Resident and Fellow's Council

Through the continued efforts by the Graduate Medical Education Committee in enhancing the educational experience at UCSF, the Residents and Fellow's Council was borne. With their first meeting in 1999, the Resident and Fellow's Council (formerly the Medical Training Staff Committee) was to represent the more than 1,300 UCSF Residents and Clinical Fellows (ACGME or non-ACGME) in academic and administrative forums.

Charged in 2004 with a renewed emphasis on seeking new opportunities in improving quality of life and education issues impacting trainee work environment(s), the Residents and Fellow's Council undertook the challenge of developing and advocating alternative guidelines that will ultimately increase the educational value at UCSF.

Under the guidance of Bobby Baron, M.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, the Residents and Fellow's Council encourages and welcomes new members to take part and contribute in shaping the policies governing physician and patient life and to be active in improving the quality and value for their patients and peers. Through the development and implementation of the Patient Care Fund, the Resident and Fellow's Council is at the forefront of the movement towards improving the quality of care for patients at the UCSF Medical Center.

Message for Resident and Fellow's Council Members

Dear Residents, You may or may not be familiar with the SFGH Patient Care Fund. If not, let me briefly introduce you to this valuable resource available to you as residents who work at SFGH. Each year a pool of funds exceeding $100,000 is allocated towards the purchase of items that contribute to "Patient Care" at San Francisco General Hospital. This money was earmarked towards this purpose years ago as part of the CIR Union contract. Recent examples of items purchased include TV/DVD/playstation for pediatric patients, condolence cards for patients' families, a bladder scanner, taxi vouchers for pregnant patients, portable interpreter speaker phones and more. Applications for items to be purchased with these funds are accepted on a biannual basis with November 1 and May 1 deadlines. We encourage new and creative ideas! Attached you will find more details and an application for the Patient Care Fund. If you have any questions about what is appropriate or how to complete the application please email Kelly Eagen, the Patient Care Fund chairperson, at eagenk@fcm.ucsf.edu Many thanks! The CIR Patient Care Fund committee SFGH Patient Care Fund Application Deadlines are biannual: November 1, 2009 and May 1, 2010. Also see, the UCSF Patient Care Fund website....for the UCSF Patient Care Fund application

Resident and Fellow's Council Co-Chairs: Delphine Tuot/ Seema Nagpal/ Christine Kistler

 

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• Updated: November 20, 2009
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