The 2009 STFM President's Award goes to the fmCASES Project!
Each year the STFM President's Award is used to recognize STFM members who have made a significant contribution during the president's year in office or members who have had a significant impact on the president during his/her term. We are happy to announce that this year, the award went to the fmCASES Project Development Group (fmPDG) for their work on the fmCASES project! We are all very thankful for their hard work and know that this award represents a tremendous accomplishment for the project leaders, authors, iInTIME, and their collaborators. Congratulations to all.
SIMPLE moves to subscription model for 2009/2010 academic year
iInTIME would like to welcome all the new subscribers to the Simulated Internal Medicine Patient Learning Experience (SIMPLE)! As many of you may know, the SIMPLE project is transitioning from its pilot testing phase into a subscription model for the 2009/2010 academic year. We have been very excited so far with the healthy number of schools who have already signed on to use the cases. If you are interested in subscribing and have not yet contacted us, please email simplesupport@i-intime.org to learn more.
As we move towards the beginning of the subscription period on July 1st, the SIMPLE project development group is busy putting the final touches on the cases. Currently, 27 of the 36 cases are available for immediate use. We expect most, if not all, of the remaining cases to be ready by the beginning of the subscriptions.
CLIPP Editorial Board welcomes new Editors-in-Chief and Associate Editors
The 2009 COMSEP meeting in Baltimore was a momentous occasion for the CLIPP Editorial Board. Drs. Leslie Fall and Norman Berman (Dartmouth Medical School), the founding Editors-in-Chief of the CLIPP project, stepped down and officially passed on leadership of the CLIPP Editorial Board to Drs. Michael Dell (Case Western Reserve University) and Sherilyn Smith (University of Washington). Drs. Dell and Smith have been integral components of CLIPP’s present success, and we all look forward to the valuable new perspectives and energy they will bring to the future development of the cases!
In addition to welcoming new Editors-in-Chief, the CLIPP Editorial Board also welcomed three new Associate Editors: Dr. Robert Drucker (Duke University), Dr. Starla Martinez (Northeast Ohio University), and Dr. Elizabeth Stuart (Stanford University). Robert, Starla, and Elizabeth join Drs. David Levine (Morehouse Medical School), Lisa Leggio (Medical College of Georgia), and Gary Freed, M.D. (Emory University). These new associate editors will also play a very important roll in not only maintaining the currency of medical content in the cases but introducing new innovations for students and instructors.
Over the next 12 months, the CLIPP Editorial Board plans to complete a comprehensive review of the case content in order to move the cases towards their third complete edition. This review will include focused attention to expanding resources for instructors and improving case elements such as the networks and question types. Some of the original case authors will also be stepping down and new case editors will be brought on to add further value to the cases. We look forward to their contributions as well.