From the Director
It’s already May! Thank you to everyone for your continued hard work to give the best care to your patients, your amazing participation in our online curriculum (many thanks Chiefs and ACRs for organizing), and your support of each other. Please see the email from Amanda regarding how the schedules will transition back to “normal” this month and next month.
Welcome to the world Margot, and congratulations to proud and happy parents Caroline Sloan and Drew Eckstein. Everyone is healthy and doing great!
Many thanks to Dr. Danielle Brander for bringing Cocoa Cinnamon to the med res lounge and to Drs. Laura Svetkey, Kim Evans and Leonor Corsino for organizing and sponsoring Guasaca for the night teams on Friday!
Kudos
Kudos this week go to Chris Asuzu and Caitlin Driscoll from the entire DOC crew for your incredible patient care last week, to Lonnie Sullivan from Dr. Kristy Duggan for above and beyond work on Duke Night Float, to Chester Kao and Brittany Chapman from cardiology fellow Vanessa Blumer for their great work in the Duke CICU, to Bhavik Patel, Gregg Robbins-Welty, Cam Oswalt and James Helzberg from Dr. Venu Reddy for their excellent work on VA GM, to John Davy from Dr. Karen Barnard, Erin Song and Payton Kendsersky for his work as their VA NF, and to Payton Kendsersky from Erin Song for her team leadership and to Payton and Erin from Dr. Barnard for their great work as well. What a team!
PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to Jared Lowe for his award winning poster at the virtual AHPM meeting and also Maggie Salinger for her article with mentor Dr Arif Kamal “Why Palliative Care is the Answer to the Serious Illness Question in Payment Reform." Am J Manag Care 2020 Apr.
Have a great week,
Aimee
From the Chief Residents
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/6/20 | Renal Stone Disease | Michael Lipkin | 9 a.m. | Zoom |
| 5/8/20 |
Medicine Grand Rounds: Coronavirus-Induced Cytokine Storm and Pulmonary Immunopathology |
Michael Gunn, MD |
8 a.m.
|
Zoom |
Academic Half Day: May 8, 2020 via Zoom
| Thread | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheum/Renal/Endo |
Fatigue and Arthralgias Secondary HTN |
Adrienne Barnoski and Atul Kapila Jen Perkins and Dan Edmonston |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
Zoom |
| ID/GI/GIM |
Option to attend RRE session
|
-- |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m. |
Zoom |
| Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc |
Data Science |
Aimee Zaas, Joel Boggan, Laura Roe |
9:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m.
|
Zoom |
| Date | Inpatient Topic on Zoom | Outpatient Topic | Time | Location | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/20 | Lung Transplant for the Internist with Dr. Omar Mohamedaly |
"Vasculitis and Giant Cell Arteritis," Curbsiders Episode 61 |
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Jimmy John's |
| 5/5/20 |
SAR Talk: Shock by Joe Lerman |
See inpatient conference |
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Happy and Hale |
| 5/6/20 |
SAR Talk: Endocarditis by Akash Goyal |
See Morning Report schedule above |
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Chick-fil-A |
| 5/7/20 | Virtual Hangout |
"Pulmonary Hypertension," Curbsiders, Episode 80 |
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Sazon |
| 5/8/20 | Guest Speaker: Sanjay Desai from Johns Hopkins, On iCompare |
|
12:15 p.m. |
-- |
Jason's Deli |
Report Conference Schedule: May 4-7, 2020
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/4/20 |
Joint JAR/SAR CAT (via Zoom) |
-- |
1:15 p.m. |
| 5/5/20 |
DUH SAR Report - in person, Room 8262 Intern report with VA ACR |
-- -- |
1:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. |
| 5/6/20 |
Joint JAR/SAR Report (via Zoom) with the chiefs |
-- |
1:15 p.m. |
| 5/7/20 |
Virtual rising JAR retreat, details forthcoming |
-- |
1:15 p.m. |
From the Residency Office
Our Wellbeing
The Department of Medicine is keeping an updated list of wellbeing resources during this extraordinary time. Click here for more information.
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/
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