RFS Committees

Mission | To promote the growth and development of IR via the following initiatives:

• Member recruitment and application processing
• Match applicants to Committees and Service Lines
• RFS Classes – familiarize new members with RFS
• Collaborate with the Women in IR Committee to promote diversity
• Collaborate with SIR and SARC to develop a universal curriculum to serve as a national model
• Increase clinical focus on: stroke care, DVT, and CLI
• Wound Care Clinic Competition

Mission | To organize, coordinate, and advertise RFS activities

• Quarterly In-Training E-Newsletter with the Medical Student Council Communications Committee
• JVIR E-Bulletin – short content-specific supplements to JVIR publications in print
• YouTube Channel Maintenance
• Webinar & Journal Club Coordination
• In-Training Listserv Maintenance & Event Advertising

Mission | To collect and publish educational materials

• Journal Primers – quick review/summary of salient journal articles
• Survival Guides – concise guides on the most commonly performed IR procedures
• Collaborate with the Communications Committee to produce educational webinars
• Featured Cases – collected each year for our annual Case Competition at the SIR Annual Meeting
• Research Lecture Series

Mission | To oversee 7 service lines that work with the clinical education committee to produce education content related to different areas of IR practice

• Service lines: vascular diseases, IO, peds IR, neuro IR, pain management, GI/GU/reproductive IR, and critical care
• Coordinate creation of Webinars, Survival Guides, and Journal Primers
• Maintain web presence ranging from creating and updating Wikipedia pages, to posting on Student Doctor and Aunt Minnie.
• Clinical Discussions on SIR Connect
• Collaborate with SIR’s Communications Department to videotape patient stories regarding their experience with an IR procedures

Mission | To provide resources regarding training pathways, promoting the development of clinically oriented curricula

• Created Residency Application Advice page
• Create a universal curriculum for several IR-related rotations such as vascular surgery, surgical oncology, transplant, hepatology, medical oncology, ICU, nephrology, and OB/GYN
• Create a pre-rotation online module to best prepare trainees for their first IR rotation
• Plan to create guidebook detailing various IR/DR curricula, requirements, and common questions
• The Chair of this Committee can be contacted at irresidencytraining@gmail.com.

Mission | To promote political advocacy and knowledge of health policy and economics

• Promote IR to political leaders and candidates via various grassroots programs. Follow us on Twitter at @IRAdvocacyRFS and get involved!
• Participate in the SIR Grassroots Leadership Program in Washington DC.
• Collaborating with SIRPAC to encourage the reallocation of historically funded but unused residency positions for the new IR residencies

Mission | To promote the training and professional development of trainees interest in research

• Create programs to support medical students, residents, and fellows involved in medical research
• Provide resources to learn how to design a study, acquire funding, and compose quality publications
• Establish a community for future clinician-scientists in IR

Mission | To inspire, educate, and promote women in IR

• Promote diversity in IR
• Increase awareness of unique issues faced by women in IR
• Establish a supportive community for women interest in IR via mentorship, networking events, and recruitment
• Increase social media presence to inspire and attract more women to IR

Mission | To increase international collaboration and awareness of programs abroad

• Identify, communicate, and learn from best practices that international and US IR programs are using to engage, educate and integrate medical students and junior residents early in their training.
• Create an online resource to help international medical graduates to navigate the residency application process
• Create a centralized hub for international aid projects focusing on IR outreach
• Advocate for international medical graduates within SIR and RFS
• Expand RFS presence at foreign meetings.