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Plan of the Week: April 28th - May 4th

Updated: May 2, 2024



Plays of the Week:


Play of the week to Dr. Connor Liggett and Dr. Anna Casey, who stepped up and led the resuscitation of a Code Purple. Connor was head of bed and Anna caught the baby, and both immediately recognized that baby required immediate resuscitation efforts. Each took turns giving CPAP and providing exemplary NRP. Anna performed a needle decompression on the infant, and both placed an emergent UVC. Their interventions and actions led to a great outcome for this patient. Great work team!


Play of the week to Dr. Marianna Caballero, who completed her requirements to receive credentialing for Moderate Sedation. She is the first resident to complete in over 2 years!


Play of the week to Dr. Sebstian Lara, who was named AOA Faculty Teacher of the Year from the Maryland Gamma Chapter of the AOA Honor Society at USU. Congratulation, sir! Well deserved!


Additional play of the week to everyone who presented their posters at the 4th Annual Military Child Health Research Symposium. Dr. Samantha Hanciles, Dr. Brandon Neal, Dr. Madeleine Mascitti, and Dr. Marianna Caballero all had posters; and Dr. Madison and Dr. Patterson gave excellent platform presentations. Overall, a great afternoon!



Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 4/29

MR: Case, Lecture: Renal Imaging - Dr. Ferrara

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 4/30

MR: Case, Lecture: Lupus - Dr. Jones

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 5/1

Grand Rounds: Dr. Haischer-Rollo

0745-0850 USUHS Room A3, Bldg A Virtual

All Welcome


Continuity Clinic Field Trip: Arlington Cemetery

1300-1600

Faculty and Residents as Assigned

Thursday, 5/2

MR: Case, Lecture: Dr. Kauffman Brown's Journal Club

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 5/3

MR: Board Review

0745-0850 America 2525

Residents and Medical Students Only


Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

24APR: In-Person Battlefield Acupuncture Training

10MAY: Brandon Neal

26APR: NCR Research Competition Poster Presentations Day 1

20MAY: Brian Fissel

01MAY: Continuity Clinic Field Trip Day 1


04-05MAY: Resident Spring Retreat


06MAY: Block 12 Starts


06MAY-08MAY: Intern CSA


08MAY: Continuity Clinic Field Trip Day 2


22MAY: GI AHD



Continuity Clinic: Arlington National Cemetery Field Trip or Professionalism (if not going on field trip this week)





Journal Club: 02MAY - Dr. Kauffman Brown





NCR Research and Innovation Month Schedule: THIS WEEK!

1-2 May 2024 | NICoE Auditorium

  • Competition 1—Case Reports, Wednesday, 1 May 2024 – 0800 - 1300

  • Competition 2—Paul Florentino Patient and-Family Centered of Care &

  • Quality/Performance Improvement, Thursday, 2 May 2024 – 1250-1430


6 May 2024 | NICoE Auditorium

  • One day of competitions spotlighting top Laboratory & Clinical Research

  • Robert A. Phillips & Bailey K. Ashford, Monday, 6 May 2024 – 0745 - 1720





Announcements:


All Staff Updates



School Paperwork SOP:

In anticipation of school physical season, we have made some changes to help streamline the paperwork return process. In summary:

 

  • A mass message when out to families last week asking them to send in their various school forms through the portal prior to their appointment, and to list when their appointment is and with whom. If they don’t know, nurses will do their best to route the paperwork to whoever the patient is seeing. Thus, you may receive messages for patients you are seeing in the future.

  • Once you see them, you can send the paperwork back via the portal

  • If you get paperwork handed to you during the appointment, you may fill it out the during the appointment if you’re able, but families were informed you may need to send it back at a later time via the portal (or have them pick up at front desk if they are unable to use portal or some reason)

  • We will discourage paperwork being dropped off at the front desk, but will accept them if families are having trouble with the portal.

  • Turn around time is still 10 business days, although we do our best to get it back to them as quickly as we can




Pediatric Hail and Farewell

  • Save the Date for June 7th

  • RSVP coming soon!


Faculty Development

You must register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/ Upcoming FOCUS Faculty Development Workshops




It’s No Small Thing: The Challenges of Small Group Teaching (FACULTY ONLY) (IN-PERSON) Date: 22 May 2024 Time: 11:00 - 13:00 Track: Teaching Location: USU, Bldg A, Rm A2053

Resident-Specific Updates

Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only):


This week's focus: Outprocessing and Moving

  • Outprocessing: Start your "WRNMMC Pre-Checkout List Check List" (focus on 90-days out)

  • Moving:  Focus on "Planning & Scheduling Your Move"



Block 12 Schedules - Rotation Contacts Updated FEB2024

  • Don't forget to reach out to your Rotation Supervisors regarding your schedule if you have any questions/concerns. The below attachment has the most up-to-date contact information.

  • Additionally, check MedHub and review updated goals & objectives for your upcoming rotation!



Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)

  • Contact Dr. Brian Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu) if interested

  • Tentative Dates and Times:

  • Designed to mimic a clinic half day, each faculty member will be in an MDL room with your particular case. The students have 30 minutes with you to go through the case/skills. The students will move. You stay put and will deliver the same content 5 times to groups of 9-10 students.

ICR Module Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU


POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

  • POET week Pediatrics half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation (starting in next 3 weeks)

  • Current sessions:

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

  • Upcoming Dates: May 1st

  • Please email Dr. Hughes (brian/hughes@usuhs.edu)


Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Conferences

PAS 2024: May 2nd-6th in Toronto, Ontario


NCR Research and Innovation Month: Poster Week April 26th - May 3rd - THIS WEEK!

Posters due to MGAD by April 1st

Poster Week: April 26th to May 3rd

2024 Section on Uniformed Services Scientific Awards Abstract Competition -September 27th - October 1st in Orlando, FL (AAP Conference)

Beginning February 16 Submit your Abstract at: https://aapexperience.org/abstracts/

SUBMISSION DEADLINE – April 12, 2024

Submission Types:      Case Report, Original Research, or Quality Improvement (may be eligible for MOC 4 credit).


Abstracts will be considered within six scientific award topics to be given to honor research efforts by Uniformed Pediatricians. The awards are:

 The Ogden Bruton Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician on either basic science research or research on the development, evaluation, or application of an emerging technology in pediatrics.


 The Andrew Margileth Award (certificate of merit): for the best pediatric paper by a Uniformed Pediatrician documenting clinical findings or assessing clinical diagnostic studies, therapeutic regimens, and outcomes leading to improved quality of health care for children.


 The Howard Johnson Award (certificate of merit): for the best paper by a Uniformed Resident (of any specialty) on a pediatric topic.


 The Leo Geppert Innovation Award (certificate of merit): for the Uniformed Pediatrician with the best paper outlining a Quality Improvement or Patient Safety innovation affecting the care of pediatric patients.


The Leo Geppert Case Award (certificate of merit): for the best case report by a Uniformed Pediatrician.  It is the only category that accepts case reports.

 The Val G. Hemming Award (certificate of merit and a travel award per individual command's approval): for the USUHS, HPSP, or ROTC medical student submitting the best paper on a pediatric-related topic in clinical or basic science research.


 

Your submission will only be considered under one award topic. If you are unsure which topic to submit under, please contact Michelle Kiger, MD at michelle.e.kiger.mil@healthl.mil or Patrick Reeves, MD patrick.reeves@usuhs.edu for assistance.

 

Formats: Poster and Oral Presentations (Oral presentations only for Bruton, Johnson and Margileth categories).

Abstracts limited to 450 words. Prior IRB approval will be required for submissions involving human or animal subjects  research.

Publication:  Abstracts can be previously presented but not previously published.

Awards:   Certificates for top 3 abstracts in each category. Top winner only for Hemming award. Announcement of first place during SOUS educational program during AAP National Conference.


 Meeting:  AAP National Conference is scheduled for September 27-October 1, 2024 in Orlando, FL.

Questions:  For questions about abstract submission guidelines, contact Jackie Burke at jburke@aap.org. If your abstract is accepted for presentation, at least 1 author must register for the NCE.


 

National Medical Association Conference -August 3rd-7th in New York City

Deadline for Abstracts and Scholarship Opportunities is April 16th!


The NMA is the nation's oldest and largest organization representing African American physicians and health professionals in the United States. Established in 1895, the NMA is the collective voice of more than 30,000 African American physicians and the patients they service. 


There are currently several calls for abstract submissions to highlight medical students, trainees and faculty that she has attached to this email. Some of those selected can receive funding to attend this year's convention. Anyone with questions about the process or the meeting can reach out directly to Dr. Seide for more information at witzard.seide@usuhs.edu or Dr. James at genesis.james@nccpeds.com, who was a Billie Wright Adams Scholarship recipient last year!

SOPT Trainee News & Views Blog




Community Pediatrics Updates:


Blue Star's Spaces for Belonging

  • This is an LGBTQ+ Military youth program that will be participating in the DC Pride Parade in June!

  • They have a Pride prep event scheduled for May 11th! At this gathering, teens will be tie-dying Blue Star t-shirts to proudly wear during the parade. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with the youth actively engaged in the Spaces program.

  • Please register here


Neonatal Justice Collaborative Health Equity Leadership Scholars Program

  • Eligible to pediatric residents & neonatal fellows (at least PGY-2) to help mentor and build the next generation of diverse, neonatal health equity scholars, advocates, and changemakers. 

  • This will be a 2 year program with monthly virtual didactics and/or case simulations & discussions and will include in-person attendance at an NJC-sponsored event at a national conferences. The tentative start date for this program is Summer 2025. See here more information: https://sites.google.com/view/neojusticecollab/home. 

  • We are seeking volunteers who are interested in serving as a career mentor, research/scholarly mentors, group facilitators, and/or content experts. If you are interested, please see the google form link (https://forms.gle/HHfyNAhbNCSnwjhKA) to for more information and to sign-up or feel free to email me at uchenna.e.anani@vumc.org for more information or questions.


Walter Reed JDRF Walk - May 19th





ARMY

Soldiers assigned to HHC, MRB, NCR will report to Building 14 at 0800 on Saturday, 11 May 2024, if they cannot provide proof that they are current on the following annual requirements. Proof of completion of the following requirements must be submitted to SSG Cruz, Michael (michael.a.cruz54.mil@health.mil), SSG Lee, Seulah (Seulah.lee.mil@health.mil), SPC Thompson, Grace (grace.y.thompson.mil@health.mil), with the HHC Orderly Room Group box cc’d (dha.bethesda.walter-reed-med-ctr.mbx.hhc-mrb-ncr-orderly-room@health.mil) NLT COB 9 May. The uniform for this formation is ACUs or IPFU; Wear of civilian attire is not approved.





Army Leave

  • Current leave process

    • Please send email to Jack 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

    • Make sure you continue to send leave dates and locations to the Peds Leave Listserv: dha.bethesda.j-11.mbx.pediatric-alpha-co-leave@health.mil

    • See the powerpoint below for instructions



AIR FORCE

Leave:

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

  • Put Dr. Zanetti and Jack as 1st/2nd 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

BCA and PRTs:

Command is utilizing SignUpGenius to schedule BCAs and PRTs during designated dates for each Division. Click on the link to schedule your BCA as a participant once you have read NMRTCBETHESDANOTE 6110.:

* 4th Div: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BABAB2FA5F4C16-47503519-4thdiv


The command-wide dates for the PFA and FEP for cycle 2024 are from 1 April 2024 through 24 May 2024, with makeup dates scheduled 28 May 2024 through 7 June 2024.


Additionally, I have attached a copy of the NAVMED 6110/4 (02/2021) PHYSICAL FITNESS ASSESSMENT MEDICAL CLEARANCE/WAIVER.





Leave:

  • Dr. Ferrara will approve leave in NSIPS

  • When submitting leave, please email Dr. Ferrara and 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 Pediatrics https://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/NMSD/SitePages/4th%20Division.aspx

(hover over 4th Division tab)


2024 Training Schedule:

All Trainings are assigned to each Sailor and tracked via the Relias LMS at https://dha20433.training.reliaslearning.com/







Please reach out to Jack at jack.goetzman@nccpeds.com or henry.j.goetzman.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.

 
 
 

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