From the Director
Make sure to get your calendars ready …. End of the year craziness has begun! Get ready this weekend for the annual residency picnic. Softball has been replaced by BUBBLE SOCCER (Google it if you don’t know what it is). Chris Hostler is ready to make this the new Duke tradition. Not sure if the bubbles will come out for Turkey Bowl next year or not! After that, we have our residents representing at Clinical Science Night next Thursday, then at Resident Research Grand Rounds the following Friday. This kicks off the SECOND ANNUAL #DUKEFAMILY FAMILY WEEKEND! Bring your significant others, parents, kids, grandparents, etc to join us for brunch at Dr. Klotman’s and the Durham Bulls game on Saturday May 21.
We are very excited for our first “class retreats” coming up on May 31 (rising JAR) and June 1 (rising SAR). Don’t forget to vote for your breakout topics. Also PLEASE don’t forget to thank the current SARs for covering for our rising SARs and rising JARs, as well as our rising SARs for covering for our rising JARs so that everyone can attend. Lots of schedule gymnastics to make this happen, so a big thanks to all for helping out. Rising SARs, we are really looking forward to some professional development work (how to interview with Dr. Andrew Muir) happening at your retreat as well!
Kudos this week to Andy Mumm for making a life saving diagnosis at LCHC, to Lakshmi Krishnan for helping out when needed, to Amanda Boyd for being the first intern to present at chair’s (with Dr. Corey in the house!) and a belated kudos to Jon O’Donnell for an awesome EPIC tips and tricks noon conference. Kudos also to Taylor Bazemore, Kahli Zeitlow, Peter Hu, Eric Black-Maier and Nick Turner for representing at the National ACP Meeting in DC, as well as to Taylor Bazemore and Linda Koshy for representing at the SCAI Conference in Orlando! Nice work everyone. Peter Hu also made the national ACP newsletter! Also kudos to MS-III Zach Holman (and mentor Micah McClain) for winning an IDSA Research Award!
Welcome to the DukeFamily to Gilad Shimon Posner, and congratulations to proud parents Shai and Miriam! Great to see David Sterken, Jeremy Cypen, Sanja Galeb and Joanna Kipnes at Gilad’s bris/naming ceremony this weekend.
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to all 22 residents who submitted abstracts for the Califf Award/Resident Research Grand Rounds competition. Abstracts are being reviewed by senior research faculty as we speak!
Have a great week and hope to see you at the picnic!
Aimee
What Did I Read This Week?
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QI CORNER
Have you submitted at least two SRS reports this year? We know that as a resident, you witness unsafe or low-quality situations on the wards. By reporting them, you bring them to the attention of people who can make things better.
As an added perk, if our program averages two SRS reports per trainee by the end of the year, you'll all get an extra $200 on your last paycheck! So open RL-6 and file those reports. (If you've already done two and you witness something unsafe, report it! Your "extras" can help out the whole program's average.)
And...
JOIN US THIS THURSDAY AT 5:30 IN THE MED RES LIBRARY FOR THE MAY PSQC MEETING. Get involved as we expand the paging project to additional wards!
From the Chief Residents
Grand Rounds
Friday, May 13 - PWIM
Noon Conference
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Vendor |
| 5/9/16 |
MKSAP |
|
2002/12:00 | Domino's |
| 5/10/16 |
Anti-Fungals |
2002/12:00 | Mediterra | |
| 5/11/16 |
Resident M&M |
|
2002/12:00 | Cosmic |
| 5/12/16 |
Decompensated Cirrhosis |
Bonike Oloruntoba |
2001/12:00 |
Chick Fil A |
| 5/13/16 |
Chair's Conference |
12:00/2002 | Picnic Basket |
From the Residency Office
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
Standardized Patient Trainer
Duke School of Medicine
Trent Semans Center for Health Education
5th Floor, 5075
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/
Upcoming Dates and Events
May 14 - Spring Picnic
May 20 - Resident Research Grand Rounds
May 20-21 - 2nd Annual Family Weekend
May 31 - Rising JAR Retreat
June 1 - Rising SAR Retreat
June 4 - SAR Dinner
Useful links
GME Mistreatment Reporting Site
https://intranet.dm.duke.edu/influenza/SitePages/Home.aspx
http://duke.exitcareoncall.com/
Main Internal Medicine Residency website
Main Curriculum website
Department of Medicine
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Opportunities
www.bidmc.org/CentersandDepartments/Departments/BIDHC
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