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Academy forMedical SpecialistsPieter Wijnsma, MD, Director Academy MSSince 2008, iBMG participates in the Academy for MedicalSpecialists, together with the Order of Medical Specialists andVvAA, an insurance and service organisation for (para)medics.The Academy provides courses for medical specialists and residents,which are offered to individuals and as in-company training. Thecourses encompass topics such as medical management, hospitalmanagement, health economics, quality and safety and skills, suchas cooperation, conflict management, negotiation, stress and timemanagement, effective chairing of meetings and so on. Since itsfoundation in 2008, the output of the Academy has more thandoubled. At the end of 2010, the Academy was well known amongmedical specialists, organisations of medical specialists, hospitals andmental health institutes.In 2009, the Academy organised 57 courses (107,5 training days)for 673 participants. In 2010, the Academy provided 80 courses(167 training days) for 1051 participants.Among the courses in 2010 were 15 courses of 2 days each on MultiSource Feedback (MSF) for auditors. The Order of Medical Specialistsadvises all medical staff to implement a system of job evaluationconversations and advises them to use either MSF or Appraisal &Assessment (A&A). Auditors are trained to lead those conversations.Auditors in one-third of all hospitals are trained by the Academy.The Academy also trains audit committees of nationalassociations of medical specialists, who perform audits ofgroups of staff in a hospital. The Academy has alsoorganised 4 regional conferences for 222 medicalspecialists on behalf of the national associations ofanaesthesiologists and surgeons on the topic ofimplementation of guidelines for the preoperativeprocess. The Health Care Inspectorate has made theimplementation of these guidelines mandatory.44