The Life of a Task Force

• Developing the teaching skills pre-course that will be presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting;
• Defining a workable strategy to promote The Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine;
• Developing educational and/or communication modalities that support maintenance of certification; and
• Further defining the direction of the committee to meet members’ educational needs.

Janet Nagamine, MD, leads the HQPS Committee in the following priorities:

• Planning and holding a quality summit to define goals and priorities for the next three to five years;
• Submitting a grant application to AHRQ to support a multidisciplinary conference in the area of medication reconciliation;
• Developing SHM’s role in care transitions;
• Reviewing quality pre-course information and determining the curriculum for ‘‘Hospital Medicine 2008”; and
• Developing the Quality track for ‘‘Hospital Medicine 2008.”