Internal Medicine Residency News, May 16, 2016

May 16, 2016

From the Director

TIME IS FLYING!! Much end of the year stuff happening! Thanks to Jenn, Chris, Armando and Lindsay for being the force behind an amazing residency picnic! Much thanks to Madi, Lynsey and Jen A for their planning, and to our faculty in attendance – Joel Boggan, Lynn Bowlby, Neal Ready, Ryan Schulteis, Saumil Chudgar, Matt Crowley, Jon Bae, and Ralph Corey. Bubble soccer was definitely a “hit” (especially for those who chose to stay away from Ryan Jessee) and most fittingly, our tiny little black cloud of rain turned into a rainbow. (photos attached). And, at least up until when I left, the chiefs managed to stay out of the lake.

Kudos this week go to Paul Riordan from Vedran Oruc for being an amazingly helpful Duke Gen Med SAR, to Myles Nickolich from Armando Bedoya and Emily Ray for his very calm demeanor during some hectic times in the VA MICU, to Mildred Lopez Pinero and Emily Kinsey from Peter and Rachel Hu for handling the “return to 1987 (aka paper notes and orders) at the VA with fantastic attitudes, and to Maggie Moses for her “Intern- 100, Corey – 0” handling of Chair’s Conference on Friday — AMAZING job presenting and holding the floor!

What’s happening this week? Be sure to vote in the residency council elections (rising JARs, rising SARs, Med Peds and Med Psych). Thanks to Jenny and Azalea for the up-to-date election returns! Updates for program changes will go in the MedHub folder today so check it out as well. Jenny, Azalea, Christine and your awesome APD’s Lish and Bill have been working to automate a schedule change request process. We are doing the final review of the web-based form this week and hope to have it up and running ASAP. Our goal is to streamline schedule change requests so that none get missed, and that there is a standard timeline and process for review and decision making. Great work by our schedule change committee!

What else is happening? It’s Clinical Research Night on Thursday, and then MEDICINE RESIDENT RESEARCH GRAND ROUNDS on Friday morning, with posters before and after grand rounds. This kicks off our 2nd annual Family Weekend. Looking forward to meeting the family members who will be joining us for the program overview, tour and chair’s conference on Friday, as well as the brunch at Dr. Klotman’s on Saturday morning. Tickets are still available for the Durham Bulls Game on Saturday night, so please let Madi know if you are interested in going to the game! The Zaas family will be cheering on Jake from the sidelines of the soccer final four in Greensboro Saturday night, so we will miss you all at the Bulls game.

Also, our ACLT goes to Washington this week! Looking forward to hearing highlights of the experience via #ACLT Twitter and when they return! Thanks to Dani and Alex for planning what is sure to be an outstanding trip.

Pubmed from the program this week goes to Matt Atkins for his presentation at SGIM this week "Adherence to USPSTF and ACIP Clinical Guidelines in Resident Clinics" R.M. Atkins; V. Poon; A. Clark; J.C. Boggan; G. Pomann; J. Bae. Actually, our Division of General Internal Medicine was VERY well represented at SGIM. Check out the DGIM news to see what else was presented! http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=cd7351205c7fb58d449a30cc9&id=ce39fc0f32&e=1e3d887693

Have a great week!

Aimee

What Did I Read This Week?

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QI CORNER

Join us Thursday for a great QI noon conference with Lish!

And look out this week for the formal application instructions for the 2017-2018 Chief Resident for Quality and Safety position. Open to current JARs and SARs (SARs--with approval from your fellowship program director, if applicable). If you're thinking of applying, please talk to me and/or Joel Boggan now.

From the Chief Residents

Grand Rounds

Friday, May 20 - Resident Research Event, Searle Center

Noon Conference

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Time	Vendor
5/16/16	Spiritual Care and Chaplain Services: a primer for Residents	Patrick Hemming	MedRes/12:00	Dominos
5/17/16	MED-PEDS Combined: Health Care Policy	Kevin Sowers		Firehouse
5/18/16	Scwhartz Rounds		2002/12:00	China King
5/19/16	QI Patient Safety Noon Conference		MedRes/12:00	Subway
5/20/16	Chair's Conference		2002/12:00	Jason's Deli

From the Residency Office

Schwartz Center Rounds

Title: “Welcome to the Jungle: The Intern Experience”

Panelists:

Meghan Stiner, MD

Caroline Sloan – Internal Medicine Intern

Rebecca Donald - Anesthesia Intern

Stephen Kenney - Pediatric Intern

Wednesday, May 18th, Noon - 1 p.m., Duke North 2002 Lecture Hall

About Schwartz Center Rounds:

All members of the Duke Medicine community are invited to attend an ongoing series of discussions called the Schwartz Center Rounds about the human side of patient care. Schwartz Center Rounds is a monthly interdisciplinary conference that offers all of us from no matter which discipline as well as non-clinicians who work closely with our patients a regularly scheduled time.... We are excited to have brought this program here to Duke and hope many of you will be able to join us on a regular basis.

Please contact, Lynn Bowlby, MD (lynn.bowlby@duke.edu), or Nathan Gray, MD (nathan.gray@dm.duke.edu) with questions. There is no need to RSVP, but we do recommend that you arrive early as food and seats are at a premium!

Action Required by May 20 to Maintain Parking Garage Access (2016-17)

All trainees who will continue to be at Duke after June 30, 2016, this is for YOU!

All Housestaff Parking Hang Tags will expire on June 30th. In order to receive a new tag, you MUST log into Duke at Work and update your home address. (It does not feed directly from MedHub!). Follow the instructions below once you have accessed the Duke at Work site:

Click on Access the Secure Web Site
Log in using MFA with your Net and Unique IDs
Click on “My Profile” from the top menu bar
Click on “Maintain your Addresses & Phone Numbers”
To Edit your address, simply click the “Edit” button on the address page.

Contact the Office of GME if you have any trouble. All new hang tags will be mailed to your home prior to June 30.

Medical Improv Workshop

I’m writing to invite you to take part in a new learning offering for members of the Duke and UNC Health Sciences. It’s one of the first Medical Improv Workshop being offered in the Triangle area. And it’s free!

Medical Improv is quickly gaining popularity as an innovative approach to teaching principles that are at the heart of patient centered care: Deep listening, collaboration and seeing things from other’s point of view. Medical Improv can help teach skills that will make you more present and aware during high stakes conversations with patients and colleagues. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by everything that’s coming at you during your time with patients, these skills can help things slow down a little so you can prioritize what’s most important and make better decisions.

This 3 hour pilot workshop is free to all Triangle health professions students and clinicians on a first-come-first-served basis. The workshop will be capped at 15 students for more individualized attention. No observers will be allowed in these sessions. Everyone will be expected to participate. The sessions will not be recorded in any way and no grades will be given. The goal is to create a safe environment where people can play and speak freely.

These sessions will be led by Dan Sipp, a trainer for the Clinical Skills Program at Duke Medical School. Dan has taught improvisation in Chicago and the Triangle for over 20 years. He’s trained with the creator of Medical Improv, Katie Watson of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine*, and they have collaborated on projects for the University of Indiana School of Nursing. Dan is very excited to bring these sessions to medical learners in the Triangle. Duke Faculty members from the School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education, The School of Physical Therapy and The Physician Assistant Program will be co-facilitating these and upcoming sessions.

You’re invited to register this free workshop!

Saturday, June 11th 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ Trent Semans Center for Health Education, 6th floor

To reserve your spot in the next Medical Improv Workshop please email Dan. Once he receives your email he’ll follow up with a confirmation of your spot, directions to the site and more information about the day.

Remember space is limited to 15 participants per session. We want to see you there. So sign up soon! You are also free to forward this email onto friends or colleagues who you feel might be interested in this innovative training session.

Sincerely,

Dan Sipp

919-681-8681

Attention DOC Residents and Prelim Interns

I’m very excited to share information about our expanded behavioral health services at DOC. In addition to having Jan onsite to provide targeted counseling, we have hired 2 Master’s-level behavioral health consultants who are available to see patients immediately after your visit or by appointment. All 3 can see patients up to 6 times and are true behavioral health generalists helping with issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance abuse, bereavement, etc. They can also help patients with wellness behaviors such as exercising consistently, taking meds, eating better, improving sleep etc. Joy Long and Ashley Cyr are our new folks and Jan Dillard remains enthusiastic about serving our patients. Please take 5-10 minutes and look at the attached PowerPoint slide deck entitled “Resident Info PPT” (attached as a PDF at the end of this post) put together by Krupa, the grad student who has been helping with our project. There is no cost to the patient for any of these services. Our behavioral health team will communicate with you directly and in Maestro.

In addition, we have begun screening all patients for depression and will soon expand the range of social and behavioral issues for which we screen.

Larry Greenblatt

Office Hours for Dr. Zaas

Dr. Zaas will have the following office hours. Please feel free to stop by during these times and of course always feel free to reach out to her office to set up a meeting outside of these times if needed!

Monday - 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

LiveSafe Mobile App

Duke is introducing a new mobile app called LiveSafe to put a powerful safety tool in the hands of the Duke community.

The app, available as a free download from Apple and Android app stores, enables smartphone users to submit real-time tips to Duke Police, virtually “SafeWalk” friends and family while traveling, place emergency calls, and access important resources for support.

You can find more information, including instructions on how to download the free app, on the DukeALERT website: http://emergency.duke.edu/notified/livesafe.

Opportunities for Wellness

Feeling down? Need to talk to someone?
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/