Graduate Medical Education

Scheduling for Badges, Health Assessments, Clinical Application and Compliance Training

ID Badge Service (Hospital)

Please be sure to complete the Authorized Access portion of the the badge form before submitting it to the security office. All sections of the form must be completed, including a social security number, for the badge holder. To schedule an appointment for your residents or fellows to obtain their security ID badges, please email your request with your resident and/or fellow names to:

Karen Biggs
Phone: 410-328-1329
kbiggs@umm.edu

Employee Health Assessment

Appointments must be arranged through Employee Health Services in advance. Please review the Scheduling and Assessment Requirements. Residents and fellows should be scheduled and should plan to bring their completed Employee Health Assessment questionnaire with them at the time of their assessment. Residents and fellows completing the Employee Health Packet on the Medical Staff Services website, must provide additional information/explanation to any questions that are answered "Yes". Residents and fellows also must bring their vaccination record or lab results indicating immunity and PPD results or for positive PPD reactors -chest-x-ray within the past 12 months at the time they present. They should also bring a note from their treating provider for any ongoing medical condition, as well as prescription bottles for any drugs that may show up during the drug screening process.

The process to complete an employee health assessment takes approximately one hour as employees will be fit-tested for a respirators at the time of the assessment. To schedule mandatory employee health assessment and respirator fit testing for residents or fellows, please call Employee Health Services at:

Employee Health Services
T1R05 (near elevators in Shock Trauma on the main floor)
Phone: 410-328-6151
Fax: 410-328-6319
Location: T1R05

Health Sciences and Human Services Library

It is mandatory that each Program Liaison schedule a training session for its new residents and fellows through the Health Sciences and Human Services Library. This session is intended to assure that residents and fellows are familiar with the library and the resources available to them. Please be sure to read and disseminate the overview of Library Resources available to residents and fellows.

Library resources may be accessed at www.hshsl.umaryland.edu . Electronic resources, such as journal articles may be accessed from home; however, residents and fellows will need their UMB Barcode to access the HS/HSL Electronic Resources. The UMB Barcode is located on the back of the UMB1 OneCard. If your residents and fellows do not have your UMB1 OneCard yet, visit UMB1 OneCard to look up your UMB Barcode. To schedule your residents or fellows into this orientation, please contact:

Jaime Friel Blanck, MLIS, AHIP
Liaison and Outreach Services Librarian
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
University of Maryland
601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 20201
jblanck@hshsl.umaryland.edu
Phone: 410-706-8858

Powerchart, FirstNet, HDF (PIM) and OTIS

Program Liaisons should contact the ITG Training team to schedule their residents/fellows into training class on the clinical applications used at UMMC, which include PowerChart and FirstNet. You should plan to allot 4.5 hours for the training.

When contacting the ITG Training with your proposed training dates, please provide

Two training dates and times
Department and division name
Your contact information: name, telephone # and email
Alternate contact information: name, telephone # and email
Number of residents/fellows to be trained
List of residents/fellows names prior to the training date
If you are a specialty department, please provide a list of the residents who completed on year of residency in a general unit

ITG Training Contact (initial)
itgtrainingteam@umm.edu or call 410-328-0030 and leave a message.

You will receive an email response within 24 business hours and a 2nd email when the requested date and time have been confirmed by thte ITG training group.

Please follow up with the liaison below on non-receipt of confirmation (after 48 hours)

Terry Prescott
Phone: 410-328-2340
tprescott@umm.edu.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) and Conscious Sedation Techniques

The Office of Professional Development facilitates the ACLS and BLS training for residents and fellows who are required to maintain this certification(s). A Clinical Education Calendar is available on the Medical Center's Intranet.

When contacting the Office of Professional Development to schedule your residents or fellows into a training class, please provide the name of your department or program and the training date(s) that you prefer. You should also estimate the number of training slots. You will need to fax the actual names of your trainees when they are known, but at least 1-2 weeks in advance of your scheduled date. A timeline is provided for your review.

Please print the enclosed documents for your residents:

Registration Contact

Tori Walker, MS, PHR
Phone: 410-328-1458
Fax: 410-328-8258
twalker@umm.edu

Confirmation of Certification Status ACLS/BLS

Ann Hamptom
ahampton@umm.edu

Conscious Sedation

Allison Andrus
Phone: 410-328-1151
aandrus@umm.edu

UPI Compliance Training

University Physicians, Inc. (UPI) provides several aspects of the compliance training for residents and fellows. All new residents and fellows must participate in the mandatory compliance training. The training covers an introduction into compliance; fraud and abuse; regulatory matters; general coding and documentation; Medicare teaching physician rules; as well as privacy and security overview (HIPAA).

All new residents and fellows must complete this training within 30 days of their hire date.

To register for the UPI training, please contact UPI at (410) 328-9188. Please contact UPI in advance to set up the training. This allows training to be tailored to the specialty specific needs. If individual training is needed, this is conducted as part of one the UPI's regular training sessions, generally held every Monday from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration is required for both types of training.

For additional information, please visit the website, http:/intranet.upi.umaryland.edu/compliance/compliance.asp, or contact Edith Sunderland at (410) 328-2425, esunderl@upi.umaryland.edu.

This page was last updated on: February 27, 2009.