From the Director
Hi Everyone!
Hope everyone had a good weekend! Nice to see that Sunday afternoon practices continue! We are gearing up for a number of social events in August, so please pay attention to the calendar! Thanks to everyone who is keeping the interview calendar updated as well. I hear that the first interview skills session with Dr. Kat Pollak went very well – please keep an eye on the calendar for the next session if you were unable to make it.
Congratulations to our intern residency council reps: Matthew Carlisle, Lauren Donnangelo, Keva Garg, Joseph Lerman and Martin Weiss. Much appreciated to everyone who also volunteered to be part of the various residency council subcommitees.
Kudos
Kudos and congrats this week to Annie Reihman for her outstanding SAR talk, and to Landon Brown for a fantastic chair’s conference. Other kudos go out to Sarah Nouri and Landon Brown from Daphne Xiao for being great teachers and team leaders on Duke Gen Med, to Robert Diep for compassionate care on gen med (as told to Jason Zhu from a patient’s family member), and to Sipa Yankey from Melodi Whitley and the CCU interns for teaching a lot and helping with procedures in the CCU. Thank you to Joel Boggan and the Kerby Society for hosting a fun night at the Durham Bulls game.
PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Lauren Sharan for her abstract that was accepted for an oral presentation at AHA “The Impact of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension” with co-authors as med peds graduate Jordan Awerbach, and mentors Tom Bashore and Richard Krasuski.
Have a great week!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Pickett Road
Contributed by Sharon Rubin
We welcome Dr. Nastassia Shaw who comes from University of Connecticut. She was an ambulatory chief there and ready to start at Pickett Road to see patients and in time precept with residents. We are so excited for her to join us. As a clinic we are working on refining our referrals work flow so that our patients get their mammograms, colonoscopies, radiology and specialty referral in a more timely manner. We are also working on refills starting on the weekend to keep up with the demand. We are assembling a team to go the Heart Walk in October. We are also preparing to restart extended hours in September, starting 7 a.m. and then later in December extending the hours to 6 p.m.
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/17 |
Case presentation |
Irena Tan to Dave Butterly |
7:15 a.m. | DUH 8252 |
| 8/15/17 |
Diabetes, cases |
David D'Alessio |
7:15 a.m. |
DUH 8252 |
| 8/16/17 |
Case Presentation |
David Beavers to Ken Lyles |
7:15 a.m. | DUH 8252 |
| 8/17/17 |
Opioids/Pain, cases |
Larry Greenblatt |
7:15 a.m. | DUH 8252 |
| 8/18/17 |
Medicine Grand Rounds: eConsults: Improving Access to Specialty Care |
Blake Cameron |
8:00 a.m. | DN 2002 |
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/17 |
MKSAP Neurology/Inter D Brief |
Suma Shah/Tony Galanos and Vicki Leff |
12:15 p.m. |
DUH 2002/Med Res Library | Domino's |
| 8/15/17 |
SAR Lecture: Management of ETOH and Narcotic Withdrawl |
Liz Gilbert |
12:15 p.m. | DUH 2002 |
China King |
| 8/16/17 |
Schwartz Rounds JAR Town Hall |
Joseph Rogers |
12:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. |
DUH 2002 Med Res |
Jason's Deli |
| 8/17/17 |
Intern Town Hall/Noon Conference |
Joseph Rogers |
12:15 p.m. |
Med Res/DUH 2002 |
NOSH |
| 8/18/17 |
Chair's Conference |
Irena Tan |
12:00 p.m. |
DUH 2002 |
Gausaca |
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: Aug. 14-18, 2017
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/14/17 |
Case Presentation Sign-out |
Luke Cerbin with Diana McNeill Joe Rogers |
1:15 p.m. 8 p.m. |
| 8/15/17 |
Case Presentation |
Steve Kimani and Joe Govert |
1:15 p.m. |
| 8/16/17 |
Case Presentation Case Presentation |
Sarah Nouri with Stephen Bergin Anish Badjatiya and Madhulika Eluir with Tim Scialla |
1:15 p.m. 3 p.m. |
| 8/17/17 |
Patient Safety Conference Intern Diadactic - Prostate Cancer |
Kevin Smith and Dr. Setji Megan McNamara |
1:15 p.m. 3 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
How much does that antibiotic cost?
Check out https://www.customid.org/antimicrobial/antimicrobial-cost-chart!
The ASET pharmacists (Christina Sarubbi and Rebekah Wrenn) have worked with the Center for Medication Policy to put together a handy chart that compares the costs of antimicrobials at DUH. Please use this as you’re considering clinical choices, doing QI projects, or if you’re just curious! These are inpatient direct pharmacy costs per day for Duke University based on common dosing schedules. They will be updated every 6 months by the Center for Medication Policy and maintained on CustomID. If there is a large change in cost, it will be updated more frequently.
6th Annual Stead Tread
Save the Date: Join us Saturday, Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. for the 6th Annual Stead Tread 5K Run and Walk on the American Tobacco Trail at Solite Park. The race benefits the Lincoln Community Healthcare Center. Learn more.
2017 Stead Resident Research Grant
We are pleased to announce a request for proposals for the 2017 Stead Resident Research Grant. The applications are due on Sept. 3, 2017 for a funding start date to be determined in October 2017.
Review the application instructions and sample forms.
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
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Aug. 25 - Residency Welcome Event hosted by Dr. Rogers
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Aug. 30 - Warren Stead Society will host Dinner, Drinks and Trivia Night at Bull McCabe's
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Sept. 3 - 2017 Stead Resident Research Grant Deadline
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Sept. 9 - 6th Annual Stead Tread 5K Run and Walk
Opportunities
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