From the Director
Well, my bracket is totally busted but WHO CARES??? Duke is in the Final Four! And while I cannot believe how much I will hear it from my UNC fan friends if …well, you know…. It is crazy how the whole thing is turning out. That said, we have an even bigger event this weekend …. Chief Jess is getting married! Stop by the 8th floor and give her a big congratulations! We are super happy for you and Paul!
As far as “things to do” … please take the time to complete your ACGME survey! Reminders went out to those who haven’t yet done the survey and we will keep reminding you all the way through April 17th when the survey closes. Let’s go and get 100 percent participation! Any questions about things we do in the program, please ask me, an APD or a chief! Can’t find your survey link? Ask Tia or me and we will resend it to you. Also, if you are a SAR and planning to take the boards in August, the rates go up (seriously) after April 15th so please sign up before the “late fee” takes effect. We are also looking forward to our first How To Be a JAR event on Friday! Rising JARS, you will receive a brief “pre-survey” so we can best meet your needs during the session!
Kudos
Kudos this week to Omar Martinez Uribe from cards fellow Willard Applefeld for amazing work in the CICU, to Emily Romanoff, Hannah Schwennesen and Shivi Chandramouli for excellent leadership during a code blue (from Dr Colby Feeney), to Lauren Pinion from JR Peacock for excellent work on DRH nights, to Colin Smith for a fantastic SAR talk, to Kelly Flynn for a great Cohen Conference, to JT Tanaka for a fantastic grand rounds, to Emory Buck, Shannon Herndon and Emilio Guzman Cisneros for being an awesome NF Crew (from Bari Rosenberg), to Stephanie Reyes for doing an amazing job on VA GM, from Maxine Chan, to Thomas O’Toole from Shannon Herndon for taking care of a complex patient at sign out, to Hannah Florian from Felicia Cao for helping out while she was busy at Pickett, and to Allison Taylor for being a great JAR at the VA and Ceshae Harding for being an awesome dayfloat (both from Nijat Aliyev).
Pubmed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Mary Jo Obeid for her recent article published in the Journal of Cardiac Failure. Pericardial Adipose Tissue Volume and Left Ventricular Assist Device-Associated Outcomes.
Rao VN, Obeid MJ, Rigiroli F, Russell SD, Patel CB, Molinger J, Gupta RT, Agarwal R, Fudim M.J Card Fail. 2022 Jan;28(1):149-153. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.06.021. Epub 2021 Jul 16.
Have a great week! Let’s go DUKE!
Aimee
Clinic Corner: Ambulatory
Contributed by Daniella Zipkin, MD
Ambulatory Threads – Division Education Leads
I’d like to share a huge shout out to all of the Education Leads who have been working hard behind the scenes to give you the best possible educational experience in ambulatory threads and academic half day. Thank you to: Cristiana Costa, Stephen Bergin, Mike Harrison, Carly Kelley, Darsh Kothari, Micah McClain, Toyosi Onwuemene, Neha Pagidipati, John Roberts, Sophia Weinmann. I am grateful for your leadership!
Next year, the threads will also incorporate Geriatrics clinics! Welcome to the threads team, Gwen Buhr, and thank you for being the anchor of the geriatrics learning experience.
Clinic Templates
This is the time of year when new interns are incorporated into the clinic planning for next year and the chiefs are incredibly busy creating the very complex schedule for everyone. It’s a lot of moving parts, to say the least. I am grateful for their skill and grace in getting this done.
Managing Clinical Messages
Each clinic site has a rubric for how messages are routed, based on what rotation you are on. We are in the process of revising this – be on the lookout for fresh messaging. If you are at Pickett, Jeff Clough is working on better utilization of the “out of contact” function since Duke Primary Care is broad and won’t know where you are when on inpatient. Please check in with Jeff on this! DOC and Prime will hear messaging from their leadership.
Med Res Team Office Calendar
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/29/22 |
Female Incontinence |
Dr. Nazema Siddiqui | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 03/30/22 | Case Report | Sean Taasan | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
| 03/31/22 | Fatigue | Bruce Peyser | 7:15 a.m. | Zoom |
Academic Half Day: April 1, 2022
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo/ID/GI/GIM |
How to Be a JAR |
|
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Surgery Conference Room C5010 |
|
Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Toxicities of Immunotherapy Cardiovascular Prevention |
Allie Mara & Ryan Rader Nishant Shah |
9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
VA Medicine Conference Room C8016 |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Lecturer | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/28/22 | SAR Talk: Gender Affirming Care | Dr. Cunningham | 12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chick-fil-A |
| 03/29/22 | LEADS: Update to C. difficile Treatment Guidelines |
Amy Barto, MD |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Saladelia |
| 03/30/22 |
SAR Talk: Inpatient Hyperglycemia Management |
Dr. Sutton |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Chubby's Tacos |
| 03/31/22 |
Cohen Conference |
Dr. Dominquez |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Mediterra |
| 04/01/22 | Grand Rounds:
Greenfield Speaker High-risk medical decision-making in the liver transplant setting |
Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, FACP |
12 p.m. |
Zoom |
Namu |
Report Conference Schedule: March 28-31, 2022
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/28/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 MS2 Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Dr. Hirshman w/ Dr. Kussin MS2 Teaching |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/29/22 |
VA JAR Case Report Duke SAR Report - held in 2253 VA Intern Case Report
|
Dr. Dr. Baker Dr. Dr. McQue w/ Dr. Nishant Shah |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 03/30/22 |
VA JAR CAT Duke SAR Report - held in 8262 |
Dr. Dr. Zhao w/ Dr. Zaas |
11 a.m. 1:15 p.m. |
| 03/31/22 |
QI Conference |
Dr. Robbins-Jurez w/ Dr. Cosiano MS2 Teaching |
1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Our Wellbeing
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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