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ASPE
The Board of Directors (BOD) recently received a letter from a group of ASPE members expressing concern about the decision to add a new member category for SPs and urging the board to be more transparent about its decisions. To further our understanding of their concerns, members of the Executive Committee have spoken to several of the group's members. We very much appreciate the time they took to write and to speak to us. Based on their feedback, we are taking the following steps.
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By Karen Lewis, ASPE President and Administrative Director at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
 As you know for the last three years on the Saturday before our annual conference officially begins we have held an SP Day where SPs attend professional development workshops and presentations conducted by SPEs. During these SP Days, the participants expressed a desire for an official place where they can obtain more professional development, network and connect with SP Educators and programs in their area.
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ASPE
ASPE members, please welcome Jennifer Owens as the newest member of the ASPE leadership team. Gayle Gliva-McConvey resigned her position as chair of the Membership Committee in August, but will continue to participate in ASPE committees. Jennifer, as the Membership Committee vice chair, has assumed the role of chair. The ASPE BOD would like to thank Gayle for her outstanding commitment to ASPE and her tireless enthusiasm for our profession.
FierceHealthcare
Although many hospitals invest in hotel-like amenities to improve the patient experience, leaders would be better off spending more money on improving caregiver-patient communication, the No. 1 factor in preventable readmissions, according to research published in Management Science.
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Reuters
Medical student Ludwika Wodyk fumbles her way slowly down the stairs, her movements encumbered by heavy strapping around her limbs and body, her vision distorted by special goggles. She is one of a group of medical students in Poland being given the chance to experience firsthand how it can feel to be an aging patient. The students at the University of Lublin don special suits to place strain on their limb and hand muscles and the bones of their spine, restricting mobility.
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Nurse.com
Simulation, which is used increasingly in nursing education, can be a valuable tool to teach nursing students to evaluate mental health conditions in patients who initially see health providers for medical concerns, suggests a recent Canadian study published in the September issue of Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
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The Atlantic
The doctor-patient relationship is a crucial, oft-discussed part of health care. One person seeking help, the other with the knowledge to offer it, a beautiful symbiosis. Or so it should be. In reality, this relationship (like all relationships, really) is complicated and messy. Perhaps more so because it takes place in little half-hour bursts, sometimes months apart.
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Kaiser Health News
Almost every American will experience a medical diagnostic error, but the problem has taken a back seat to other patient safety concerns, an influential panel said in a report calling for widespread changes. Diagnostic errors — defined as inaccurate or delayed diagnoses — account for an estimated 10 percent of patient deaths, hundreds of thousands of adverse events in hospitals each year and are a leading cause of paid medical malpractice claims, a blue ribbon panel of the Institute of Medicine said in its report.
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Talent Management
Change is necessary for success and growth. For organizations, change means taking on new challenges, growing for the future and developing more effective strategies. Without it, organizations would never grow or adjust to developing needs. However, change can be difficult to implement. Routine, entrenched policies and office politics can all stand in the way of affecting change.
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Entrepreneur
If you manage talented people, or plan to someday, it's a good idea to understand what really excites them about their work and what makes them proud to be part of a company. Granted, everyone's different, but most achievement-minded folks value more or less the same things.
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Harvard Business Review
Society may be getting more politically correct, but there's new evidence that hasn't trickled down to hospital operating rooms. A medical journal published an anonymous essay last month by a physician recounting other doctors' crude and sexual comments and behavior with patients during obstetric and gynecologic surgeries.
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Harvard Business Review
"When are we supposed to do all that?" That's the question we constantly get from new managers, only weeks or months into their new positions, when we describe the three key activities they should be focusing on to be successful as leaders: building trust, building a team and building a broader network. To their dismay, most of them have found they rarely end a day in their new positions having done what they planned to do.
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