The Monroe Owen County Medical Society was once again able to meet in person on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, for their Fall General Meeting. This year’s event was held at the beautiful IU Health Sciences Building, which is attached to the new IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Of course, masks were worn, and everyone stayed socially distanced, but it was great to gather and socialize. The presenters for the evening were Dr. Kathy Hiller, Associate Dean and Director of the IU School of Medicine-Bloomington, Brian Shockney, President, IU Health South Central Region and MaryAnn Valenta, Director, Alignment and Integration, IU Health and Julie Reed, Executive VP, ISMA.
Following are some highlights from the speakers.
Dr. Kathy Hiller shared that the Indiana University School of Medicine is the largest medical school in the country and includes nine campuses.
The IU Bloomington Health Sciences includes the Nursing, Optometry, Social Work, Medical Sociology, Public Health and Speech Language and Hearing Sciences.
Classes are held on the Bloomington campus at the Biology Building (Jordan Hall), Myers Hall and the Regional Academic Health Center Health Sciences Building. IUSM at the RAHC includes 7000 square feet of teaching and administrative space, anatomy lab, two large classroom labs, medical student lounge, conference room and a 11,500 sq ft SIM center.
IUSM Bloomington is a full four-year program; M1:35 students, M2:35 students, M3:12 students and M4:5-10 students.
There are plans within the next few years to have Residency programs in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Internal on the Bloomington Campus.
MaryAnn Valenta and Brian Shockney reported the plans to move to the new IUH Bloomington Hospital facility. With the support from IU Health state-wide system, the patient move will be completed in one 12-hour shift on Sunday, December 5th.
The new ED will open at 3:00 am and the old ED will close when the last patient leaves the building. This will all occur with the collaboration of INDOT, City of Bloomington, and IUPD. IU Health and IU will also collaborate with the SIM center and shared meeting spaces.
The new IU Health Bloomington Hospital is a 356-bed acute care hospital, and includes a Stroke Center, Level 3 Trauma Center, Level 2 NICU, Infusion Center and Outpatient Clinic Space.
Julie Reed, ISMA Executive VP, updated physicians on the annual convention that was held virtually in September. The primary purposes of the ISMA convention are as follows:
- Required to be held at least annually, during which the business and legislative sessions of the House of Delegates shall be held.
- Elect ISMA Officers and AMA Delegates (the slate of officers and delegates can be found on the ISMA website, www.ismanet.org).
- Make policy-Voting members of the HOD (2021) 263
Approximately twice the number of typical resolutions were filed this year; as Julie stated, this was one for the history books. 105 total resolutions were considered, and nearly three quarters of these were adopted in some form. The remaining resolutions were either referred to the board for action, referred to the board for study or not adopted.
If there are any questions regarding any of the resolutions, send an email to [email protected]. Comments from attendees of the Fall General Meeting attendees included “they were happy they attended”, “they were impressed with the presentations” and that it was “a good use of their time.” In 2022, it is the hope that MOCMS will once again have a Fall General Meeting that includes dinner, drinks, and spouses.
