Internal Medicine Residency News, November 21, 2016

From the Director

Happy Thanksgiving week to all! Turkey Bowl is right around the corner, and I am hoping for some beautiful fall weather, great turnout, outstanding referees and minimal injuries!

For those who are traveling over the holiday – safe travels! To those who are here, we hope to see you at the “Turkey in the Med Res” turkey dinner after the football game.

Kudos

Kudos this week to Becca Lumsden from her medical student Keven for making the gen med rotation fun and filled with learning … to Caroline Sloan for an outstanding chair’s conference … to Mike Dorry for presenting a fantastic case to our applicants at report on Monday … to David Sermer, Leah Machen and Juan Magana for stepping up and helping out in a big way … to David Sterken from Kara Wegermann for outstanding care of the patients overnight on night float (“above and beyond”) … and to the Lincoln Community Health Center team (Erin Payne, Robert Diep, Rachel Feder, Lauren Collins, Jake Feigel) for planning an awesome Lincoln volunteer pot luck mixer  … and to Joel Boggan for planning the Stead Cookout this weekend. 

Please take time to check out the “CLER Corner” on MedHub for all questions about the upcoming CLER visit in December.  CLER stands for Clinical Learning Environment Review and is part of ACGME accreditation for all institutions. The CLER visit happens about every 18 months for ALL hospitals that have residency/fellowship programs and helps the ACGME understand how GME works at Duke. You may be asked to participate in a panel of residents, or you may see CLER visitors on rounds or touring.

Thank you to everyone who has been helping with our recruitment efforts! Special thanks this week to tour guides Brian Andonian, Jenny Van Kirk, and Coco Fraiche, as well as our My Take speakers Becca Lumsden, Kevin Smith, Bill McManigle, Jenny Van Kirk, Kent Feng and Mike Dorry.

PubMed from the Program

This week’s highlight goes to Lakshmi Krishnan for her abstract accepted to the upcoming SGIM meeting, with mentors Dani Zipkin and Anna Reisman: "Clinical and Deductive Reasoning in Trainees: Using Literature to Teach It."

Have a great week, and happy thanksgiving to all.  Incredibly grateful for our #dukefamily.

Have a great week!

Aimee

Update from the Stead Tread 5k

Contributed by Matt Crowley, MD

Just to close the loop on the Stead Tread 2016, wanted to let you know that we had >170 registrations and raised $8,500 for Lincoln Community Health Center (our biggest haul yet!). Here's a photo from our recent visit to Lincoln, with Caroline Sloan and me, the pic includes (from left to right):

  • Lincoln COO/HR director Claretta Foye
  • Lincoln CFO  William Seagroves
  • Lincoln CEO Philip Harewood
  • Lincoln CMO Howard Eisenson

Kudos again to Caroline and the team for a job extraordinarily well done.

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: November 21-25, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
11/21/16

Thyroid disorders

Matt Crowley

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8262 conference room
11/22/16

Case presentation

Stephen Kimani to Dr. Lyles

 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
11/23/16

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease

Richard Wood

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
11/24/16

Turkey Bowl

 Jets vs. Marines TBD TBD
11/25/16

Medicine Grand Rounds - no presentation this week - holiday

 n/a n/a n/a

 

Noon Conference: November 21-25, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
11/21/16

Applicant lunch

n/a

 12:00 p.m. DUH 8723

Jason's Deli
11/22/16

Why is this patient short of breath?

Scott Shofer

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002

ChickFilA
11/23/16 Resident M&M

Matthew Atkins and Alicia Clark

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 8723

 China King
11/24/16

Holiday - no conference

n/a

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2001

  
11/25/16

Holiday - no Conference

n/a

 11:30 a.m. DUH 2002  

From the Residency Office

Recruitment

Keep an eye out for emails that have the recruitment graphic—these messages mean we need your help or response.

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/

Office hours for program leaders

Please feel free to stop by during these times and of course always feel free to reach out to program leaders to set up a meeting outside of these times if needed.

  • Aimee Zaas: Thursday, 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Upcoming Dates and Events

  • November 24 - Turkey Bowl

  • December 7 - Fellowship Match

Opportunities

Useful links

 

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