CDIM Program Planning Committee
Chaired by Patricia A. Thomas, MD
Vice Chaired by Bruce L. Houghton, MD
The committee is charged to plan and coordinate the annual CDIM National Meeting, which includes generating a theme for the meeting; developing precourse and postcourse topics and inviting speakers; and developing topics and inviting speakers for the meeting’s plenary sessions; coordinate the role of the CDIM in Academic Internal Medicine Week; generate ideas for other educational materials, venues, and opportunities.
CDIM Research Committee
Chaired by Klara K. Papp, PhD
Vice Chaired by Dario M. Torre, MD
The committee is charged to manage the annual CDIM survey; provide feedback on research abstracts presented during the CDIM National Meeting; provide faculty development to membership related to conducting medical education research; and oversee CDIM’s relationship with Teaching and Learning in Medicine through the association’s affiliation with the Alliance for Clinical Education.
CDIM SIMPLE Committee
Chaired by Valerie J. Lang, MD
The committee is charged to manage the production, marketing, and launch of Simulated Internal Medicine Patient Learning Experiences (SIMPLE) and manage CDIM’s relationship with the Institute for Innovative Technology in Medical Education (iInTIME).
CDIM Subinternship Task Force
Chaired by Kevin M. McKown, MD
The task force is charged to develop member services for faculty and staff responsible for the internal medicine subinternship, such as maintaining the CDIM Internal Medicine Subinternship Curriculum and developing subinternship evaluation tools to assess competencies.
CDIM-APDIM Residents-as-Teachers Task Force
Co-Chaired by Heather E. Harrell, MD (CDIM) and David Gary Smith, MD (APDIM)
The task force is charged to maintain the current CDIM-APDIM Resident-as-Teachers curriculum and develop three new residents as teachers’ modules to be presented as a workshop during Academic Internal Medicine Week 2008.
For more information about serving on one of the CDIM committees contact memberservices@im.org.