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Plan of the Week: Apr 7-Apr 13



Schedule:



Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 4/7 ***Block 11 Start***

MR: Case, Orient to Service

0745-0815. America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 4/8

MR: Case, Pediatric Eye Trauma and Retina-Dr. Grant

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 4/9

Sim and Skills: Access (PIV, Art Stick, & I/O)+ Broselow Code Cart Orientation

0745-0850, Sim Center, 4th Floor, Heroes Building

Residents, Interns, and Medical Students Only

Thursday, 4/10

MR: Case, Rhinitis-Dr. Miller

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 4/11

MR: Case, Red Eye-Dr Snider

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

28-29 APR: PFCCS (Rising PGY-2s)

22 APR: Karina Kauffman Brown's Birthday

02-04 MAY: Spring Resident Retreat

27 APR: Brenda Zhang's Birthday

05 MAY-07 MAY: Intern CSA


08 MAY: PGY-3 PALS Instructor Course


13 JUN: 2025 NCC Graduation


20 JUN: Hail and Farewell


23 JUN: Supervisory Seminar



Resident Announcements


NEW Go-By for BLS Recertification

  • Reminder to check your BLS expiration dates and sign-up early for recertification courses

  • Follow the steps below to sign up for a recertification class

    • Click this link to access the Walter Reed Relias website

    • Click “Course Library”

    • Search “BLS”

    • Sign-up for either Blended (requires pre-work) or Challenge Course

      • Note courses fill fast. Sign up 1-2 months prior to BLS expiration

    • Complete your required pre-work and bring certificates to class


Seeking Medical Student Hosts for Interview Season!


Rotation Supervisors

  • The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information for rotation supervisors

  • Remember to check MedHub and review updated goals & objectives for your rotations!



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Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only)


  • The Pre-Graduation Handbook is linked here. Please review the table of contents.

  • Current Tasks:

    • End of Training Documentation

      •  Review "Privileged Provider/ EOT Documentation" Section in TTP Handbook

        * DHA165- Program will prepare for you

        * DHA 367- Send to your Academic Advisor.  Upload to JCCQAS & MedHub Portfolio

        * Privileging Procedure Form- Complete yourself.  Upload to MedHub.  Once signed by PD, upload to JCCQAS

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All Staff Updates


NEW Alumna Spotlight-Dr. Bailey Howard

  • Click the link below to hear U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay's pediatrician, Dr. Bailey Howard (Class of 2021), join AFN Guantanamo Bay's Radio GTMO to discuss children's health and building healthy screen time habits.

  • https://www.dvidshub.net/audio/85654/pulse


Updated USU Faculty and Resident Preceptor Video


PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:

  • 5/2- Morning Report Working Session (0745-0850)

    • Rising PGY-2s will split from teams for project brainstorming session for AY25-26

    • Rising PGY-3s (and current PGY-3's) will meet with yellow belts and stakeholders for a working session


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities



USU Academic Appointment Information Sessions

  • Dr. Jessica Servey, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at USU will be hosting two virtual info sessions for residents interested in USU academic appointments after graduation.

  • Sessions are most applicable to graduating residents, but any resident can join

  • No sign-up is required, Google Meet links and times below:

USU Teaching Opportunities

Longitudinal Clinical Skills for MD/PhD students

  • Volunteers will help lead hour long case-based discussion to a small group of students in USU's combined MD/PhD program. These students have completed their pre-clerkship phase of medical school and are doing research for their PhD before moving on to clerkships. 

  • Upcoming sessions: Neonatal Fever 04/10/25, Lumbar Puncture 5/8/25.  All sessions are from 0900-1000.

    - Email Dr. Parsons (emily.parsons@usuhs.edu) if interested

ICR Module Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU


POET Round Robin Teaching at USU (Next Session 30APR)

  • POET week Pediatrics half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation.

  • Upcoming sessions: 30APR2025, and 27AUG2025 (1300-1700 at USU)

    • Sessions run from 1300-1700 (report NLT 1245)

  • All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to events

  • Please email Dr. Wido (meaghan.wido@usuhs.edu) if interseted

Faculty Development

Research & Upcoming Conferences


If you were recently published, send a copy of your paper Emily to be included in the POW!


Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:

THIS WEEK Volunteer Opportunity- MMR Event-Jellybean Jamboree: 12APR

  • The Advocacy and Outreach Committee will be volunteering at the next MWR event on 12APR. All are welcome to come and volunteer! We will be helping set up, clean up, and providing resources for general pediatric health concerns to include summer safety and more.

    • Saturday, April 12

    • 10 AM-1 PM

    • Warrior Food Court, Building 62

  • Please sign up here or message MJ Spirnak for information! 

ARMY- NEW OERSF Deadline-15MAY

OERSF Significant Contributions Section-Due 15 MAY

  • Location of Army OER Resources:

    • \\mdusocfs01\dept$\WRNM\_Pediatrics\MMOC\Army\OER Resources

  • Fill in your objectives and contributions - use the document entitled "OERSF - Major Performance Objects & Significant Contributions Examples"

  • To keep track of your achievements throughout the year - feel free to use the document entitled "OER BRAG SHEET" to get some ideas on the type of information to track

  • If you have any questions, reach out to your Army military advisors

    • PGY1 - Dr. Williams 

    • PGY2 - Dr. Stark

    • PGY3 - Dr. Patterson


Semi-Annual ACFT Sign-Up: 28APR-03MAY

  • Sign-up for your semi-annual ACFT ASAP using the QR code on the flyer linked below



Army Leave

  • Current leave process

    • Please send email to Emily and Military Advisor notifying of specific leave requests

    • Please use IPPS-A for all leave/absence requests; go to https://myaccess.dmdc.osd.mil/identitymanagement/app/login and login with your CAC

    • Make sure you change your email in order to receive email notifications -> My Profile -> My Current Profile -> down arrow next to name -> Personal Details -> Contact Details

    • Submit leave

      • Submit Leave to your specific Military Advisor

      • Click My Absences in the home page

      • Complete the appropriate information, an example of chargeable leave is below:

      • Absence Type: 1-Chargeable Absence

      • Absence Name: Absence

      • Absence Reason: 01- Annual (Ordinary) Absence and complete the remainder of the page

      • Enter Start and End Dates

      • For supervisor ID: direct it to your ARMY ADVISOR

      • Complete address information with the location of where you are going

      • Click submit

    • See the powerpoint below for instructions




AIR FORCE

Leave:

  • Please complete and sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.

  • Put Dr. Zanetti as 1st Approver, and email checklist to both.

  • For the checklist - When out of training these are items that will result in leave not being approved. I will NOT be rejecting leave, but if there are things overdue we need a plan to get updated. If you have a lot of overdue items and you are doing OCONUS or leave requiring commanders signature this could cause issues, but we’ll address that if it comes up.

  • Here’s how you should answer Checklist:

1 – in JKO ensure that your annual cyberawareness, Hippa, level 1 antiterrorism training are done

2- Check your IMR and ensure all green https://asimsimr.health.mil/imr/myIMR.aspx  if not use comment box to write what is not up to date and plan

3 – TR closeouts are end of the academic year 30June

4 – N/A

5 – check myfss for next PT Test date https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management

6 – this is your birth month

7 – N/A



NAVY-NEW FITREP Reminders

NEW FITREP Deadlines for Graduating Navy Residents

  • FITREP Block 41 draft & brag sheet are due to Dr. Madison on 4/14

  • Final FITREP documents on due on Microsoft Teams on 4/21 


eNavFIT Transition

  • All O3s and O4s should check their OMPF and if their Fitrep is not there, send a letter to the board with a copy of the Fitrep

  • Please reference email sent to all Navy trainees from Dr. Hepps with specific instructions and reach out to Navy advisors (Drs. Madison and Wido) for additional assistance


Leave:

  • LCDR Sierra Howell is the new Navy leave approver

  • When submitting leave, please email LCDR Howell and cc the chief resident

  • Chief Resident will send email confirming that dates have been approved


Leave & Liberty Divisional Readiness LPO: 4th Div LPO- HM2 Mariavicka Sanchez- Responsible for DMS, which includes Pediatricshttps://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/NMSD/SitePages/4th%20Division.aspx 

(hover over 4th Division tab)



Play of the Week:


Play of the Week: Goes to Dr. Maddie Mascitti and Dr. Simal Ali for assisting the NICU team with the delivery of a 24-week neonate overnight. Fantastic work!



Please reach out to Emily at emily.ferraro@nccpeds.com or emily.m.ferraro2.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.

 
 
 

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