATION

certification, licensure, and accreditation were evolving, as healthcare reform and demands for transparency in corporate relationships intensified. In this rapidly changing environment, the AAO-HNSF Education and Annual Meeting programs ensured that the education program stood up to all standards. Education programs were designed to fill gaps in knowledge, competence, or performance, as identified through reviews of the literature and education evaluations. The education activities of the Foundation took an exciting new tenor with the re-alignment of the Education Committee charges in 2008. The focus of each Education Committee was changed from a specific product type to a clinical practice area. This paradigm shift opened an entrée to the subspecialty societies. The societies were now able to effectively participate in the identification and creation of education activities through a consulting role on most Education Committees. The goal of these partnerships was to bring the clinical practice expertise of the subspecialist to the education development table and to lessen the

J. David Osguthorpe, MD, Coordinator for Education, 2001-2007 Mark Wax, MD, Coordinator for Education, 2007-2011 Sonya Malekzadeh, MD, 2011-2015 Rodney P. Lusk, MD, Coordinator for Internet and Information Technology, 2006-2010 The delivery of physician professional certification and education was being influenced by new public, payer, and regulatory forces that blended into a new system of medical education, focused on performance improvement and incentives, enabled by technology, and where success was achieved by education providers who could sustain a position of influence amid the change. Education and learning for otolaryngology head and neck surgeons continued to move toward demonstrated improvement in medical care and better patient outcomes. Requirements for maintenance of

2009 and 2010: Since 2006, the AAO-HNSF partnered with the Cochrane ENT Disorders Collaborative Review Group.

Academy members and the Cochrane ENT Disorders Group at the 17th Annual Cochrane Colloquium in Singapore in 2009.

Academy members and the Cochrane ENT Disorders Group at the 18th Annual Cochrane Colloquium in Keystone, Colorado.

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