From the Director
What a great fall day yesterday! I hear Turkey Bowl practice was excellent (no injuries!) and I am pleased to see some trash talk starting up from the VA. I learned a lot at the Program Director’s meeting on Thursday and Friday and look forward to bringing some new ideas to our program as well. This week, we have the final push to GET YOUR FLU SHOT if you haven’t already, continued Doctoberfest trivia and fun, and the anticipated completion of the BLOCK 7 clinic and call schedule. Nice! Thanks Jen, Lynsey and chiefs!
This weeks kudos go to Liz Gilbert from me for handling an amazingly busy ID consult weekend with skill and grace, to Lakshmi Krishnan for an outstanding chair’s conference, to John Yeatts and Dinushika Mohottige for fantastic SAR talks, to the current Gen Med SARS Matt Atkins, Kristen Glisinski, Jessie Seidelman, Ryan Jessee and Eric Yoder for general awesomeness and fantastic attitudes, to CoCo Fraiche from Dr. Pooh Setji for outstanding night float notes, to our many folks who were pulled this past week – Hari Ramalingam, Kevin Smith, Maggie Moses, Jacob Kaufmann, Maggie Infeld, Lakshmi Krishnan, Julia Cupp, Liz Gilbert, Vedran Oruc and Myles Nickolich — A HUGE THANK YOU !!
Welcome to the Duke Family to Jack Lindner, adorable son of Sam and Lauren Lindner!
Be on the lookout for more fun Doctoberfest treats this week, as well as the resumption of the trivia question.
Our pubmed from the program this week goes to Jessie Seidelman and Kelly Ground for their presentations at ID Week. See below for a picture of Jessie with a million people surrounding her poster! Great work to both of you.
Have a great week!
Aimee
What did I read this week?
This feature will return next week!
QI CORNER
Congrats to the 83% of you who have gotten your flu shots! Great job getting yourself vaccinated--and quickly! But, that means almost 1 in 5 of you still have not gotten around to it. You know who you are... and so do we. You will be receiving personal emails from here forward until you get it done. Let's get our program compliance to 100% by next week!
The Making Wise Choices Easier competition is heating up, with a number of great proposals in the works. Remember, the deadline for submission is in one week (Oct 19) -- details on format are in the flier linked at the bottom of Weekly Updates.
Join us this Wednesday at 12:00 NOON (15 minutes earlier than usual, I know) in the Med Res Library for a great M&M noon conference. The case is a great one, and it's going to invite lots of interesting discussion. Bring your lunch, because it's a We Care Wednesday!
I will also be hosting another pizza dinner this Wednesday at 6:30pm in the Med Res Library to encourage you to sit down and decompress in a casual setting. We want you to have lots of chances to step back, relax, and talk to each other in the wake of our program's tragic loss in September. I hope many of you can make it to take a moment to relax and warm up with some hot pizza on your way in/out of work.
CLINIC CORNER
We survived the rain here at Pickett.
We have new faces starting at Pickett.
Dr. Claire Kappa (recent Duke Graduate) has now joined our attending pool. She will start precepting resident clinic in January.
Next we have a new HCA from Iowa Alison Amendola, MHA, MBA. Alison joins our team with solid administrative leadership experience in ambulatory care, most recently with the University of Iowa. She enjoys business operations and brings a strong finance perspective to this leadership role.
We have another Jasmine, Jasmine Pugh, CMA, has accepted our offer and has a tentative start date of October 19th
We had a good representation at the Stead tread, past graduate Ben Lloyd, Dr. Jeff Clough and Dr. Rubin attending and our two interns Jeremy Cypen and Josh Lee.
We had a good turn out for the American Heart Association Triangle Heart Walk before it rained.
Marie has a good candy sample from Gurgley's pharmacy of a medications for 1 week packed for a patient. Come see Marie for this wonderful patient tool to help with managing medications.
The residents have noticed a change with Transforming Primary Care Program. Patients are being called, medications reconciled the day before, labs/radiology/vaccines are being ordered and visit diagnosis entered before the office visit.
We are looking forward to Halloween at the end of the month.
Sincerely
Sharon Rubin, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Residency Director at Pickett Road
From the Chief Residents
Grand Rounds
Friday, October 16 - Hematology, Invited Speaker Dr. Barry Coller
Noon Conference
| Date | Topic | Lecturer | Time | Vendor |
| 10/12/15 |
SAR Emergency Series: Acute Diarrheal Illness |
Brian Sullivan |
12:00/2002 | China King |
| 10/13/15 | MED-PEDS Combined: Global Health Gallops |
|
12:00/DN 2003 | Chick-Fil-A |
| 10/14/15 | Resident M&M |
|
12:00 | We Care Wed - No lunch |
| 10/15/15 | SAR Emergency Series: ABG Interpretation |
Ashley Bock |
12:00 | Subway |
| 10/16/15 | Chair's Conference | Chiefs | 12:00 | Nosh |
From the Residency Office
DOCTOBERFEST IS HERE!
“Taking Care of Our Community and Each Other”
October 1-31, 2015
Join the Internal Medicine Residency Program in our 4th annual Doctoberfest celebration! This year our continued focus will be on building and strengthening our community – with an added focus on taking care of each other and ourselves.
“We Care Wednesdays.” Each Wednesday for the month of October we will not provide lunch for Noon Conference, but rather donate the amount usually spent to a charity selected by the house staff. Your Residency Council will be in touch to discuss options for donations.
Join us this Wednesday afternoon for a special pizza dinner from Enzo's with Dr. Lindsay Boole!
Get Your Flu Shot!!
We kicked off our annual flu vaccination campaign with a 24-hour Duke Medicine Mass Flu Vaccination drill on Thursday, September 17, 2015. Mass vaccination clinics will be available at each of the hospitals and clinics throughout DUHS. Following the drill, we will continue our annual flu vaccination program, during which time we will provide many additional opportunities for you to get vaccinated. A schedule of vaccination clinics will be posted on the employee intranet in early September. This list will be updated throughout the vaccination season. Vaccination is also available at Employee Occupational Health and Wellness (EOHW) during business hours.
If you have questions about the flu vaccine or its availability, please visit the DUHS Influenza Resource Guide or duke.edu/flu, ask your manager or contact EOHW.
Together, we can stop the flu. Thank you for your commitment to keeping our patients, and our community, safe and healthy.
Key points for trainees:
Get this done ASAP.
If you have medical exemption, be sure it shows up on your personal OESO Page—contact EOHW for any questions.
If the flu vaccine is received at any site (including the VA) besides DUH, DRH, or DUKE RALEIGH, you should take a picture of your documentation form (legible name, date, location and lot #) and email it to eohwflu@dm.duke.edu.
Please direct any questions to kathryn.andolsek@duke.edu
BLS Blitz - November 2015
Just a reminder that the bi-annual BLS Blitz is coming up in November. The flier posted at the end of this blog has the dates. REMEMBER - Duke only holds BLS classes during the November and March blitz each yer, so if your BLS is expiring before March, PLEASE sign up for one of the dates in November!!
2015 Carolinas COPD Symposium
When: November 20th, 2015
Location: Cone Center, UNC Charlotte; Charlotte, NC
Registration Link: https://continuingeducation.dcri.duke.edu/2015-carolinas-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-symposium
Cost: $50 for Healthcare Providers; $25 for Public Health Practitioners
Event Contacts: For registration questions, please contact dcri.cme@dm.duke.edu or 919‐401‐1200. For program questions,
please contact Roy Pleasants at roy.pleasants@duke.edu
Opportunities for Wellness
This fall, Duke Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke PRMO, and Clinical Labs leaders invite you to kick off the season with friends, light fare, shopping, and music in appreciation for all you have done in support of creating the best possible Duke Experience for our patients, their loved ones and each other.
New Date Set for Belk Exclusive Shopping Event: Oct. 25
Open to employees of Duke Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke School of Nursing, DPC, Clinical Labs, PRMO, School of Medicine, DCRI, Duke HomeCare and Hospice, DHTS and the PDC. Employees must show valid Duke id badge for entry. Guests MUST accompany employees.
Registration Open for the Next Exclusive Shopping Event at Belk, October 25 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Belk at Streets of Southpoint
6910 Fayetteville Road
Durham, NC
Belk is closing their store and hosting our event.
Registration is required.
Please Note: Even if you registered to attend before the postponement, you must register again in order to reserve your space for Oct. 25. You will also have to re-register if you want to get a cosmetic mini makeover. New registrations will also be accepted.
Each registered attendee can also register to bring one guest.
REGISTER ONLINE via the following link:
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
October 30 - Recruitment Kick-off!
November 26 - Turkey Bowl
December 12 - DOM Holiday Party
Useful links
https://intranet.dm.duke.edu/influenza/SitePages/Home.aspx
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
Opportunities
http://www.ad001.info/blasts/CKS/CKS15_05431/CKS15_05431.html