Internal Medicine Residency News, October 10, 2016

From the Director

Hope everyone had a safe and uneventful weekend with the storm and that family and friends are safe as well.

We had a busy week here at Duke, with the Intern Retreat (thank you again to JARs and SARs for covering, and to the chiefs for figuring out the coverage) as well as an outstanding SAR talk on the often-forgotten topic of rheumatology by Brian Andonian and a fantastic Chair’s Conference (with cheering section!) by Sarah Nouri.

Hope everyone enjoyed the Doctoberfest Donuts and Cider this week as well.

Other kudos to Annie Reihman and Leah Machen for leading the first GIM journal club, hosted by the ACLT at Dr. Greenblatt’s home. It was a huge success, and we are also glad to have Kevin Shah, Matt Atkins, and David Edelman as discussants. Thanks to Annie and Leah for working with Dani ZIpkin and Sharon Rubin to organize. Looking forward to further journal clubs! Also kudos to Lara Kapp and Becca Lumsden from Tom Gehrig for outstanding work on CAD and to Chris Pumill from Rachel Hu and Peter Hu for his work on pulmonary – great attitude, great patient care! Kudos to Kahli Zeitlow, Matt Labriola and Lish Clark for planning an amazing Stead BBQ, to Rachel Hu from Chris Pumill for some OSH-tastic help, to Kent Fenn from Ravi Karra for great work on cardiology, and to Landon Brown and Ashley Spann from Venu Reddy and Adrienne Klement for great team leadership on VA GM.

Note that the Stead Tread 5K has been postponed until Oct 22 due to the rain. Still not too late to sign up! 

Welcome to the Duke Family to Owen Ground, son of proud parents Kelly and Matt! And congratulations to our grads and current fellows Jessie Seidelman and Ryan Jesse on their engagement!

This week you will be receiving a couple of survey emails from the program (and also being asked by your peers about professional development – please also take time to do this one!). Apologies for the barrage, but there is important information we need.

  • First is the fall engagement survey, a <10 minute survey to assess how we are doing as a program.
  • The other is the time-sensitive coaching preferences form (it is not a survey, per se, but a way for us to best match you with your faculty coach). Coaching training for the faculty will be happening on Friday and Monday, and we’d like to get you matched with your coach by Nov 1.  More information to come from the director of coaching at Mass General, Dr. Kerri Palamara, who will be leading noon conference on Friday!

Keep scheduling those advising meetings and also getting started on your Individualized Learning Plan (ILP).  Instructions were sent out by Jen Averitt this week, and your advisor is looking forward to discussing with you!

PubMed from the Program goes to David Kopin for his AHA Abstract with mentor John Alexander: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Antiplatelet Therapy on Apixaban or Warfarin: Insights From the ARISTOTLE Trial. David Kopin, Duke Univ Medical Ctr, Durham, NC; Matthew W Sherwood, W. Schuyler Jones, Daniel M Wojdyla, Duke Clinical Res Inst, Duke Univ Medical Ctr, Durham, NC; Basil S Lewis, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Ctr, Haifa, Israel; Freek Verheugt, Radboud Univ, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Lars Wallentin, Uppsala Clinical Res Ctr, Uppsala, Sweden; Christopher B Granger, Renato D Lopes, John H Alexander, Duke Clinical Res Inst, Duke Univ Medical Ctr, Durham, NC

Have a great week,

Aimee

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: October 10-14, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
10/10/16

Anemia

Murat Arcasoy

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/11/16

Esophageal issues

Rahul Shimpi

 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
10/12/16

Cost-conscious care case report

Jacob Kaufman to Mary Klotman

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/13/16

Rrecent outpatient clinic questions / whiteboard session

Lawrence Greenblatt

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/14/16

Medicine Grand Rounds: Managing the Patient with Liver Disease who Becomes Pregnant

Carla Brady, MD

 8:00 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: October 10-14, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
10/10/16

MKSAP: Cardiology

Adam Banks

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 Dominos
10/11/16

SAR Lecture Series: Bradyarrhythmias

Maggie Infeld

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002

Nosh
10/12/16

MED-PEDS Combined: Immunodeficiency

Rebecca Buckley

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2002

 China King
10/13/16

Resident M&M

Alicia Clark

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Bullocks
10/14/16

Coaching Program

Kerri Palamara McGrath, MD, MGH Internal Medicine Associate Program Director

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 Subway

From the Residency Office

Call for Abstracts: 2017 Duke Health Patient Safety & Quality Conference

The 12th Annual Duke Health Patient Safety and Quality Conference will be held on March 23, 2017 at the Durham Convention Center, Durham, NC. All interested Duke Health and Duke affiliated health care professionals including GME trainees and Duke health professions students are invited to submit applications in the form of an abstract submission for the conference poster session highlighting their safety and quality-related projects. All projects must be submitted in the traditional abstract format to be eligible for the poster session and abstract contest. Select posters may be invited to present from the podium during a concurrent session. Use this link to submit your abstract: PSQconferenceabstractsubmission

 
ACP National Abstract Competitions

The American College of Physicians will be holding a National Abstract Competition as part of the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2017. The meeting will take place March 30 - April 1, 2017 in San Diego, California.

Abstracts are divided into five categories:

  • Basic Research
  • Clinical Research
  • Quality Improvement-Patient Safety
  • High Value Care
  • Clinical Vignette

Both Medical Student Members and Resident/Fellow Members are encouraged to submit. A first author may submit two abstracts to the Clinical Vignette category, and one abstract to each of the Research categories.

Login to the ACP Abstracts Portal using your ACP user name and password.

 
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/

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: Mondays, 3-4 p.m. and Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.

Upcoming Dates and Events

  • October 22 - Stead Tread 5K Fun Run (Kempner Society)

  • October 20 - Recruitment Kickoff Party, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Gonza Tacos y Tequila

Opportunities

Useful links

 

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