Learning to Lead: JFs in ACTION

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Learning to Lead JFs in ACTION

• Eric J. Hodgson, MD
• JFCAC Chair
• MFM Fellow
• Yale School of Med
• JF Vice Chair Orientation
• February 28, 2009

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What we will be doing

• ACOG Year
• JF Leadership Structure
• Major Responsibilities
• Transitioning
• Setting Goals
• ACTIVITY

• Benefits of ACOG
• ACOG resources
• Who is there to help you!
• Tour of Website
• Summary

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But First
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ACOG JF Leader Truths

• Most of us are current residents or just out of
  residency starting in practice
• All of us are very busy at work
• Most of us desire a social/personal life
• We are Joiners and are over-committed
• We wonder why we volunteered for one more thing
  since we dont even have time to be reading let
  alone be in charge of something

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Thereforewe have guilt.
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Our TWO biggest EXPECTATIONS are

• 1. Become a HUMAN HIGHLIGHTER for ACOG.
• 2. Try your hardest to meet a few, specific goals

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HOWEVER
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Most Important

• is to be a
• HUMAN HIGHLIGHTER
• for ACOG.

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ACOG Human Highlighters

• educate the JF membership about benefits and
  opportunities in ACOG
• encourage future leadership
• get others involved
• lead by example (send in reports, get contact
  information to ACOG on time, etc)

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Lets start at the very beginning
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The ACOG Year
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The ACOG Year

• The term for a section JF officer begins in the
  AUTUMN, after the Annual District Meeting (ADM)

• Each officer serves for two years
• (vice chair then section chair)

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SUMMARY OF MEETINGS
Annual District Meeting Annual Interim
Meeting Annual Clinical Meeting
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
CLC
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Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM)

• This yearChicago!
• (May 2-6)

• Next Year
• May 15-19, 2010 San Francisco

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Know the ACOG year
TIP!

• In general, it takes a year of planning to set
  and accomplish your goals as a JF leader.

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JF Leadership Structure

• Im a leader, but WHO am I leading (and where!?!)

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Junior Fellow Leadership Structure
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Junior Fellow District Advisory Council

• Each District is divided into sections with two
  JF leaders
• Three District JF Officers
• (Chair / Vice Chair / Secretary-Treasurer)
• JFDAC JF Section and JF District officers, JF
  District Advisor, and the District Fellow Chair
  (with others)

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Section Leadership
Council of District Chairs
District Advisory Council
Junior Fellow College Advisory Council
Executive Board
Subspecialty Reps
Task Forces
Committees
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Why is this important?
TIP!

• Knowing leadership structure allows you
• to know who to ask for help (and money)
• To remember that you are a leader with a
  constituency (in a bi-directional way)
• To chart your leadership progress through the
  college!

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Side note

• A word about Committees

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ACOG Committees

• Members appointed by President-Elect
• Each committee has a Young Physician appointed
  for a 2 year term
• Examples are
• Gynecology Practice, Ethics, CREOG, Genetics,
  Patient Safety, Adolescent Health, Underserved
  Women, Obstetrics Practice Bulletin,
  International Health

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Major ResponsibilitiesJF Section Officer
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There are FIVE main responsibilities for a
Section Officer
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Major Responsibilities

• 1. Attend the Annual District Meeting and Interim
  District Meeting
• Section JF report for each meeting
• Usually standard report format

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TIP!

• Let the people in your life know about meetings
  well in advance so you can get coverage!! We can
  help you get to the meetings if you start making
  plans EARLY.

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2. Medical Student Recruitment

• Contact med student interest group
• Help start one!
• Plan one med student recruitment event per year
• Help is likely available from your section fellow
  officers.

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3. Identify Section Leaders

• Establish a KEY CONTACT at every
  
• residency program in your section

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TIP!

• We can help you find a key contact if you need
  help!

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Section Legislative Reps

• Identify JF interested in HEALTH POLICY
  Legislative Rep.
• Sign up for facebook OB-GYN Legislative Advocacy
  Network

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4. Run Elections

• Find someone who can build upon your effortsask
  them to run for office!
• New Vice Chairs should be identified BEFORE the
  ADM so that they can try to attend the Annual
  District Meeting.

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5. Plan an ACOG service project
WHAT!!!!
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More on this later
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Being a Great JF Leader

• Helpful Advice from someone whos been there

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Recruitment

• Most residents are ALREADY members of ACOG
• HOWEVER, recruitment is a constant process...
• Keep planting seeds

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TIP!

• Recruiting interested people makes it easier FOR
  YOU to achieve YOUR goals.

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Transitioning

• An effective transition is critical!
• Its EVERYONES responsibility to make sure the
  new leader is trained to take on a new
  responsibility

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TEACH DONT TELL
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TEACH, DONT TELL

• TEACHING
• Heres how you can get the contact information
  at programs in your section
• Let me go over the steps we took in order to do
  the clothing drivefirst, we identified people

• TELLING
• You have to get contacts from each of the
  residency programs in your section.
• We did a clothing drive.

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Transition Checklist

• Help you make sure you are focusing on the right
  things during your term in office.
• See copy of the checklist in your handouts.

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Setting Goals

• Setting goals is the most important step in
  achieving them
• Write out your goalsit makes it easier to
  communicate them to other leaders and members so
  that you can RECRUIT helpers.

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But seriously,

• Set one major goal for yourself in each of three
  categories to make sure you are getting something
  out of this experience!
• Personal Goal
• Professional Goal
• Programming

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Setting Goals

• Spend five minutes completing the following
  Leadership Inventory

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BREAK!
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Get involved ACOG needs you !
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Membership has its privileges!

• ACOG BENEFITS

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But first
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District JF Elections

• District elections NOMINATIONS are due in the
  Springelection is in August.
• A history of service to ACOG is part of the
  application, so get as many people involved as
  possible.
• (Its a great opportunity)

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DISTRICT JF MEETINGS
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JF activities at ACOG meetings

• Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM)
• Stump the Professor Session
• Junior Fellow Activities
• Career Development programs
• Hands-on courses
• Annual District Meeting (ADM)
• ADM Scientific Programs/Stump the Professor
• Junior Fellow Sessions/meetings
• Presidents Meeting/CLC special JF
• programming/leadership training

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Leadership Opportunities

• Section and District Leadership
  positionscontinue on as a Young Fellow
• ACOG Committee participation (Sept.)
• Advocacy Leadership (National and State)
• -Congressional Leadership Conference
• North Carolina Leadership Institute
• Future Leaders of OB/GYN (FLOG)

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JF Educational Benefits

• Green Journal
• Web Site www.acog.org
• ACOG Compendium other publications
• Resource Center Publication queries
  literature searches
• Green Journal Obstetrics Gynecology
• Access to full-text online
• ACOG Today Monthly publication of timely topics

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Educational Awards

• Donald F. Richardson Memorial Scientific Prize
  Paper Awards
• JFCAC Essay Contest
• JFCAC Project Development Contest
• Poster Sessions
• Burch Award (Sponsorship to ACM)

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Educational Awards

• Wyeth Resident Reporter Program (Resident
  sponsorship to attend ACM)
• John Gibbons Medical Student Award
• Japan Society of Ob/Gyn-ACOG
• Exchange program

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Insurance Benefits

• ACOG Group Insurance Plans
• - 2008 3rd 4th year residents receive
• 100,000 Term Life Insurance-Free!
• Identity Theft Fraud Expense
• - All members are offered this coverage

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Insurance Benefits

• Additional Low-Cost Insurance
• Plans
• - Accidental Death and Dismemberment
• - Disability Income

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Career Development

• Business of Medicine Courses
• Mentorship opportunities
• ACOG Career Connection Job placement
• Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
• - Low interest loan up to 10,000

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TIP!

• Knowing the benefits that ACOG has in place
  allows you to HIGHLIGHT how ACOG is important in
  our daily life!
• It also makes it easier to RECRUIT people to help
  you!

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Were Here To Help!

• ACOG Resources

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ACOG Resources

• In particular, dont forget these people
• District/National JF officers
• Section/District Fellow Leaders
• JF District Advisor
• ACOG Office Staff (Chris Himes,
• Mary Benheman, Wanda Proctor)
• District Managers

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Medical Student Resources

• Colleen Flood can help
• Send you materials for recruitment
• Brainstorm ideas for activities
• Put you in touch with someone who can help!

CFLOOD_at_acog.org
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Programming Resources

• More on this later, but in general, there is a
  department or division within ACOG that can give
  you some ideas
• Info found on your CD-ROM.

• For example
• Advocacy event Government Relations department
• Legislative Primer
• Business of Medicine resources

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Were Here To Help!
TIP!

• We realize that you are busy! Residency is hard!
  Its better to let us know if you need help than
  hibernate or go into emergency mode.

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People who can help!JFCAC National
OfficersRajiv Gala, MD Taraneh Shirazian, MD
Eric Hodgson, MD
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People who can help!

• Owen Montgomery, MD
• Drexel University School of Medicine
• ACOG National Junior Fellow Advisor
• District III Chair
• Albert Strunk, JD, MD
• ACOG Deputy Executive Vice President
• Vice President, Fellowship Activities

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People who can help!

• Department of Junior Fellow Services
• Chris Himes, Wanda Proctor, Mary Behneman, Tammie
  Kelly

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Visual Tour District JF Officers Office Managers
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District I

• Jillian Carpenter, MD
• District I Chair
• Danielle M. Salhany, DO
• District I Vice Chair
• Megan Willis Mazur
• District I Project Manager

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District II

• Dennis D. Mauricio MD
• District II Chair
• Enrique Soto, MD 
• District II Vice Chair
• District II Office

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District III

• Jessica Shepherd, MD
• District III Chair
• Jonathan OBrien, MD
• District III Vice Chair
• Christine Himes
• District III Office

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District IV

• Jennifer M. Keller, MD
• District IV Chair
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• Victor M. Feldbaum, MD
• District IV Vice Chair
• Barbara Kallas
• District IV Project Manager

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District V

• Cynthia Brincat, MD
• District V Chair
• Michelle Neff, MD
• District V Vice Chair
• Colleen Flood
• District V Project Manager

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District VI

• Jennifer Griffin, MD
• District VI Chair
• Ravi Gada, MD
• District VI Vice Chair
• Stephanie Williams
• District VI Project Manager

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District VII

• Stacey Holman, MD
• District VII Chair
• Emily Johnson, DO
• District VII Vice Chair
• District VII Office

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District VIII

• Randy Bourne, MD
• District VIII Chair
• Nicole Marshall, MD
• District VIII Vice Chair
• LaShawn Jordan
• District VIII Project Manager

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District IX

• Yair Blumenfeld, MD
• District IX Chair
• Jennifer Salcedo, MD
• District IX Vice Chair
• Margaret Merritt
• District IX Office

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District X Armed Forces

• Barton Staat, MD
• Armed Forces District Chair
• Yovanni Casablanca, MD
• Armed Forces District Vice Chair

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District XI

• Christina Frome, MD
• District IX Chair
• Kristy Ward, MD
• District IX Vice Chair
• District XI Office

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The 2009 JFCAC
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Tour of the ACOG Website

• www.acog.org

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Key Points!

• Be a HUMAN HIGHLIGHTER!
• Remind JFs how ACOG
• fits into our lives
• benefits our patients
• guides our education
• provides leadership opportunities

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ACOG has resources!

• Dont be afraid to ask for them!
• Its a lot easier than you think!

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Dont PanicWere Here To Help!

• (Trust me, Im a doctor.)

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And finally,

• (I couldnt resist.)

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Work SMARTER!

• Set achievable goals
• Make a plan
• Assess your needs/what resources you need to
  help you!
• Recruit new leaders
• Transition
• Evaluate your efforts (Write it up!)
• Reap the professional and personal benefits

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JF Section Officer Manual

• Goes into detail about the things discussed in
  this presentationso use it! ?

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Get involved ACOG needs you !