From the Director
It’s GME Week! Look for the GME newsletter and other emails regarding where and when to pick up your tshirts, Grub Hub gift cards and more!
GME week marks the final week of FUN-bruary! This weekend, both a Res-i-teering day and a walk happened! This week there is Trivia plus some more fun surprises!
Kudos
Kudos this week to Sebastian Estrada, Jen Dziwis and Michael Cosiano for amazing SAR talks, to Priyanka Reddy from Sara Snow (cards) for fantastic work and teaching in the CICU, to Aubrie Carroll and Kevin Prier for great work in Cards clinic from Dr Jenn Rymer, to Ryan Slauer from Josh Lee for great work on GI consults, to Harsh Patolia from ED attending Lindsey White for outstanding work in the ED, to Vivian Chen-Andrews for sharing her story at Compassionate Care Conference (sent in by Shannon Herndon and Komal Safdar), to Saad Atiq for being a dayfloat machine (from Tingrui Zhao), to Matt Pisarcik for excellent exam and history skills, to Priyanka Reddy for caring for a very sick patient in recus, to Londyn Robinson for amazing coordination of care and Ben Berger for outstanding patient care (all from James Helzberg), to Daniel Travis and Fouad Chouairi from Nijat Aliyev for their work in US class, to James Helzberg, Brittany Chapman and Mary-Jo Obeid from Ryan Keane for their great work on Gen Med, to Mae Hamilton and Matt Goodwin for excellent cross cover from Nicole Dussault, to my gen med team of Brittany Chapman, Nandita Singh. Drew Vista, Meg Sugita and Mike Ibrahim for excellent work this week (and getting the wordles), to Jo Cav from Nicole as well for her work as the 9100 SAR, to Rabab Ali for being a fantastic VA Dayfloat from Shannon McGue, to Colin Marts for his care of a family on 9300 from Drake Edwards and to Nicole Dussault for being a great coach from Katie Smith. Also huge kudos to Hayley Cunningham for organizing the walk in honor of Ahmaud Arbery and to the resiteering crew of Sandra and Dan Loriaux, Sam Curtis, Kristen Corey (and Jeff), Courtney Dominguez (and Ross) and Emory Buck who spent Saturday AM with Jenny Van Kirk, Matt Wood (and Harper) and the Mobile Market Team.
Kudos to the Resiteering team of Sandra and Dan Louriaux, Sam Curtis, Kristen Corey (and Jeff), Courtney Dominguez (and Ross), and Emory Buck from Jenny Van Kirk for all their help running the Mobile Market on Saturday. One of the site leaders, who is also a hospital chaplain, was incredibly impressed by your enthusiasm and hard work. She said, "if this is the future of medicine, we're in great hands!"
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Pooja Patel for her abstract accepted at DDW in San Diego!
EXTENSIVE COLITIS AND CURRENT OR FORMER SMOKING ARE ASSOCIATED WITH POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ILEAL POUCH-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN A STATE-LEVEL REGISTRY
Have a great last week of Funbruary!!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: PRIME
Contributed by Leigh Wynkoop, MHS, PA-C
We’re now using BOTH whiteboards near the precepting room for room assignments and for pertinent quick updates. Please look at both when you arrive for clinic.
As an outgrowth of the continuity clinic survey, our visit notes are actively being updated with the programmers and will roll out soon. We hope this will streamline your work some.
We have 1870 masks in the nurse workroom if you would prefer to use one for clinic.
Staff updates: LPN Michelle Dunlap is still deployed to inpatient. MSA Michelle Dunston has moved to another VA to be closer to family. MSA Latasha Alston is on extended leave. They both have Porsche Lewis set as their surrogate, so anything you alert to them will still be handled. Newly arrived MSA Keimarsha Fitzgerald is in orientation.
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/22/22 |
Med Problems of Pregnancy |
Lynn Bowlby | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 02/23/22 | Breaking Bad News | Katie Young | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 02/24/22 | Breastfeeding Medicine | Katie Young | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: February 25, 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
Thyroid/Parathyroid Hematuria/Proteinuria |
Gratian Eugene Kovalik |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010-- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Vitaltalk Vitaltalk |
Jonathan Fischer Jonathan Fischer |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 -- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/21/22 | SAR Talk: Diarrhea | Dr. Hein | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Namu |
| 02/22/22 | LEADS: Change Management |
|
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chubby Tacos |
| 02/23/22 |
QI Conference |
-- |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Saladelia |
| 02/24/22 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Shah |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Guasaca |
| 02/25/22 | GRAND ROUNDS: Medical Management of Obesity at Duke |
William Yancy Jr., MD Neha Pagidipati, MD Andrea Coviello, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
Report Conference Schedule: February 21-24, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/21/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Report - held in 8262 |
--- Dr. Obeid w/ Dr. Kussin Teaching w/ ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 02/22/22 |
Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA JAR/Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report - held in 2253 |
Dr. Kansal w/ Dr. Govert Dr. Smith & Dr. Durant w/ Dr. Zaas and Dr. Jenny Van Kirk Dr. Johnson w/ Dr. Lyles |
1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2:30 p.m. |
| 02/23/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Egbonim w/ Dr. Jones Dr. Narcisse w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 02/24/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report |
Leadership Conference CAT (Keane) Dr. Larson w/ Dr. Wu Dr. Burns |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
Employee Health has Expanded Hours!
Based on feedback from team members who are seeking COVID testing so they can safely return to work with EOHW approval, the COVID hotline has expanded hours for employees: 5:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 7 days per week.
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