Internal Medicine Residency News, September 26, 2016

From the Director

We are getting closer to DOCTOBERFEST! Keep sending your ridiculous selfies to Erin Payne as she helps get us ready for next month.

ERAS has opened, Turkey Bowl practice is in full swing, we are about to start JAR/SAR block 4, ACRs switch over, our recruitment kickoff is coming up, the holiday schedule is out … and they ran out of PSL at Starbucks on Friday.

It’s definitely fall.

For those who took the ITE, we anticipate having scores back very soon. Your advisor will be able to go over your score report with you. For all—if you haven’t scheduled a FALL advising meeting with your advisor, please reach out to them (or ask me to help) so that you can get your first meeting on the calendar. Reminder that you should have an advising meeting AT LEAST twice per year plus any additional meetings with me, Murat, other program advisors. 

For those applying to fellowship, do not forget to also register for the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP, a.k.a. the Match).  As you remember from residency, this is where you submit your rank list (due NOV 16). As your interviews wind down, please make an appointment to meet with me if you would like to discuss your rank list and your various options.

A big thanks to everyone who has stepped up to cover for interviews and illnesses in the past few weeks. I know it has been a very active need for coverage and we all appreciate everyone’s willingness to help out very much.  Also a big thanks to Colby Feeney and Eric Pollak for helping with some 1010 coverage.

Resident bio sheets went to your attendings for block 4 on Friday. We really appreciate the work Erin Payne, Anton Zuiker and Elizabeth McCamic did to make this happen. I previewed many of them and they look great.  We’ve already heard positive feedback from several attendings as well.

Kudos this week to David Sermer for his excellent SAR talk (with poise as we paused for lunch), to Kavisha Singh, Eric Black-Maier and Jim Lefler for serving as our ACRs and to Maggie Infeld for her awesome chair’s conference, with guest moderator Dr. Joseph Govert.  Also belated 9300 kudos from Myles Nickolich to Becca Lumsden, Lara Kapp and Irena Tan for outstanding patient care and teamwork (he sent it, and I forgot to post!). 

 

Be ready for the UPDATES from the PROGRAM noon conference on 9/26 and the ResCo Town Hall on Thursday.

Pubmed from the program this week goes to our two poster presenters at the Duke AHEAD workshop:  Jenny Van Kirk and Kahli Zeitlow. See their posters in the images at right: Sim Curriculum (Jenny)  and a Novel Curriculum to Teach PA Students Discharge Documentation (Kahli).

Interested in joining Duke AHEAD? Let me know!

Have a great week,

Aimee

Clinic Corner: Introducing the Ambulatory Care Leadership Track (ACLT) 

Attention Interns!

The ACLT has been a part of the Internal Medicine residency program at Duke since 2012. It is an elective track for second and third year internal medicine residents which serves as a foundation for careers in general medicine leadership, primary care, academic ambulatory subspecialties, research, or education. Residents come together during twelve ambulatory weeks per year of ambulatory clinical time and weekly academic seminars, including:

  • Expanded clinical options in fields inside and outside of medicine, including primary care, sports medicine, women’s health, ENT, ophthalmology, dermatology, palliative care, integrative medicine, pain medicine, obesity medicine, and all medicine subspecialties
  • Curricula in teaching and opportunities to teach as a senior resident
  • Seminars in population health and practice management
  • Advocacy and health policy seminars given by faculty in government relations and health policy throughout the year, with an advocacy trip in the spring to either Washington DC or Raleigh, NC, alternating years. Residents create a platform based on issues they wish to address as a group and meet directly with lawmakers at the state and national level.

The ACLT has evolved significantly since its inception, in response to residents’ feedback. This is a wonderful opportunity to realize your personal impact on the worlds of clinical medicine, education, leadership, and health policy.

Residents who envision careers in ambulatory medicine (general medicine or subspecialty) and are interested in joining the track will be asked to submit a one page application in December, 2016. Stay tuned for more information, or email Dani Zipkin with any questions!

The ACLT steering committee consists of the following outstanding faculty members in general internal medicine:

  • Alex Cho
  • Sharon Rubin
  • David Edelman
  • Kevin Shah
  • Sonal Patel
  • Susan Isbey
  • Lynn Bowlby
  • Larry Greenblatt
  • Bruce Peyser
  • Matt Atkins

Current ACLT residents:

  • Brian Andonian, Lauren Collins, CoCo Fraiche, Anne Weaver
  • Med Psych: Jake Feigal, Jim Lefler, Sarah Nelson, Nicole Helmke
  • JARs: Megan Gillum, Kelly Ground, Jared Lowe, Leah Machen, Maggie Moses, Sarah Nouri, Annie Reihman, Caroline Sloan, Meghan Steiner
  • MLPR: Azalea Kim

 

From the Chief Residents

Morning Report and MGR: September 26-October 2, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location
9/26/16

Thyroid Disorder

Matt Crowley

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
9/27/16

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Melissa Garrett

 7:15 a.m.

DUH 8253
9/28/16

Case presentation

 James Lefler to Ken Lyles 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
9/29/16

Rheumatoid Arthritis

William St.Clair

 7:15 a.m. DUH 8253
9/30/16

Medicine Grand Rounds

Lesley Curtis

 8:00 a.m. DUH 2002

 

Noon Conference: September 26-October 2, 2016
Date Topic Lecturer Time Location Lunch
9/26/16

Program Update

Aimee Zaas

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 Picnic Basket
9/27/16

SAR Lecture Series: DVT/PE - Management of Thrombophilias

Anirudh Kumar

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002

Nosh
9/28/16

Benign Dermatology for the Internist

Erin Lesesky

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2002

 China King
9/29/16

Residency Town Hall

 

 12:00 p.m.

DUH 2001

 Subway
9/30/16 Medicine Research Seminar Series: How HIT Happens: a tale of PF4, complement and B-cells

Gow Arepally

 12:00 p.m. DUH 2002 Jason's Deli

From the Residency Office

Global Health Elective Rotations

The Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health is now accepting applications for Global Health Elective Rotations for July 2017 and March 2018. The application is available at https://dukeglobalhealth.org/programs/Clinical-Research-Rotations-Abroad.

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: Thursday, September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Upcoming Dates and Events

  • October 4 - Intern Retreat at Museum of Life and Science

  • October 8 - 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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