The AMA Resident and Fellow Section (RFS) kicked off its meeting with a welcome reception, with more than 200 residents, fellows and medical students attending. Medical students had opportunities to ask residents and fellows about the transition to residency and becoming members of the section.
The section hosted four educational sessions:
- A session on payment models and post-residency and fellowship plans, presented by the AMA-RFS Committee for Business and Economics, discussed the various payment models available after residency and fellowship, including reimbursement channels.
- The AMA-RFS Membership Committee gave a session on the benefits of AMA membership and highlighted involvement and leadership opportunities.
- Nicholas Yaghmour, a research associate with the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, presented an interactive session focused on the determinants of resident well-being and shared data from the 2013-2014 national survey on resident wellness.
- A panel discussion on physician well-being brought together a number of physicians in training and experts.
The AMA-RFS Assembly passed 16 resolutions and four reports at its business meeting on June 6. One item on balloting procedures was referred for study. The section immediately forwarded four resolutions to the AMA House of Delegates:
- Resolution 6: Evaluation of Resident and Fellow Compensation Levels
- Resolution 16: Telemedicine in Graduate Medical Education
- Resolution 20: Principles of GME Funding Reform
- Resolution 21: Ethical Physician Conduct in the Media
