Internal Medicine Residency News, Feb. 6, 2018

Clinic Corner: DOC

Contributed by Lynn Bowlby

Accessing the CSRS
A tip from a PRIME resident on access the CSRS, aka the opioid state data base.

How to get a PW and use it, very important with the new laws and in today’s climate.

Today I emailed NC CSRS and got in touch with Kristen Weisberg (email address Kristen.weisberg@dhhs.nc.gov), who provided alternate instructions that helped. She said it would be okay if anyone is still having trouble to reach out to her about access, so wanted to pass her contact info along in case there are still residents having trouble getting registered.

Patient Food Distribution
We are lucky enough to have Med Students providing fresh food for our patients..

The next distribution date is February 23 from 3-5:30. The dates for the rest of the year are March 23, April 27, May 25, June 22, July 27 and Aug. 24.

If a patient is identified as food insecure, they can be referred to Jan to be added to our Epic patient list. We recommend using the Hunger Vital Sign to screen patients for food insecurity. An answer of yes to either or both of the two questions would be a positive screen:

1. Within the past 12 months we worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.
2. Within the past 12 months the food we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t have money to get more.

We want to help any patient with food insecurity.

'Quit on the Go' Trial
“The ‘Quit on the Go’ Trial will be expanding its recruitment efforts in the Duke Outpatient Clinic with the introduction of a new research-specific Maestro Care Best Practice Alert (BPA). ‘Quit on the Go’ is a Duke research study evaluating smoking cessation apps that help those with serious mental illness quit smoking. The ‘Quit on the Go’ research team pre-screens the medical records to identify potentially eligible patients who have upcoming appointments at the clinic.

This BPA will be used by clinic providers and rooming staff to communicate with our research staff about particular patients. Someone from the research team may request that you approach your patient to ask them if they are interested in participating in the study. Utilizing this BPA tool will facilitate this process with you simply indicating your patient’s response with a quick two-click response of “Interested”, “Declined”, or “Not Eligible”. Your response to this BPA will be automatically be communicated to the research team, who can then follow up with your patient to screen and possibly enroll them into the study. We look forward to working with you.

Any questions in regards to this study can be sent to the Study Coordinator, Javier Rizo – javier.rizo@duke.edu or the main study email – vilardaga-lab@duke.edu.

Please let me know if you have any further questions, comments or concerns. We’ll be in touch soon to check-in once this BPA goes live.

From the Chief Residents

 

 

Morning Report and MGR: Feb. 5-9, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location
2/5/18	Men's Health	Lawrence Greenblatt	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
2/6/18	Overview of Anemia	Murat Arcasoy	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
2/7/18	Cost Conscious Case	Kristen Batich to Joe Rogers	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
2/8/18	Hypercalcemia	Julia Scialla	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8252
2/9/18	Medicine Grand Rounds: Skeletal Muscle in Health and Disease: A STIM1-ulating Story	Paul Rosenberg, MD	8 a.m.	DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: Feb. 5-9, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location	Lunch
2/5/18	MKSAP Pulmonary	Jesse Tucker	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Domino's
2/6/18	Special Med-Peds Combined Lecture: Health Care Innovation	Patrick Conway, MD, CEO and President of Blue Cross Blue Shield NC and former CMO of CMS	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Jason's Deli
2/7/18	Med-Peds SAR Lectures	Pavle Milutinovic and Laura Miller	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Popeye's
2/8/18	Residency Council Town Hall		12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Mediterra
2/9/18	Chair's Conference	Nick Shelburne	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002	Guasaca

 

 

Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: Feb. 5-9, 2018

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time
2/5/18	SAR Report Chair's Sign outs	Emily Kinsey to Diana McNeill ​Gen Med 1 to Joseph Rogers	1:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
2/6/18	SAR Report	Dan Maselli to Joe Govert	1:15 p.m.
2/7/18	SAR Report Intern Report	Ashley Naughton to Aimee Zaas Monty Natour to Diana McNeill	1:15 p.m. 3 p.m.
2/8/18	SAR Report/QI Conference Intern Hospitalist Series - Pneumonia	Ashley Spann to Dr. Setji Dr. Telloni	1:15 p.m. 3 p.m.

From the Residency Office

School of Medicine Blood Drive

The School of Medicine will host a blood drive in partnership with the American Red Cross on Thur., March 8, from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. 

 

 

Voices of Medicine

The Department of Medicine will present another staging of Voices of Medicine, a live show featuring true stories from our faculty, trainees, and staff, on Feb. 28, 2018. Learn more.

The theme of this show is humility.

Duke faculty, trainees, and staff are invited to make a story pitch. We’ll select five storytellers, and Jeff Polish, executive director of the Monti, will help you hone your story to an 8-minute gem that you will tell on stage in front of a live audience. To volunteer to tell a story, register here.

Show details
The Voices of Medicine show will take place Wednesday, February 28, 2018 in the Trent Semans Center for Health Education (Sixth Floor).

• Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show starts at 7:00 p.m.
• Appetizers and beverages will be provided.
• Get a free ticket here.

 

Check out The Scope

The Scope is a weekly newsletter that goes out on Fridays and summarizes the best evidence-based medical research from the week in a few fun and easy-to-read sentences. You can check out this weeks email below and people can sign up, see prior issues, and learn more about it at www.medicinescope.com.

 

Faculty-Resident Research Grant

The applications are due on April 8, 2018 for a funding start date on July 1, 2018.

For JARs, the funding end date is June 30, 2019. For Interns, the funding end date is June 30, 2020.

Attached please find the application forms, instructions, and sample NIH format biosketch (the old NIH Bioskecth format forms are acceptable for your CV)

Please submit your application as a single word or pdf file that includes your mentor’s NIH Biosketch (the new versus old NIH Biosketch format is optional for your mentor).

Please email a pdf file of the signed mentor's support letter with your application by April 9, either as part of the entire application or separately.

Each proposal must have a Human subjects section that describes the protections of the patients and patient data, describe the consent procedure if applicable, status of IRB protocol (to be submitted, already submitted or already approved, as appropriate) etc. This section is required whether to not your project is a retrospective or prospective study, whether patient identifiers are exposed (or not) during data collection/analysis, whether consent is to be obtained or there is a waiver for consent. Please see attached example language that you can adapt to your own specific protocol after discussing with your research mentor.

The next opportunity to apply for a research grant will be in September 2018. Please also find attached scholarship opportunity calendar for this academic year 2017-2018

For any questions, or to discuss mentorship and research project opportunities please contact murat.arcasoy@duke.edu

 

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

• March 16 - Match Day!

• April 20 - Charity Auction at Motorco

​​Fun-bruary Events!

• Feb. 6 - Kick-off Drinks (First Round on the Program)
• Feb. 8 - Duke/UNC Basketball Game with DukeMed Alumni
• Feb. 10 - White Coat Moral March
• Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day Stead Breakfast
• Feb. 16 - 2nd Annual Salsa Lessons with Tara Holder
• Feb. 19 - Orgain Stead Mixer at Pour Taproom
• Feb. 26 - Pet Therapy
• Feb. 28 - Voices in Medicine

Opportunities

• Internal Medicine physician opportunity in Phoenix

• Tidelands Health

• https://www.phs.wakehealth.edu/public/edu.cfm

• www.bidmc.org/CentersandDepartments/Departments/BIDHC
• http://www.careermd.com/employers/latestbulletins.aspx
• Fellowship Hall physician opportunity
• Duke Health Hospital Medicine Program
• Doctors Making House Calls
• FirstHealth Physician Group
• CompHealth
• ​Stanford University Clinical Excellence Research Center Design Fellowship

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