From the Director
Happy National Doctor’s Day. Given what is happening in the world, I am more thankful than ever for our amazing health care team (and teams around the world) who are doing the hour by hour and day by day work to care for people during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, as well as the tremendous advances we have made as a healthcare community in such a short time – particularly the collaboration and data sharing across systems, the commitment to ongoing education and the community support for everyone, as we are all affected in large and small ways.
I think that many of you have gotten your free coffees at the local Starbucks (drive through ones). What else is out there for healthcare workers? Free Krispy Kreme donuts (haven’t done this yet, but will on my way in tomorrow), and I believe that Tuesday has free Doritos Locos Tacos at Taco Bell. Not saying that it is healthy. Just sayin’ that it is free. Taco Tuesday. Indeed.
In other program news … thank you to our chiefs and ACRs for bringing us the VIRTUAL CURRICULUM. Super excited for all the learning they have put together. Check your email for the map of the week’s carefully curated resources for inpatient learning (COVID topics) and outpatient learning (Musculoskeletal). Also our ongoing Wednesday town halls.
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Nathan Hirshman from Dr. Jeff Clough and the Pickett Team for his fantastic leadership at Pickett last week, to Tareq Aljurf, Tim Hopper and Bryan Golubski from hepatology fellow Howard Lee for being an awesome gen med team taking care of several sick GI patients, and to Brittany Chapman and Aaditya Khatri from Kyle Geurink for stellar “ready to be a JAR" work on Duke Gen Med.
PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Sara Coles for her (virtual) presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting “Acute ST Elevation With Constrictive Pericarditis: A Unifying Diagnosis or Two Separate Entities” with co-authors Amanda Coniglio, Jatin Amand and Carmelo Milano.
Stay safe and stay connected,
Aimee
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/31/20 | No morning report - Canceled | -- | -- |
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| 4/1/20 |
No morning report - Canceled |
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| 4/2/20 | No morning report - Canceled | -- | -- | -- |
| 4/3/20 |
Medicine Grand Rounds - Canceled |
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Academic Half Day: April 3, 2020 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
PCOS/Hypogonadism Diabetic Nephropathy |
Lauren Gratian Matt Crowley and Dinushika Mohottige |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
Zoom |
| ID/GI/GIM |
Atypical Infections and Zoonoses TBD |
Micah McClain Bonike Oloruntoba |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
Zoom |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
TBD |
ACLT SARs |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
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Zoom |
| Date | Inpatient Topic | Outpatient Topic | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/20 | COVID-19 Overview |
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Jimmy John's |
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| 3/31/20 | Zoom: ARDS Management in COVID-19 Pandemic with Neil MacIntyre | Knee Pain |
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Happy and Hale |
| 4/1/20 | Zoom: Program Town Hall |
12:15 p.m. |
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Mediterra | |
| 4/2/20 | COVID-ready communiation skills (see email for attachment) |
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Cosmic Cantina | |
| 4/3/20 | Program debrief - details coming soon! |
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12:15 p.m. |
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Chick-fil-A |
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: March 30-April 2, 2020
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/30/20 |
SAR Report - Canceled |
-- |
1:15 p.m. |
| 3/31/20 |
SAR Report - DUH 8262 Intern Report |
Eric Wei to Joe Govert Saad Atiq or Peggy Sahu |
1:15 p.m. 3 p.m. |
| 4/1/20 |
SAR Report |
Brian Golubski to Aimee Zaas |
1:15 p.m. |
| 4/2/20 |
SAR Report - MKSAP Review Intern Report - Canceled |
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1:15 p.m. -- |
From the Residency Office
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
- May 21 - Program and SAR Class Photos
- June 5 - SAR Dinner
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