Internal Medicine Residency News, April 9, 2018

From the Director

Hope everyone is doing well. Schedules are poised to come out VERY SOON, with many thanks to the chiefs (and Jason’s mad computer skills) for making this happen. We have the charity auction coming up, put together by your hard working co-chairs Corey Bradley and Hannah Dzmictrowicz.  Get your tickets and be there!

I hope many of you had a chance to meet and welcome Ernest McCowan to the Med Res team! He’s getting ready to plan the Faculty-Resident Basketball Game, so stay tuned! Two Stead events upcoming, sponsored by the Warren Society – Thursday, April 19, Dinner at the Ronald McDonald House, and then a friends and family cookout at the Crowley’s on Friday, May 18.  So, get your community service in with the Warren Society and then mark your calendars for a fun and relaxing evening with the Crowley family!

Kudos

Kudos this week go to Brittany Gatta and Joe Plaksin from Tara Spector for helping out on a busy night float night, to Joe Plaksin and Lara Hayes from Brittany Gatta for being awesome teammates on night float and for being such admirable doctors, and to Shaki Salvador from cards fellow Rahul Loungani for doing a fantastic job in the CCU. Kudos to Shannon Niedermeyer for getting a major kudos sent to the top brass at the VA from a VA patient, and to Jim Isaacs for an excellent chair’s conference.

PubMed from the Program

This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Mike Murn for his abstract “Ethical Challenges When an ALS Patient Becomes Locked-in” presented at the International Conference on Home Mechanical Ventilation in Lyon, France with mentor Phil Choi.

Have a great week!

Aimee

 

Clinic Corner: DOC

Contributed by Lynn Bowlby

Click here for an update from DOC.

From the Chief Residents

 
 
Morning Report and MGR: April 9-13, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
4/9/18

SRS/Learning from Defects

Joel Boggan

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8252
4/10/18 Improving Difficult Patient Encounters: Pearls for the Provider/System Paul Riordan 7:15 a.m.

Pickett Road
4/11/18

Pituitary Disorders

 Diana McNeill 7:15 a.m. DUH 8252
4/12/18

Case Presentation

 Megan Dupuis to Ken Lyles 7:15 a.m. DUH 8252
4/13/18

Medicine Grand Rounds: Targeted therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Tom Stinchcombe, MD

 8 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: April 9-13, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
4/9/18

MKSAP Heme/Oncology

Jason Zhu

12:10 p.m.

 DUH 2002 Domino's
4/10/18

SAR Lecture: Diarrhea

Shai Posner

 12:10 p.m. DUH 2002

Firehouse Subs
4/11/18

Med-Peds Combined Conference: Sickle Cell Disease

Nirmish Shah

12 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Popeye's
4/12/18

Residency M&M

Joel Boggan and Sam Lindner

 12:10 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Subway
4/13/18

Chair's Conference

Daniel Turner

 12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Bullock's
 
 
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: April 9-13, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time
4/9/18

SAR Report 

Chair's Sign outs

Sarah Nelson to Bill Hargett

Joseph Rogers with GenMed 2

1:15 p.m.

6 p.m.
4/10/18

SAR Report

 Jared Lowe to Joe Govert

1:15 p.m.
4/11/18

SAR Report

Intern Report

Landon Brown to Aimee Zaas

Taylor Triana to Dr. McNamara

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.
4/12/18

SAR Report/QI Conference

Intern Hospitalist Series - Sickle Cell Disease

Tanya Aylward to Joel Boggan and Jon Bae

Jenny Van Kirk

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.

 
 

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 19 - Warren Society at Ronald McDonald House

  • April 20 - Charity Auction at Motorco

  • ​May 18 - Resident Research Grand Rounds + Cookout at the Crowley's

  • ​June 8 - SAR Dinner

Opportunities

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