From the Director
Two “snowmaggedons” down, are we done for the NC winter? Not sure but hopefully so. Thanks to Felix Nwajei and Komal Safdar for the DUKE IM representation in the snow this weekend.
A few things to take note of….its our LAST RECRUITMENT WEEK! Let’s do this!
For those applying to fellowships in the upcoming fellowship match cycle … Dr Hargett and I will be hosting our “applying to fellowship” intro sessions on Feb 1 and Feb 15 (7pm, zoom link to follow). The sessions are the same – we will record in case someone’s schedule keeps them from attending.
If you are a PGY-2 and have not yet signed up for Step 3 – now is the time so that your scores are in before PGY-3 contracts are released.
Kudos
Kudos this week to Ashley Thrower for her selection as the 2022 Dr. Brenda Armstrong Award for Advancement of Diversity and Inclusion at Duke at this year’s annual SNMA Dr. Martin Luther King jr Banquet! Also kudos to Jackie Kercheval from Jordan Huckabee (pharmacist) for going above and beyond for a patient, to Tyler Couch and Peggy Sahu for fantastic work on the 7800/pulm consult service (from former IM res Dr Jessie Gu), to Harsh Patolia and Tingrui Zhao from Dr Jenny Van Kirk for excellent work and patient centered care on the procedure service, to Amanda Broderick for a stellar LEADS presentation, to Harsh Patolia from Hubie Haywood for amazing care in the CICU and to Nicole Dussault from Hubie for her wonderful patient care in the CICU and right back to Hubie from Nicole for his excellent family discussions in the CICU, and to JT Tanaka from Hannah Florian for great care of patients on Night Float. Also thanks to our recruitment teams of Katie Smith, Kaela Miller, Rohit Nair, Sarah Moserowitz., Sukrit Jain, Megan Barrett, Hayley Cunningham, Ryan Keane, Ceshae Harding, Jake Pierce, SHivy Chandramouli, Carolyn Ahlers, Amanda Broderick, Ben Kellogg, Chris Wanjiku, Tingrui Zhao and Geargin Wilson as well as our My Take teams of Lauren Pinion, Bari Rosenberg, Ann Cameron Barr, Komal Safdar, Shannon McGue and Sith Sekar as well as Daniel Travis and Kayla Humphreys for the Sig other zoom!
“Shout out to Londyn for being a boss on nights all of last week.” from radiology resident Gary Sulioti while she was on Neuro Nights.
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Mike Cosiano and Rachel Tobin for their article published earlier this year!
Physical Functioning in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.
Cosiano MF, Tobin R, Mentz RJ, Greene SJ.J Card Fail. 2021 Sep;27(9):1002-1016. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.04.013. Epub 2021 May 12.
Have a great week!!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Ambulatory
Contributed by Daniella Zipkin
Ambulatory teams – thinking outside the box
Do you have creative ideas for how to pair up upper-level residents and interns in the clinic environment? If a SAR had free time in the clinic outside of patient care slots to team up with co-residents, what could that look like? Please share ideas with Dani Zipkin as we work toward building a novel clinic team-based experience.
Ambulatory Town Hall feedback
Huge thanks go to Nancy Yang for hosting town halls with all three clinics during morning report to hear your feedback and share with clinic leadership. Together with the continuity clinic survey in October, this is our biggest source of information. As always, if you have more ideas to share, please talk to your clinic leads!
Clinic templates
We are constantly working behind the scenes to bring new opportunities for learning during ambulatory rotations. The Threads content will be shifting soon, more on that to come. We are also adding new opportunities in orthopedics and women’s health/STI’s for those GIM themed blocks, as well as addiction medicine.
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/25/22 |
Periop Medicine |
Faye Farber | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 01/26/22 | Anaphylaxis/angioedema | Haley Hostetler | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 01/27/22 | Communication | Patrick Hemming | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: January 28, 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
Mastering Tough Conversations |
Jonathan Fischer Jonathan Fischer |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010-- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Personal Finance Personal Finance |
Venu Reddy Venu Reddy |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 -- ZOOM SESSION ONLY |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/24/22 | SAR Talk: Cancer | Dr. Ryne Ramaker | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Alpaca |
| 01/25/22 | LEADS: Patient Advocacy and Involvement in Governmental Affairs |
Amit Patel, MD Caroline Sloan, MD Gabriela M. Maradiaga Panayotti Daniella Zipkin |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Piper's In the Park |
| 01/26/22 |
SAR Talk: Med-Peds |
Dr. Chris Zheng | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Happy & Hale |
| 01/27/22 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Connor Craig |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Itaewon Grill |
| 01/28/22 | GRAND ROUNDS: In Search of a Sheriff in the Wild West: Introducing Duke AI Health 2.0 and ABCDS Oversight for Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support |
Michael J. Pencina, PhD Armando Bedoya, MD, MMCi |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
Report Conference Schedule: January 24-27, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/24/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Corey w/ Dr. Simel Dr. Cohen Teaching w/ ACR |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 01/25/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report - held in 2253 |
----- Dr. Harding w/ Dr. Govert Dr. Hiserodt & Dr. Safdar w/ Dr. Zaas & JVK Dr. Patel w/ Dr. Alspaugh |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 01/26/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Staplefoote-Boynton w/ Dr. Patel Dr. Muralidharan w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 01/27/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report Duke Intern Case Report |
Dr. McNeil Dr. Schwennesen w/ Dr. Huang Intern Teaching w/ Dr. Labriola (2002) |
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