Internal Medicine Residency News, March 27, 2017

Clinic Corner: Ambulatory 

Contributed by Daniella Zipkin

 

Schedule Updates

The chiefs and the residency office are on track to have nearly the ENTIRE year of continuity clinics planned out before June. Imagine how much easier it will be to maintain continuity with YOUR own patients when you can look ahead to your actual clinic days to see them back! When you have the chance, please thank Emily, Lynsey, Jen, and the Chiefs for making this possible!

 

Evaluations

And, while I’m on the topic of continuity clinics, please select all of the attendings you had significant interactions with at your clinics (we know this is toughest at Prime and DOC), every week that you are there. This can be in response to the MedHub prompt or can be done on your own as well, assign as many as you’d like. This will help us get a sufficient number from the clinics and avoid the twice yearly “scramble” the clinics tend to end up in – THANKS!!!

 

Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 19-22

We are thrilled by the level of academic work and career interest in general internal medicine these days, and we have a record number of residents whose work will be presented at this year’s SGIM meeting. Congratulations to this crew (in alphabetical order)!!

Manisha Bhattacharya
Azalea Kim
Lakshmi Krishnan
Matt Labriola
Jared Lowe
Leah Machen
Joe Plaksin

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: March 27-31, 2017

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location
3/27/17	Headaches	Tim Collins	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8253
3/28/17	Contraception	Beverly Gray	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8253
3/29/17	Case Presentation	Mike Murn to Ken Lyles	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8253
3/30/17	Acute Respiratory Failure	Tim Scialla	7:15 a.m.	DUH 8253
3/31/17	Medicine Grand Rounds: Update on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection	Victoria Fraser, Chair Pro Tempore	8:00 a.m.	DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: March 27-31, 2017

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Location	Lunch
3/27/17	MKSAP Renal	Dave Butterly	12:10 p.m.	DUH 2002/8262	Domino's
3/28/17	SAR Lecture Series: Electrolyte Disorders - Hypernatremia & Hyponatremia	Norman Seay	12:15 p.m.	DUH 2002	Guasaca
3/29/17	Magnesium/Phosphorus/Calcium	John Roberts	12:15 p.m.	DUH 2003	Jason's Deli
3/30/17	ID Gallops	Ralph Corey, Dan Sexton, Micah McClan, Eileen Maziarz	12:15 p.m.	DUH 2001	Firehouse Subs
3/31/17	Research Seminar: Myeloid Cells: Unexpected Players in Lung Injury, Vascular Remodeling, and Antigen Presentation	Michael Dee Gunn, MD	12:00 p.m.	DUH 2002	NOSH

From the Residency Office

 

Resident Wellness Initiative Grants

We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity entitled “Resident Wellness Initiative Grants” for resident-led, innovative projects dedicated to promote the well-being of our residents which is of utmost importance to our Program and Duke family. 

The proposed innovative initiatives will promote and preserve Internal Medicine resident physician wellness by building skills to handle the challenges and the pace of the current healthcare environment, while continuing to provide quality care to patients.

1. Two awards each $2,500/project will be funded.
2. Funding start date is July 1, 2017.
3. Each proposal must be led by one or more SARs (current JARs) during the 2017-2018 academic year. Extension of funding may be requested next year beyond June 30, 2018.
4. Teamwork is encouraged to include JARs and incoming interns and multiple SARs may lead one project.
5. Faculty sponsor/advisor may be recruited but not required.
6. Additional funding for a larger award may be available depending on the level of interest and budgets of the project(s). The award committee will review and make a decision on each proposal.
7. The 2-page proposals are due on June 1, 2017 for review by an award selection committee.
8. Applications forms are attached.

For any questions, please contact murat.arcasoy@duke.edu.

 

Califf Medicine Resident Research Award Competition

The annual Califf Medicine Resident Research Award competition abstracts are due on April 10, 2017.

Awards presentation will take place on May 4, 2017 between 5-7 p.m. in Searle Center Lecture Hall. Abstracts (300 words) and supporting mentor's letter are due on April 10, 2017. Please see attached abstract preparation instructions. All abstracts submitted for competition will also be presented as posters.

The top 3 abstracts will be selected by a faculty committee for the Califf Research Awards and these research projects will be presented as 15 minute talks 6 pm – 7 p.m. Two best poster awards will be selected (Research poster and QI poster) by the Chief Residents during the poster viewing session prior to Grand Rounds.

We invite all of you to present your scholarly activities as posters (we can send you poster templates):

1. Basic, clinical and translational research projects
2. Case studies / vignettes including ACP posters from 2017
3. QI projects
4. Please plan on presenting your posters posters that you have presented previously at a national scientific meeting

To discuss any issues related to the application process or once you have decided to submit an abstract, please e-mail murat.arcasoy@duke.edu to declare your intention to submit, your research mentor's name and the title of your poster.  Please contact the MedRes office staff (Ms. Tia Williams) for assistance with the poster preparation process.

 

Faculty-Resident Research Grant

We are pleased to invite you to apply for the 2017 annual “Faculty-Resident Research Grant” applications. The applications are due on April 9, 2017 for a funding start date on July 1, 2017. For JARs, the funding end date is June 30, 2018. For Interns, the funding end date is June 30, 2019

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 2017. For any questions, 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

• April 9 - Deadline for Faculty-Resident Research Grant

• April 10 - Deadline for Califf Medicine Resident Research Awards

• April 14 - End of Year Photos

• May 4 - Resident Research Night

• June 1 - Resident Wellness Initiative Grant Application Deadline

• June 3 - SAR Dinner

Opportunities

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

• www.FloridayPhysicianWork.com
• www.bidmc.org/CentersandDepartments/Departments/BIDHC
• http://www.careermd.com/employers/latestbulletins.aspx

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