Internal Medicine Residency News, Sept. 30, 2019

From the Director

It’s almost Doctoberfest!  Be ready for trivia, some extra treats, doing good for the community, prizes and ending the month with our recruitment kickoff party! The full calendar will be posted and sent out so you can see what we have planned.

Callie Berkowitz wedding photoMany thanks to the Orgain Stead Society for hosting Trivia Night last week. I don’t know the final scores, but word on the street is that the interns crushed it. In addition to those kudos, CONGRATULATIONS to Callie Berkowitz on her wedding! Glad to see many members of the #DukeFamily celebrating together. Also congratulations from across the country to Duke IM alums Irena Tan and Kent Feng on their wedding this past weekend.

Kudos
We are excited to see that Gen Med 4 and 5 had some healthy competition this past week with a STEP CONTEST! While it started out with MS II Sandra Au challenging Dr. Jon Bae, pretty soon the all team members were in a fierce battle. Sheila Sherzoy reports that ED intern Mitchell Veverka won the contest with 168 flights. It appears from the photo that Dr. Tom Holland is pretty excited to have his team beat Dr. Bae’s team.  Other kudos this week go to Akash Goyal, Nick Kamp and Saad Atiq from Eric Wei for going above and beyond to care for very sick veterans in the VA MICU this week, with fantastic team work, family communication and overall excellence in patient centered care, to Nick Koutlas from former chief Winn Seay for outstanding work in the Duke MICU, and to Monty Natour from Tammy Hsu for his support of the night interns on 9100 during a very busy week. Also kudos to Amadea Britton for her outstanding SAR talk and to Sean Chen for a fantastic chair’s conference.!

PubMed from the Program
This week’s pubmed from the program goes to John David Ike for his recent publication in  Information Services & Use, vol. 39, no. 1-2, pp. 93-104, 2019, “Nurturing context: TRACE, the arts, medical practice, and health literacy” Ike, John Davida; | Postlethwait, Rachaelb | Parker, Ruth.

Have a great week!
Aimee

Clinic Corner: Ambulatory

Contributed by Daniella Zipkin

Ambulatory Town Hall
You will see a Continuity Clinic Survey coming to you in the next week or two, which is specific to your continuity site. Please share all of your feedback! Clinic leadership use this information in detail and will review issues with you at the upcoming Town Halls, to be scheduled during morning report slots. Thank you!

The Schedule is the Thing
Having continuity with your patients in clinic hinges on your schedule being in place in a timely fashion so that patients can easily schedule with you. All of the clinic sites want schedules built out as far as possible. The further out  we build, however, the more we would have to restrict you schedule change needs as things come up in your lives. It’s a work in progress, and we would like your feedback. What is the sweet spot? 90 days? A bit more? A bit less? Please share your thoughts on this with Caroline Sloan, Dani Zipkin, or your friendly neighborhood ResCo representative. We want to hear from you. Thanks!

Observed Encounters
Reminder to check in with your attendings every time you are in clinic to see if it’s a good opportunity for observed encounters! The goal is TWO for every Intern, ONE for every JAR and SAR, during the year. Please help us get these done by being proactive during clinic – asking us for observation before you see a patient. Thanks in advance for helping with this!

Coming soon!
Anne Phelps will be expanding the MKSAP based boards teaching for SARs this year – SARs can look for her sessions embedded in ambulatory weeks starting in October!

From the Chief Residents

 
 
Morning Report and MGR: Oct. 1-4, 2019
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
10/1/19 Polypharmacy Paul Riordan 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
10/2/19

Transgender Health

 Carly Kelley 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
10/3/19

Challenging Conversations

 Dr. Pollak 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
10/4/19

Medicine Grand Rounds: Thriving vs. Surviving During Times of Change: The Science of Enhancing Resilience

 Brian Sexton, PhD 8 a.m. DUH 2002
 
Academic Half Day: Oct. 4, 2019
 
Thread Topic Lecturer Time Location
Rheum/Renal/Endo

PCOS Hypogonadism (Endo)

Hematuria/Proteinuria

Lauren Gratian

Blake Cameron

9:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

 VA NG032
ID/GI/GIM

Diarrhea

Atypical Infections and Zoonoses

Darsh Kothari

Micah McClain

9:15 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

 VA PRIME Conference Room
Card/Heme/Pulm/Onc

PAD

Asthma

April Swaminathan

Loretta Que

9:30 a.m.

 VA C8016

 

Noon Conference: Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2019
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
9/30/19

Battle of the Boards: Neurology

 Deepal Shah

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

Sazon
10/1/19 Meeting with the Chiefs - JARS and SARS Only

Chief Residents

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

Awaze
10/2/19 Med-Peds SAR Talk Elizabeth Ockerman

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Popeye's
10/3/19 RHC Assessment of Shock Rahul Loungani

12:10 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Subway
10/4/19

Chair's Conference

 Eric Powers

12:05 p.m.

DUH 2002

 Rudino's
 
 
Duke Gen Med Conference Schedule: Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2019
Date Topic Lecturer Time
9/30/19

SAR Report 

Cake Pops with Cooney

Rebecca Lumsden to Bill Hargett

Aaron Hein to Kathy Cooney

1:15 p.m.
10/1/19

SAR Report - DUH 8262

Intern Report 

Mark Robertshaw to Joe Govert

Jo Cavalier to Tony Galanos

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.
10/2/19

SAR Report 

Sheila Sherzoy to Aimee Zaas

1:15 p.m.
10/3/19

SAR Report

Intern Report - Sepsis

James Deardorff to Diana McNeill

Dr. Pollak

1:15 p.m.

3 p.m.

From the Residency Office

8th Annual Stead Tread 5K 
The 8th annual Stead Tread will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at 9 a.m. on the American Tobacco Trail (starting at Solite Park in Durham). Please visit the Stead Tread 2019 website (http://www.steadtread.org) for important race information, to securely register ($30), or to make a donation. Early Bird Registration: Save $5 if you register by September 29th ($25).

Narrative Medicine
The Narrative Medicine group will hold its first session of the year Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. in the Med Res Library. Dr. Galanos will precept this session.The theme for this session will be "Transitions." If you are interested in writing a piece, feel free to write about anything this word might bring to your mind. Please limit your piece to less than 1,000 words and email Govind Krishnan your piece by next Monday, Oct. 7. The narrative medicine sessions are considered a safe space: whatever is shared in our session, we ask that you keep private as well without express permission to share it with others. As always, food will be provided! Email Govind Krishnan to RVSP; the size of the group will be limited to 10.

Carrying Grief
This session is a confidential space to discuss personal grief and how it intersects with our professional lives as physicians. It is not uncommon for house officers to experience significant losses and deaths in their personal lives, outside of work. What are the strategies individuals have developed for living with that grief and for being able to carry it while working as a medical trainee?

Carrying Grief is an opportunity to:

  • Realize there are others in our community struggling with personal loss
  • Hear from peers about their experiences and reflections
  • Support your community by holding space for each other in difficult times

The first session will be held Tuesday Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in DMP 2W96. Food and drinks will be provided. Contact Jared Lowe with questions.

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/

Upcoming Dates and Events 

  • Sept. 30 - Deadline for Short-term Global Health Rotations (JARS)
  • Oct. 8 - Carrying Grief session
  • Oct. 10 - Narrative Medicine
  • Oct. 26 - Stead Tread 5K and Halloween Party

Opportunities

Useful links

 

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