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igger rooms, for at least 2 of the breakout sessions, I could see nothing, they ran out of handouts and I sat
on the floor
a session where each specialty can mmet. I had a difficult time finding people from the same specialty.
Divide procedural:nonprocedural to smaller grouping such GIM/family med/hosp,
allergyu/pulmonary/sleep/cc, gi/ob, etc
I’d like to talk more about t he future and strategic planning. I’ve been a DA for 5 years, I know operational
details. What about challenges in the new resident workforce; or how will we attract quailty candidates to
your hospitalist program; or what can we do to make medical school more affordable and attractive to
future students?
Having lunch the last day of AIM seems like a HUGE waste of money--should be discontinued.
I like to attend APDIm meetings separate from AAIM... seems like there are too many groups and agendas
at AAIM
I thought this year’s conference had great topics for the breakout sessions. It was difficult to decide which
ones to attend. Nice job to the planning committee.
I would shorten some of the sessions - often times 60 minutes would be enough; 2 hour sessions are too
long; make sure that there are always Q&A throughout and not just at the end of the sessions; start at 9am
on all days -
I really appreciated the badges it made finding AIM members much easier. I think finding relevant topics
for all audiences for large sessions is very hard...it may be better served to have less of these and more
smaller sessions. It is hard b/c I wanted to go to several sessions that occured at same time...I am not sure
how you reslove that but it would help.
Consider recording workshops presentations on CD and offering for sale. There are often two workshops
of interest scheduled at the same time. With a CD, I could listen at a later time.
Sitting at a conference for a few days can be tiring. While I appreciate the topics / content - they could be a
bit more dynamic. As administrators in busy, complex institutions, perhaps we all have a fast pace day.
more formal networking opportunities more workshops & plenary sessions with physician and
administrative leadership
It would be beneficial to begin the meetings slightly later (primarily due to west coast travel to the east
coast). The Marriott hotel was very expensive for the guests.
I didn’t understand why only 3 of the 5 Alliance members were at the conference. I preferred it when it
was just AIM but if we are forced to do the conference as an Alliance, then all the associations should be
present.
Maybe not have a lunch on the last day at the last session, attendance dwindles to 25%
1. More opportunities for tools/methods sharing. 2. greater detail of what will be discussed at special
interest groups, or 3. special interest groups based around specific areas of interest or problems rather than
job title 4. more protein at breakfast, less pastry 5. Please invite Dr. Klotman to speak to us everytime --
he is delightful 6. I did not have a chance to attend the networking reception, partly because I was unsure
of the dress code. Please indicate next time.
Internet access throughout the hotel. More joint workshop sessions among the organizations represented.
In special interest groups, have a sign in sheet with email addresses so people can connect later with the
speaker. Its disappointing that the listserve is no longer available - I found it very helpful to just email
colleagues directly. The timing of the am sessions should be at 9am instead of 8am keeping west coast in
mind. The board members should be more interactive with especially new AIM members so that they feel
comfortable and want to come back. Location - please pick something that is not in a town or near a center
where its dangerous. Had an experience close to the hotel and was uncomfortable walking around at night
unlike prior meetings at other cities. All slides of presentations should be up by a week before the meeting
so that they can be downloaded. Only 50% or so of AIM were. More exhibitors of products that people
talk about during their presentations. I know this may be COI but often some automated tools would be
brought up during the meeting and it would be great if those exhibtors were there so that we could view
everything a certain tool does. Good topics this year - i was able to find something I liked at almost every
session so well done with the selections. Breakfast - please improve. It was not even to the level of
continental. I’d rather see some buffet lunches in order to get better breakfast. Sorry for all the criteque - I
did enjoy myself at the conference and overall thought it was well planned!
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