Internal Medicine Residency News, July 16, 2018

From the Director

First two weeks of July are in the books! I am glad to hear of everything running smoothly over the past two weeks, and I am looking forward to getting in the swing of things after our family vacation. Many thanks to the whole Med Res Team for a great start to the year.  

Dr. Butterly and I are getting the new intern meetings completed over the next week or so – if you haven’t had a chance to sign up, please contact Ernest! Similarly, for JARS, please don’t forget to sign up for a semi-annual meeting with Dr. Hargett or me if you have not done so already.

Fellowship applications should be submitted for our SARs. Congrats all on getting this task done… we will be reaching out about mock interviews ASAP. 

Kudos

Kudos this week go to Mike Murn and Shannon Niedermeyer from Dr. Neeru Mettu for outstanding teamwork on a very busy 9300 night, to Nicholas Koutlas from Matt Labriola for a being both efficient AND compassionate on Duke Gen Med, to Diana McNeill for making a special trip to the hospital to debrief a tough case with one of our Gen Med teams, to Hannah Dzimitrowicz who volunteered to help out as the SAR teach on 9300 and was an outstanding role model and educator for our intern, to now-neuro JAR Nate Ameri for receiving a gold star for patient care from a patient on Neurology, to Matt McCulloch from Brian Schneider for being a team player on VA Gen Med, to Hannah Dzmictrowicz and Nick Shelburne from Ruchi Doshi for their phenomenal support during the month on VA Gen Med, to Tessa Genders for going above and beyond as DRH day float from Talisha Ramchal, to Neha Kayastha from Jordan Gales for excellent cross cover management at the VA, and to Lauren Donnangelo for kicking off Chair’s Conference for 2018!

Welcome to the Duke family! Congratulations to Gil and Veronica Acevedo on the birth of Brandon and to Matt and Holly Tucker on the birth of Laura Elizabeth!

PubMed from the Program
This weeks pubmed from the program goes to Shannon Niedermeyer and Mike Murn for their recent publication in Chest! Respiratory Failure in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Niedermeyer S, Murn M, Choi PJ.Chest. 2018 Jul 7. pii: S0012-3692(18)31054-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.06.035. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Have a great week!

Aimee

Clinic Corner: Pickett Road

Contributed by Jeff Clough

We have been excited to see many new faces in the clinic as our interns have hit the ground running. We appreciate Dr. Sherzoy for serving in a new coach role during LEAD week to help the interns get used to outpatient care. We also welcome Dr. Brandi Hernandez to Pickett. On the attending side, several providers are gearing up to use encounter specialists as we continue to experiment with ways to provide high quality care to a large and diverse patient population.

 

From the Chief Residents

 
 
Morning Report and MGR: July 16-20, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
7/16/18

Chronic Diarrhea

Darin Dufault

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/17/18 Skin/Soft Tissue Infection Aimee Zaas 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
7/18/18

Case Conference

 Ryan Anderson to Diana McNeill 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/19/18

SLE

 Lisa Criscione-Schreiber 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/20/18

Medicine Grand Rounds: Pregnancy As A Window Into Future Health

Haywood Brown, MD

 8 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: July 16-20, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
7/16/18

MKSAP ID

Nick Turner

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Domino's
7/17/18

Bugs & Drugs

Chris Hostler

 12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

Mediterra
7/18/18

SAR Lecture: Approach to Antibiotic Use

Chris Pumill

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Jason's Deli
7/19/18

SAR Fellowship Roundtable

For JARs/Interns: How to teach med students

Drs. Loungani, Lowenstern, Smith, Spaete, Nickolick, Zhu

Saumil Chudgar

 12:10 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Firehouse
7/20/18

Chair's Conference

Joe Lerman

 12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Guasaca
 
 
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: July 16-20, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time
7/16/18

SAR Gen Med Orientation/SAR Report

Chair's Sign Outs

Matt Tucker to Bill Hargett

Joe Rogers and GenMed 3 and 4

1 p.m.

6 p.m.
7/17/18

SAR Report

 Corey Bradley to Joe Govert

1:15 p.m.
7/18/18

SAR Report 

Intern Report 

Brittany Gatta to Aimee Zaas

Cassie Lautredou to Stephen Bergin

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.
7/19/18

SAR Report/QI Conference 

Intern Hospitalist Series - Sepsis

Chidi Egwim to Joel Boggan

Eric Pollak

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.

From the Residency Office

2018 Stead Resident Research Grant applications

The program invites residents to apply for a 2018 Stead Resident Research Grant. The applications are due on September 3, 2018 for a funding start date to be determined in October 2018. See email for application instructions, forms, and sample NIH biosketch are attached. Please include your mentor’s NIH Biosketch and support letter.

The REACH Health Equity Center is offering funding for resident research
The Research Scholars Development Program supports health disparities research and is a funding opportunity for residents and fellows. Trainees are required to work with a faculty mentor to develop a research proposal to bring together faculty across disciplines who have a common interest in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in the clinical encounter. Applications are due Sept. 3. Funding begins in October.

Medical Education Leadership Track
The Office of Graduate Medical Education is excited to announce a new education opportunity for trainees PGY2 and above. The new Medical Education Leadership Track (MELT) is designed for trainees who would like to strengthen their skills as educators. The MELT curriculum will consist of 10 interactive workshops over the course of the academic year.  Each session will allow participants to practice the skill discussed and receive feedback on how to improve.  Co-curricular content will be housed and disseminated via an online platform. Participants are expected to attend at least 7 of the 10 sessions to receive a certificate.

If you are interested in participating, please complete the attached application and email it to Kate McDaniel (katherine.mcdaniel@duke.edu) by Monday, July 9. Enrollment decisions will be made by July 31 and the first session will be held Aug. 23.

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

  • Aug. 10 - Intern Retreat

  • Aug. 23 - Durham Bulls Game!

  • Sept. 29 - Stead Tread 5K

  • Oct. 19 - Recruitment Kickoff

Opportunities

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