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| A newsletter for research & medical education | February 2008 |
 Feature Two Baystate Residency Programs Selected as Beta Test Sites for ACGME Learning Portfolio The Obstetrics & Gynecology and Medicine Residencies Will Start in Early 2008 Developed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the learning portfolio is an interactive, web-based tool that supports resident learning, evaluation, and professional development. Alpha testing of the learning portfolio started in August 2007 with a very small number of programs and specialties. For its beta test phase, the ACGME has sought a larger number of core programs (those admitting directly from medical school or after a preliminary year) to work together by specialty. Continue...  News NIH Studies and Mandatory Public Access Applies to All Peer-Reviewed Articles Accepted for Publication On or After April 7, 2008 On January 11, 2008 NIH posted its revised—and now mandatory—Public Access policy. The changes in policy correspond to recently enacted legislation. Continue... Significant Increase in Peer-Reviewed Publications 60% Increase Since FY 2005 The scholarly output of the faculty at Baystate Medical Center as quantified by the number of peer-reviewed publications has shown a significant increase in the past 2 years. Continue... Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research Established at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) The PVLSI received a grant from the John Adams Innovation Institute to develop the Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR). One of the three research clusters at PVLSI, CEAR is dedicated to the identification and regulation of the signaling pathways that regulate apoptosis in a tissue-specific manner. Continue...
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