1. Accreditation Best Practice
Teresa Vallera
Program Manager
Emergency Medicine

2. Advanced Organization Preparing for the Day CanAMS
Objectives
Advanced Organization
Preparing for the Day
CanAMS

3. Organization Book Room Email all Faculty and Residents
Contact Department Chair or Division Director
RPC members
Talk it Up!
Bullets 2 – 5, Repeat, Repeat
As soon as date is confirmed book your room
Department Chair’s – hold a block of time in the a.m.
Talk to faculty and residents in-person face-to-face

4. Preparing for the Day Send follow-up email with times and location
Send additional s to KEY faculty
Arrange reviewer food
Organize catering or pick up
Computers available and connected to Wi-Fi
Passwords - you may not be working on your computer
Who are your key faculty?
ER Docs – Diet coke!!!! AN absolute must for breakfast
Who else has access – ensure someone else has access to files and computer

5. THE OLD PSQ

6. CanAMS

7. CanAMS AMS - YEAH!! Ongoing routine
System for storing your information
Electronic files for RPC Minutes, Policies, Curriculum, Half Day Schedules, etc.
You have all the information required
Accreditation Ready!!!!!! Internal Review or Royal College Survey
A work in progress
Where are you storing your information? Google, Drop Box, Medportal
How do you store them, are they searchable, use key words and folders
ADD DATES to your documents
If PDF, make sure you also have the working word file
When you leave can someone else find the information

8. Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
Any questions or comment or great innovations you would like to share
Blog for sharing ideas