In this episode Thalamus CEO Jason Reminick talks with Terri Feist, former Program Coordinator at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and now an Account Manager at Thalamus.

Burnout at the Program Coordinator level is a serious problem and often overlooked. Terri shares the results if a national survey of Program Coordinators. The survey indicated issues  around misunderstanding the role, workload and the onboarding of new Program Coordinators.

Jason and Terri discuss way to solve these problems and how to better address burnout across the industry. 

In this episode, Dr. Kyle Leggott and I continue our conversation about the complex issues surrounding GME financing and physician workforce trends. Dr. Leggott is Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine. He is also a Scholar at the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center. 

In Part II, you’ll hear Dr. Leggott’s insights into: 

• GME financing from a federal, state and hospital levels.
• Projected increase of GME spending and what it will cover - both directly and indirectly.
• How direct medical costs are calculated and allocated.
• How the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 will help to address the national physician workforce shortage.
• How to ensure that distribution of newly-opened spots matches the needs of the healthcare workforce as well as the needs of medical students.
• How to pair the complexity of the GME system with patient outcomes in a compelling narrative to foster change.
• Some initiatives that are working to fix the GME system.

Dr. Kyle Leggott is a family physician with health politics experience whose expertise includes policy development and translation, the intersection of policy with state-based health care legislation, and innovative approaches to addressing healthcare reform. Within the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, where Dr. Leggott completed a health policy and politics fellowship, Dr. Leggott provides in- and outpatient care. A member of the GME Initiative (GMEI) since 2017 and current chair of the GMEI Legislative Committee, Dr. Leggott works on physician workforce and graduate medical education reform. He also serves as a member for the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) and is a physician blogger for AAFP’s Fresh Perspective blog. 

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This episode is Part 1 of 2 of a terrific conversation I had with Dr. Kyle Leggott, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, and Scholar, Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, about the complex issues surrounding GME financing and the current state of the physician workforce. 

In Part I, you’ll hear Dr. Leggott’s insights into: 

• The current state of the physician workforce.
• His work with the GME Initiative and legislators in D.C. to find systematic solutions.
• The mismatch between specialties and healthcare needs.
• How the number of GME slots is allocated per region and what this means for ongoing physician workforce distribution. 
• Insufficient diversity across all areas of GME and healthcare.How to address gaps in medical knowledge as healthcare evolves.

Kyle Leggott, MD, is a family physician with health policy experience. His expertise includes policy development and translation, the intersection of policy with state-based health care legislation, and innovative approaches to addressing healthcare reform. Dr. Leggott is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine in the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine, where he recently completed a fellowship in health policy and politics. Dr. Leggott serves as a Scholar at the Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, where he seeks progressive and innovative approaches to address health inequities by promoting systems based and policy level interventions. Dr. Leggott has been a member of the GME Initiative (GMEI) since 2017, working on physician workforce and GME reform. He currently chairs the GMEI Legislative Committee. Dr. Leggott also serves as a member for the Colorado Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) and is a physician blogger for the AAFP’s Fresh Perspective blog. He provides both outpatient and inpatient care and teaches family medicine residents and medical students at the University of Colorado.

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