Internal Medicine Residency News, December 12, 2016

From the Director

Wow! #bestever in terms of fun had at the Holiday Party! Many thanks to Dr. Klotman and the Department of Medicine for hosting such a great night, and to Alyson, Aparna, Matt and Adam (and our “Mean Tweets” faculty members) for the outstanding entertainment.  I really love seeing everyone having a great time and in their holiday best (pocket squares notwithstanding…).   Thanks to all who participated in the Toys for Tots donations and to Erin Payne for helping us coordinate the efforts. Erin reports her car was "packed to the brim!"

As the end of the calendar year approaches, please be on the lookout for the schedule request forms from Jen and Lynsey.  These aren’t due until you return back from break, but a good time to be thinking about your requests for next year.  In addition, please be sure to meet with your advisor before Jan. 1!  We will be tracking you down … it’s important to have a check in.  If you are having difficulty with this, please let Madi or me know.

Kudos

Kudos this week to Abhi Kapuria from his medical student Alex for being an amazing and invested teacher on Gen Med, to Todd Brophy from Mike Cicale at the VA for incredible patient centered care, to Jeremy Cypen and John Paul Shoup for sending their interns to the holiday party while holding down the fort at the VA, to Sam Lindner from Kristen Newby for great teaching summaries in the CCU, to Eric Black-Maier from Aubrey Jolly Graham for great leadership on Duke Gen Med, to Nicole Pristera and Dan Maselli from Brian Schneider for amazing work on VA GM and to Dan Maselli, Becca Lumsden, Jenny Van Kirk, AJ Blood, Daniel Turner and Div Patel for doing My Take last week! Shoutout to Sipa Yankey, Landon Brown, and Juan Magana for being awesome co-residents in the CCU from Megan Dupuis. Big thanks to our tour guides  - Jenny Van Kirk, Linda Koshy, Div Patel, Coco Fraiche, Caroline Sloan, Ankeet Bhatt, Alison Vasan, Lauren Collins, Dan Maselli and David Sermer! Kudos to Shai Posner for an awesome chair’s conference, and to Maggie Moses for getting the diagnosis!

Finally, CONGRATULATIONS to our SARs and recent graduates on their AMAZING fellowship match! If you haven’t seen the list, check it out here: https://medicine.duke.edu/medicinenews/duke-internal-medicine-residency-program-celebrates-fellowship-match-2016-2017.

PubMed from the Program

This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Anubha Agarwal whose abstract has been accepted to the AHA EPI/Lifestyle Meeting in Portland in 2017! “Association Between Socioeconomic Position and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: The Solan Surveillance Study”. 

Have a great week!

Aimee

Clinic Corner: Pickett Road Clinic

Contributed by Sharon Rubin, MD

We have a new addition; Elaina Noel Metz was born Dec. 1, 2016 to Dr. Audrey Metz and her husband Andrew. She weighed 7 lbs 13 ounces. We celebrated Thanksgiving as a clinic with our Annual Chili Cook off and Jasmine, our CMA won the prize! We collected food for the Urban Ministries and clothes and supplies to Durham Rescue Mission. We have a toy donation box in Karen Pryce's office. Any new or gently used toy will be donated as well to the Durham Rescue Mission. We hope everyone has a happy holiday and safe new year!

QI Corner

Contributed by Matt Atkins, MD

Our next PSQC Meeting is Wed., Dec. 14 at 5:30 p.m. in the Med Res Library (DN 8253). Pizza will be served; any and all are welcome to attend!

We'll be discussing details of proposed projects for the second half of the year.

  1. Deprescribing/decreasing inappropriate medications on discharge (e.g. PPIs)
  2. HIV screening on select inpatients
  3. Improving skin, line, and tube exams at transitions of care
  4. Spreading the paging project to the VA

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: December 12-16, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
12/12/16

Adrenal tumors

Diana McNeil

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8262
12/13/16

Sexual abuse response at Pickett Road Clinic

 

 7:30 a.m.

Pickett Road Clinic, 2nd floor conference room
12/14/16

Case presentation

Emily Kinsey to Ken Lyles

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
12/15/16

Wellness

Jim Lefler

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
12/16/16

Medicine Grand Rounds 

 Gow Arepally 8:00 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: December 12-16, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
12/12/16

Applicant interviews

 

 12:00 p.m. DUH 8253

Jason's Deli
12/13/16

Applicant interviews

 

 12:00 p.m. DUH 8253

Parker & Otis
12/14/16 Wellness

 

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2002

 China King
12/15/16

How Do I Interpret this CXR?

Tina Tailor (Radiology attending)

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Rudinos
12/16/16

Chair's Conference

Elieth Martinez

 11:30 a.m. DUH 2002 Parker & Otis

From the Residency Office

Recruitment

Keep an eye out for emails that have the recruitment graphic—these messages mean we need your help or response.

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/

Office hours for program leaders

Please feel free to stop by during these times and of course always feel free to reach out to program leaders to set up a meeting outside of these times if needed.

  • Aimee Zaas: Thursday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Upcoming Dates and Events

  • December 7 - Fellowship Match

Opportunities

Useful links

 

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