Internal Medicine Residency News, April 2, 2018

From the Chief Residents

 

 

Morning Report and MGR: April 2-6, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location
4/2/18	Approach to Sickle Cell Disease	Murat Arcasoy	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
4/3/18	Tick-borne Illness	Micah McClain	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
4/4/18	Cost Conscious Case	Joe Lerman to Joe Rogers	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
4/5/18	Thyroid Disease	Matt Crowley	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
4/6/18	Medicine Grand Rounds: Onco-nephrology: A closer look at the cancer-kidney connection	David Ortiz	8 a.m.	DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: April 2-6, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location	Lunch
4/2/18	MKSAP GI	Brian Sullivan	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Domino's
4/3/18	Multiple Myeloma	Murat Arcasoy	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Guasaca
4/4/18	Inpatient Management of IBD	Alyson McGhan	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Cosmic Cantina
4/5/18	Residency Town Hall	All Residents	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2001	Chick-fil-A
4/6/18	Chair's Conference	James Isaacs	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	China King

 

 

Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: April 2-6, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time
4/2/18	SAR Report - Orientation Chair's Sign outs	Joseph Rogers with GenMed 1	1:15 p.m. 6 p.m.
4/3/18	SAR Report	Tanya Aylward to Joe Govert	1:15 p.m.
4/4/18	SAR Report Intern Report	Sarah Cohen to Aimee Zaas Claudia Leung to Joel Boggan	1:15 p.m. 3 p.m.
4/5/18	SAR Report/QI Conference Intern Hospitalist Series - Decompensated Cirrhosis	Sarah Nelson to Joel Boggan Dr. Sata	1:15 p.m. 3 p.m.

From the Residency Office

Annual Charity Auction - Tickets Are On Sale!
Ticket sales for the Annual Internal Medicine Residency Charity Auction start TODAY, April 2. Stop by the MedRes Office any time to purchase a ticket. We will also be selling them at Grand Rounds starting this week. Tickets are $25. Credit card, cash, and check are all options.

Event Details
What: fun night with food, drinks, and a silent and live auction to benefit Senior PharmAssist and the DOC

When: Friday, April 20, 2018 at 7 p.m.

Where: Motorco Music Hall (723 Rigsbee Avenue, Durham)

 

Resident Wellness Initiative Grants
Resident Wellness Initiative Grants for resident-led, innovative projects are dedicated to promote the well-being of our residents, which is of utmost importance to our Program. 

The proposed initiatives may be designed to promote resident physician wellness by building skills to handle the challenges and the pace of the current healthcare environment, while continuing to provide quality care to patients.

1. Two awards each $2,500/project will be funded
2. Funding start date is July 1, 2018
3. Each proposal must be led by one or more SARs (current JARs) during the 2018-2019 academic year. Extension of funding may be requested next year beyond June 30, 2019
4. Teamwork is encouraged to include rising JARs and incoming interns. Multiple SARs may lead one project
5. Faculty sponsor/advisor may be recruited but not required
6. Additional funding for a larger award may be available depending on the level of interest and budgets of the project(s). The award committee will review and make a decision on each proposal.
7. The 2-page proposals are due on June 1, 2018 for review by an award selection committee
8. Applications forms are attached.

For any questions, please contact murat.arcasoy@duke.edu.

 

Califf Medicine Resident Research Award
The annual Califf Medicine Resident Research Award competition abstracts are due on April 30, 2018. Awards presentation will take place on May 18, 2018 between 7-9 a.m. in Searle Center Lecture Hall.

Abstracts (300 word) and supporting mentor's letter are due on April 30, 2018. All abstracts submitted for competition will also be presented as posters. The top 3 abstracts will be selected by a faculty committee for the Califf Research Awards and these research projects will be presented as 15 minute talks 8-9 a.m.

Two best poster awards will be selected (Research poster and QI poster) by the Chief Residents during the poster viewing session prior to Grand Rounds.

We invite all of you to present your scholarly activities as posters (we can send you poster templates):

1. Basic, clinical, medical education, and translational research projects
2. Case studies / vignettes including ACP posters from 2018
3. QI projects
4. Please plan on presenting your posters posters that you have presented previously at a national scientific meeting

To discuss any issues related to the application process or once you have decided to submit an abstract, please e-mail murat.arcasoy@duke.edu to declare your intention to submit, your research mentor's name and the title of your poster.  Please contact the MedRes office staff (Ms. Tia Williams) for assistance with the poster preparation process.

 

Faculty-Resident Research Grant
The applications are due on April 8, 2018 for a funding start date on July 1, 2018.

For JARs, the funding end date is June 30, 2019. For Interns, the funding end date is June 30, 2020.

Attached please find the application forms, instructions, and sample NIH format biosketch (the old NIH Bioskecth format forms are acceptable for your CV)

Please submit your application as a single word or pdf file that includes your mentor’s NIH Biosketch (the new versus old NIH Biosketch format is optional for your mentor).

Please email a pdf file of the signed mentor's support letter with your application by April 9, either as part of the entire application or separately.

Each proposal must have a Human subjects section that describes the protections of the patients and patient data, describe the consent procedure if applicable, status of IRB protocol (to be submitted, already submitted or already approved, as appropriate) etc. This section is required whether to not your project is a retrospective or prospective study, whether patient identifiers are exposed (or not) during data collection/analysis, whether consent is to be obtained or there is a waiver for consent. Please see attached example language that you can adapt to your own specific protocol after discussing with your research mentor.

The next opportunity to apply for a research grant will be in September 2018. Please also find attached scholarship opportunity calendar for this academic year 2017-2018

For any questions, or to discuss mentorship and research project opportunities please contact murat.arcasoy@duke.edu

 

Feeling down? Need to talk to someone? Opportunities for Wellness
All trainees at Duke have FREE access to Personal Assistance Services (PAS), which is the faculty/employee assistance program of Duke University. The staff of licensed professionals offer confidential assessment, short-term counseling, and referrals to help resolve a range of personal, work, and family problems. PAS services are available free of charge to Duke faculty and staff, and their immediate family members. An appointment to meet with a PAS counselor may be arranged by calling the PAS office at 919-416-1PAS (919-416-1727), Monday through Friday between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. For assistance after hours, residents and fellows can call the Blood and Body Fluid Hotline (115 inside DUH, 919-684-1115 outside) for referral to behavioral health resources. Another resource is Duke Outpatient Psychiatry Referrals at (919) 684-0100 or 1-888-ASK-DUKE. https://www.hr.duke.edu/pas/

Upcoming Dates and Events

• April 20 - Charity Auction at Motorco

• ​June 8 - SAR Dinner

Opportunities

• Internal Medicine physician opportunity in Phoenix

• Tidelands Health

• https://www.phs.wakehealth.edu/public/edu.cfm

• www.bidmc.org/CentersandDepartments/Departments/BIDHC
• http://www.careermd.com/employers/latestbulletins.aspx
• Fellowship Hall physician opportunity
• Duke Health Hospital Medicine Program
• Doctors Making House Calls
• FirstHealth Physician Group
• CompHealth
• ​Stanford University Clinical Excellence Research Center Design Fellowship
• Finity Group, LLC: Financial Planning Dinner Seminar for New Physicians, Feb. 28

Useful links

• GME Mistreatment Reporting Site
• Duke Health Influenza Policy
• http://duke.exitcareoncall.com/
• Main Internal Medicine Residency website
• Main Curriculum website
• Department of Medicine
• Confidential Comment Line Note (All submissions are strictly confidential unless you chose to complete the optional section requesting a response.)
• Updates from the Division of Hematology
• The Scope