Division News

Joel Boggan, MD, officially joined the division this fall, making him one of the newest additions to the division faculty. In this week’s faculty spotlight, we talk to him about his experience as chief resident of quality improvement and patient safety, his work in Quality Improvement, using Twitter professionally, and great places to eat in Durham. Although you’re new to the division, you’re no stranger to Duke.

The School of Medicine is seeking applicants for the position of Associate Course Director for the Practice Course. The Practice Course is a longitudinal course spanning the first three years of medical school. The first year of the course teaches medical students the foundation of the patient-physician relationship, communication and interviewing as well as basic physical examination skills. The second year of the course is dedicated to advanced communication skills such as giving bad news as well as discussion of topics related to student clinical experiences.

[caption id="attachment_1842" align="alignright" width="300"] Brasstown Valley, the site of the 2015 course.[/caption] Applications are now open for the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Georgia Biomedical Informatics Course, to be held in the spring and fall of 2015 at Georgia Regents University.

This week’s faculty spotlight shines on palliative care physician Nathan A Gray, MD. Gray talks to us about how he got into palliative care, his efforts to expand access to palliative care, and his own work as an amateur cartoonist.

The NIH is seeking Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. This grant will bring together academic institutions and community organizations to identify opportunities for reducing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Applicants may request direct costs of up to $30,000 per year for up to three years.

The 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation will be held from December 8-9 in Bethesda, MD.

Division faculty and staff are invited to attend a screening of the film “Consider the Conversation 2: Stories About Cure, Relief, and Comfort,” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 4. Tickets are free, but registration is required and space is limited.

Division faculty are encouraged to register as Doximity Members, so that their opinions can be heard by US News and World Report. Starting in 2015, this organization will no longer be using the AMA Physician Masterfile to survey physicians. Instead they will be using Doximity’s Masterfile.

The American Society of Hypertension is calling for abstract submissions for its 2015 meeting, which will be held May 15-19 in New York City. Submissions are due by December 9. Click here to read the submission guidelines or to submit an abstract.

One of the division’s newest faculty members recently returned to Duke after a fellowship at Johns Hopkins and four years on the faculty at the University of Maryland.