Internal Medicine Residency News, July 23, 2018

From the Director

It’s Physical Exam Week at noon conference! Thank you to Murat Arcasoy for planning our 8th annual PE Week! Looking forward to seeing you all there. Thanks also to the chiefs for hosting SAR Happy Hour with the Chiefs and to ResCo for kicking off the Wednesdays at Ponysaurus.

Kudos

Kudos this week to Chris Pumill for an outstanding SAR talk, to all the Duke gen med interns from the GM night residents for excellent sign outs and anticipatory guidance (and to the Gen Med SARs for teaching them!), to Dana Middleton and Mike Noujiam from Landon Brown for outstanding care of a complex oncology patient at the VA, to Joe Lerman for his awesome chair’s conference, to Joe Plaksin from Alex Sullivan for being an involved, energetic and committed dayfloat, and to Neha Kayastha from Jordan Gales for handling an AMA discharge with skill and grace.

Congrats to the SARs on getting those fellowship applications in! Please don’t hesitate to ask us if you have questions about how to handle interview scheduling.

Do you volunteer somewhere in the community?

Do you have an organization that you support that could use some help?  We are gearing up to start the monthly “Res-i-teering” opportunities – these are typically one day or night events where you can give back to the community and enjoy some time with peers while helping out. If you know an organization that can use a hand, please let me and Ernest know so that we can start planning for our first event in SEPTEMBER.

Have you signed up for SLACK?

Rumor has it that about 30 of you are missing out on the SLACK communication! As of August 1st, no residency communication will come through the paging system (yay! No noon conference page during report! No worrying if this page is an RRT or a reminder about Guasaca!). So stay in the know and get your SLACK uploaded! Questions – ask Joel Boggan who is our SLACK-master!

PubMed from the Program

This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Tanmay Gokhale for his recent publication in PLoS Computational Biology: Microheterogeneity-induced conduction slowing and wavefront collisions govern macroscopic conduction behavior: A computational and experimental studyTanmay A. Gokhale ,Huda Asfour ,Shravan Verma,Nenad Bursac  ,Craig S. Henriquez.

Have a great week!

Aimee

Clinic Corner: PRIME

Contributed by Leigh Wynkoop

It’s been great welcoming our new interns to PRIME! Special thanks to the PRIME staff for helping with the snacks on orientation day, especially RN Carmen Hurst, whose Oreo balls are always a huge hit.

Check out our PRIME “Getting to Know You” bulletin board to learn things we wouldn’t guess about our interns and their most-wanted superpower – and to see cute pictures of people/pets. Don’t get on a deserted island with some of them – they chose to be with a worst enemy rather than best friend, as the enemy would be their food source….

Our other hall bulletin board has cute pictures of our four new PRIME baby boys, sons of Dr. Califano, Gil Acevedo, Sonali Bracken, and Nick Shelburne. And there are photos of our most recent WOW award recipients who were singled out by patients for exemplary patient care: Shannon Niedermeyer, Colin Smith, and Mike Grant.

Our clinic LEADS have been invaluable with helping interns with our EHR – shout out to Eric Wei, Akash Goyal, and Steve Pappas for helping everybody get orders and consults entered and notes written.

We’re looking forward to a phenomenal year of PRIME-time with all of our residents!

Leigh and Sonal

 

From the Chief Residents

 
 
Morning Report and MGR: July 23-27, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
7/23/18

Case conference

 Joe Plaksin presenting to Dr. Harvey Cohen 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/24/18 Knee/Hip Arthritis and Exam Chad Mather 7:15 a.m.

Pickett Road
7/25/18

Asthma

 Timothy Scialla 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/26/18

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

 Lisa Criscione-Schreiber 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
7/27/18

Medicine Grand Rounds: The (Durham) VA: How did we get here, and where are we going?

Kenneth Goldberg

 8 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: July 23-27, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
7/23/18

Cardiovascular Exam

Dr. Patel

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Domino's
7/24/18

Neurologic Exam

Joel Morgenlander

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

Popeye's
7/25/18

Respiratory Exam

William Hargett

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Subway
7/26/18

Dermatology basics for the Internist

 Laura Caputo

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2001

 China King
7/27/18

Musculoskeletal Exam

Lisa Criscione-Schreiber

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Chick-fil-A
 
 
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: July 23-27, 2018
Date Topic Lecturer Time
7/23/18

SAR Report

Chair's Sign Outs

Dr. Murn presents to Dr. Arcasoy

Dr.s Charles, Groves, Egwim, Asuzu to Dr. Rogers

1:15 p.m.

7:15 p.m.
7/24/18

SAR Report

 Dr. Charles presents to Dr. Maziarz

1:15 p.m.
7/25/18

SAR Report 

Intern Report 

Dr. Bhattacharya presents to Dr. Zaas

Dr. Tanmay Gokhale presents to Dr. Tian Zhang

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.
7/26/18

SAR Report/QI Conference 

Intern Hospitalist Series - Sepsis

Dr. Bradley to Dr. Boggan

Dr. Boggan

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.

From the Residency Office

PWIM welcomes Interns
The Program for Women in Medicine invites all interns to the first annual PWIM Welcome Event, a social networking event to provide you with an opportunity to meet some of the other women in your field. Please join us at Fullsteam Brewery on Thursday, Aug. 2 at 6:30-8pm.

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. 2 - PWIM welcomes new interns

  • Aug. 10 - Intern Retreat

  • Aug. 23 - Durham Bulls Game!

  • Sept. 29 - Stead Tread 5K

  • Oct. 19 - Recruitment Kickoff

Opportunities

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