From the Director
Is it really basically September? Time has a weird way of going both slow and fast right now. From all of us in the program leadership, a huge kudos to all of our residents, interns, students and staff for really incredible work during the most unusual start to an academic year. We truly appreciate your work, your engagement, your support of your patients and your support of each other as we settle into the year with less opportunity to be together in person, both at work and outside of work.
Today is the Intern Noon Conversation with Dr. Cooney, and we have a program Town Hall Conversation on Thursday. While you’re at it, wish Matt Labs a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!
Congratulations to our intern ResCo reps:
- Emory Buck
- Annie Cavalier (P)
- Priyanka Patel
- Anand Shah
- Omar Martinez-Uribe
Fellowship interviews are getting booked at a rapid pace – congrats to all of you! If you want to do your interview while at work, please see the Google sign up sheet that Hannah sent out to reserve space in one of our “interview-offices."
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Ryne Ramaker from Dylan Ryan for fantastic work and physical exam skills on Neurology, to Harsh Patolia from Hayley Cunningham for his outstanding work on Gen Med VA, to Ceshae Harding for an awesome Cohen Conference, to Trent Wei for a superb SAR talk, to Amanda Broderick for showing up Matt Labriola (MEGS!!!), to Bhavik Patel from Bari Rosenberg and right back to Bari from Bhavik for general gen med awesomeness, and to Megan Barrett from Peggy Sahu for thoughtful and compassionate patient care.
Belated congratulations to Audrey Zhang for winning the prestigious Lipkin Award from the Society for General Internal Medicine for her research.
Congratulations to Daniel and McCauley Bernstein on their wedding! Also a belated pic of Dr. and Mrs. Goodwin.
PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Ahmad Mourad for his recent publication in Annals of Internal Medicine! Ann Intern Med 2020 Aug 19. doi: 10.7326/M20-4984. Online ahead of print. The Remote Misses of COVID-19.
Have a great week!
Aimee
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/1/20 |
Outpatient Pneumonia |
Dr. Trinh | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 9/2/20 | Breast Masses & Pain | Dr. Plichta | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 9/3/20 | Cost Conscious Report | Dr. Cooney | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: Sept. 4, 2020 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
Diabestes ESRD Options |
Dr. Canos Dr. Smith |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| ID/GI/GIM |
N/A - option to attend RRE session N/A - option to attend RRE session |
-- |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Spirometry: Clinical Application Chronic Cough |
Dr. Bergin Dr. Bergin |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
-- |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/31/20 | Intern Town Hall | Dr. Cooney | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Makus Empanadas |
| 9/1/20 |
Lymphoma |
Dr. Mckinney | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Piper's in the Park |
| 9/2/20 |
Inpatient Sickle Cell Management |
Dr. Strouse | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 9/3/20 |
COVID Program Updates |
Chiefs | 12:15 p.m. |
Zoom |
Holy Moly Tacos |
| 9/4/20 | Medicine Grand Rounds: The Latinx Community is disproportionately affected by COVID-19. What can you and Duke Health do? |
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, MD, FAAFP Yolanda Guzman, MD Gabriela Maradiaga Panayotti, MD Leonor Corsino, MD, MHS Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Golden Pizza and Subs |
Report Conference Schedule: Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2020
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/31/20 |
VA JAR CAT VA Intern Orientation Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Perfect and Dr. Simel -- Dr. Asuzu with Dr. Bergin |
11 a.m. 1 p.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 9/1/20 |
VA JAR Case Report VA Case Intern Report Duke SAR Report Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Sahu and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Herndon and Dr. Garbarino Dr. Chukwurah with Dr. Govert Dr. Martinez-Uribe with Dr. Labriola |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 9/2/20 |
VA JAR CAT Presenter Duke SAR Report |
Dr. Nama and Dr. Batch Dr. Patel with Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 9/3/20 |
VA JAR Curriculum Series VA Intern Report Duke QI Intro Duke Intern Report |
Dr. Caputo Dr. Binz and Dr. Schneider Dr. Boggan and Dr. Krishnan Dr. Kellog with Dr. Todd |
11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Narrative Medicine
The Duke Narrative Medicine group will be having its first meeting of the year in-person on Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. in the Med Res! Narrative Medicine is a low-key, fun group where we usually eat dinner together and take the opportunity to share and discuss pieces that we've written. It's not a place for academic writing or publication or intense critiques, but it IS a great opportunity to get to know some of your colleagues outside of work on a more personal level. You're more than welcome to come hang out and talk with us even if you haven't written anything lately.
There's usually a loose theme for each session, but not all the pieces have to be about that topic.
This session's theme will be "Overcoming Barriers." The theme was inspired by the "Forgotten Voices: Confronting Duke Hospital's Racial Past" Medicine Grand Rounds on 8/14, so if you have any written reflections from that session, we would love to discuss them! However, we would be equally thrilled to hear about your experience overcoming the barriers of PPE to bond with patients or overcoming the barrier of crushing fatigue at the end of 28-hour call. Sean Taasan, Austin Wesevich, and Tim Hopper will be there to facilitate the discussion along with our esteemed faculty mentor, Dr. G! In the interest of social distancing, this event will be limited to 10 people, so email Tim if you're planning to come.
Stead Research Grants - call for applications
We are accepting applications for the 2020 Stead Resident Research Grants. The applications are due on Sept. 2, 2020 for a funding start date to be determined in October 2020. Application instructions, forms, and sample NIH biosketch are in an email from Dr. Arcasoy. Please include your mentor’s NIH Biosketch in a single file with the grant. Your mentor's support letter can be emailed separately. We have research funding application opportunities twice in each academic year: in the fall (Stead grants) and spring (Faculty Resident Research Grants). The next funding opportunity will be in April 2021 (Faculty Resident Research Grants).
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
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/
Opportunities
Useful links
- ACR Teach Blog
- 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