Saturday's program will consist of several educational sessions. C.
Earl Fox, MD, MPH, Assistant Surgeon General and Administrator, HRSA, will
deliver the keynote address on Saturday afternoon. He will describe how changes
in the health care marketplace are affecting the delivery of graduate medical
education by medical schools, hospitals, and residency training programs.
On Saturday morning, attendees will be presented with ideas on how residents
can form action-oriented partnerships to improve education and patient care
at their institutions. Speakers for the Saturday morning session include Charles
Aswad, MD, Executive Vice President, New York State Medical Society; Steven
Sharfstein, MD, MPA, CEO, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Baltimore, Md; and Steven
Smith, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Medical Education, Brown University School
of Medicine, Providence, RI. Attendees will also hear a discussion about how
the resident work environment affects patient care and whether further improvements
are needed in this area. This discussion will be led by David Duncan, author
of Residents: The Perils and Promise of Educating Young
Doctors, and Bertrand Bell, MD, Professor, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, New York, NY, and chair of the Bell Commission, which recommended
that teaching hospitals in New York State regulate the working hours of resident
physicians.