Legacy of Excellence Digital Flipbook

LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

Our goal is to deliver the content our members want when and where they want it, in the format they choose, and through the device they prefer. Streamlining their education and research needs will also improve their practice logistics. This will lead to customized, collaborative content that will satisfy multiple needs, including CME, continuing certification, licensure, and privileging requirements with a single product.

- James C. Denneny III, MD, AAO-HNS/F Executive Vice President /CEO, September 2019 Bulletin

The CORE program brought greater scale and less fragmentation and overlap to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery research opportunities, reduced the aggregate costs of the individual grant programs, and enabled a comprehensive overview of the spectrum of promising otolaryngology and head and neck surgery research/researchers to promote to NIH and other agencies. Please see the special section on the COVID-19 pandemic to learn more about the research and quality efforts during that unprecedented time for practice and patient care. EDUCATION: THE EVOLUTION OF LEARNING There were monumental, innovative elements added to the education offerings during this timeframe. In 2019, the AAO-HNSF Future of Education Task Force was convened with Richard V. Smith, MD, Coordinator for Education, appointed as Chair by Al Merati, MD, 2018-2019 President. The Task Force, in collaboration with Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, Coordinator-elect for Education, and Mark K. Wax, MD, Annual Meeting Program Coordinator, presented their report to the Boards of Directors. Extensive research, including multiple user interviews, study of the evolution of education theory, review of technology advances, and the advancement of content needs, all contributed to the Coordinators for Education Richard V. Smith, MD, 2015 - 2019 Jeffrey P. Simons, MD, 2019 – 2023

many recommendations that composed this landmark report, which laid the path for the education agenda for the next five to 10 years. Collaboration within the Education program was essential for its success in delivery knowledge and education products to members. In August 2018, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) announced a new collaboration to expand opportunities for ABOHNS diplomates to receive Maintenance of Certification (MOC) credit by participating in accredited continuing medical education (CME). As a result of this effort, the AAO-HNSF offered MOC credit for new and current CME activities in AcademyU and at the Annual Meeting. In addition, in 2020, the Academy awarded 10 CME/MOC credits annually for diplomates participating in ABOHNS CertLink™. This new education initiative enabled diplomates the ability to seamlessly access AcademyU activities to address specific knowledge gaps. The ongoing relationship with ABOHNS continued in 2019 when the ABOHNS donated its extensive library consisting of 72 Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) to the AAO-HNSF, enabling those valuable learning tools to be shared through the AcademyU platform. Please see the special section on the COVID-19 pandemic to learn more about the education efforts during that unprecedented time for practice and patient care.

2020: The Section for Residents and Fellows-in-Training developed a 10-part video series offering tools and resources on the topic of Professional Contract Review.

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