AAIM

27th Annual AIM Educational Conference

October 27-29, 2006
Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Listed below are the presentations and handouts for the 27th Annual AIM Educational Conference, held in conjunction with Academic Internal Medicine Week 2006. Unless otherwise noted all files are in a .pdf format. Download a free copy of Adobe Reader below.


Friday, October 27, 2006


Plenary Session I
"Organizational Cultures and Communication: Getting to Yes"


Donna R. Devine, Moderator
APDIM President
University of Washington School of Medicine

Jane T. Schumaker
University of Florida College of Medicine

Timothy Goldfarb
Shands HealthCare


Workshop Session I

101. Benchmarking the Academic Medical Practice
Howard Tepper
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

102. Building the Next Generation of Faculty Leaders: Mentoring Programs in Research and Education
Eric W. Boberg, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

103. Implementing Open Access in an Academic Internal Medicine Environment
Andrew J. Varney, MD
Robert C. Bussing, MD
Maureen Francis, MD
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

104. Quantifying Teaching Effort in a Department of Medicine
Steven W. Stites, MD
Susan K. Pingleton, MD
Stewart F. Babbott, MD
University of Kansas School of Medicine


Saturday, October 28, 2006


Lunch and AIM Distinguished Lecture

Don C. Glazier, Moderator
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine

David O. Nichols
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine


Workshop Session II

201. Inter-, Intra-, and Extra- Departmental Communication
Frances G. Glanville
Medical University of South Carolina

202. Leadership and the Role of the Department Administrator
Rebecca A. Cooke
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

203. The Revenue Cycle Challenges of Implementing an Electronic Medical Record
Kevin McLaren
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

204. Managing Your Department’s “Portfolio”: Evolving Strategies and Real World Experiences to Inform Resource Allocation Decisions
Catherine G. Wood
Medical University of South Carolina

Clayton A. Tellers
ECG Management Consultants

Don C. Glazier
Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine


Sunday, October 29, 2006


Plenary Session II
"Show Me the Money: The Impact of Pay for Performance on Departments of Internal Medicine"


Lindsay J. Graham, Moderator
University of Michigan Medical School

Caroline S. Blaum, MD
University of Michigan Medical School

Timothy D. Mergens, MD
United HealthCare


Plenary Session III
"Electronic Health Record: Transforming Departments of Internal Medicine"


Kevin McLaren, Moderator
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Thomas Payne, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine

Russell Cucina, MD
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

Curtis L. Cole, MD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University


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