Plays of the Week:
Play of the week goes to Dr. Ben Jack, who was accepted to present a NASPGHAN podium presentation and is the winner of the B Li Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association (CVSA) Young Investigator Award for his project, "Increasing Trends of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in Youth: The Grass is Not Always Greener"
Play of the week also goes to Drs. Marianna Caballero and Andrew Warren who received the following message praising their care from the family of a teen patient who was seen as an ER consult, who had a VERY long day, and the team identified a working diagnosis and follow-up plan: "The whole WR team was just great. Please pass along our sincere appreciation to the residents, Marianna Caballero and Andrew Warren!"
Congratulations to all the newly elected DEI Officers:
Chair: NP Janice McGirt
Co-chair: Dr. Noelle Molter
Secretary: Dr. Alexis Ghersi
Fellow Representative: Dr. Sarah Jiang
Staff Representative: Dr. Cassandra Carr
Pathways to Pediatrics Champion: Dr. Emily Ferraro
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 8/8 | Education | 0730 - 0800 America 2525 B/C | Invited Faculty ONLY |
| Reverse Ed | 0745 - 0800 Canyon Conf Rm | Pediatric Residents ONLY |
Tuesday, 8/9 | PI/QI: Fishbone Diagrams, Steps 3&4 | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome Steps 1-3 should be completed |
Wednesday, 8/10 | SIM & Skills | 0745 - 0850 SIM Center **3rd Deck Team report to the PICU for SIM** | Residents and Medical Students Only |
Thursday, 8/11 | MR: Wellness | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | Resident and Medical Students only |
Friday, 8/12 | MR: Case & Nephro Lecture, Ferrara | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Save the Date | Upcoming Birthdays |
19AUG: GME Administrative Professionals Day | 15AUG: Colin McNamara's Birthday |
17AUG: Emily Ferraro's Birthday | |
| 23AUG: Suhani Patel's Birthday |
Announcements:
Meet our Rotating Medical Students!
All Staff Updates
Mock Joint Commission Survey will take place THIS WEEK (August 8-12th). Please prepare accordingly and ensure that any workspaces that are determined as shared patient areas (i.e. MICC treatment room) do not have any food, drink, jackets, or backpacks.
Tuesday, August 9th: PICU (1000), 3W (1100), MICC/NICU (1500
Wednesday, August 10th: Adolescent Medicine (1300)
Friday, August 12th: Peds Sedation Unit (1130)
MHS Genesis
Computer-based training will begin in OCT, and instructor-led in-class training is scheduled to start in DEC
Resident-Specific Updates
Please reach out to your Block 3 rotation supervisors and let them know your schedule (Continuity Clinics, ARM days, leave, etc.)
PI/QI: Next Session is August 9th
Fishbone Diagrams
Please assign your team lead and notify your stakeholders!
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
Clerkship Round Robin
Contact Dr. Sebastian Lara (sebastian.lara@usuhs.edu) if interested
Tentative Dates and Times:
31Aug2022 1300-1700
5Jan2023 1300-1700*
3May2023 1300-1700*
30Aug2023 1300-1700*
Able to interact with students of the class who have their Peds rotation coming up in the subsequent 3 months. 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. Then there is a 10-minute buffer between rooms. The students will move. You stay put and will deliver the same content 5 times. There are 9-10 students per group.
Reproduction and Endocrinology Module: September 22, 26, 29th
Adolescent Psychosocial Interview: September 27th 1000-1230
Contact Dr. John Berry (john.berry@usuhs.edu) if interested
The medical students get two lectures that morning (intro to HEADSSS and Adolescent-Specific care in the military system). The students then see a modeled HEADSSS exam and then break into virtual groups (2 per room) and take turns role-playing as the patient and provider in 2 different adolescent scenarios. The students then come back together to discuss lessons learned from performing the HEADSSS exam. Teaching in this session would entail facilitating the debrief small groups of 12-15 students.
Bushmaster: October 10th and 19th
Contact Dr. Sara Bibbens (sara.bibbens@usuhs.edu) if interested
Field exercise in Fort Indian Town Gap, Pennsylvania. The resident would have the option to get funded to drive up the night before and stay overnight in the barracks or could drive up early morning on the same day. MREs provided.
Introduction to Clinical Reasoning (ICR) “Neonatal Transitions”: Date TBD - usually 3rd week in January
Contact Dr. Brian Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu) if interested
3 consecutive 60-minute ICR sessions with approximately 7-10 students in each group focused on discussing common clinical presentations in the neonate transitioning from the intrauterine to extrauterine environments.
Humanities Week
Contact Dr. Sebastian Lara (sebastian.lara@usuhs.edu) if interested
Co-facilitate a variety of multi-disciplinary health humanities activities. Past sessions include painting, comics design, dance, art of observation with National Gallery of Art, improv in medicine, narrative writing.
Dates: 6MAR (0800-1300), 8MAR (0800-1300), 10MAR(0800-1300)
Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 2023: APR 26-MAY 3
Open call for scholarly sessions, workshops, SIGs, ancillary events, and volunteers
Upcoming Conferences:
APPD Mid-Atlantic Regional Fall Meeting (Virtual): September 23rd, 2022
Scholarship Opportunity: residents can win a $1000 grant for projects on DEI, community health, advocacy, education, etc. See below for more details, grant proposals are due by Friday, July 29th.
Spotlights on Innovations: do you have an innovative idea within DEI, community health, or virtual recruitment and want to present at the conference? Contact Britt Bumgardner if interested. Submissions are due by Friday, August 26th.
Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA): November 4-6, 2022
The 41st Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA) will be held from November 4-6, 2022 in San Antonio, with the theme of "Periviability: Ethics and Outcomes." The call for abstracts for COMPRA began on June 8, 2022, and the deadline for submission is Friday, August 5, 2022. Applicants will be notified of selection for attendance and presentation of abstracts by August 19, 2022. See below for submission guidelines and further details.
ARMY
Planning on going on leave? You can find the most updated leave forms here: https://www.nccpeds.com/army-leave
AIR FORCE
PT Tests:
To schedule a test at Walter Reed, please contact SSgt Talia Johnson (talia.l.johnson2.mil@mail.mil). Please allow a few business days for a response.
If there is no availability at WRNMMC, you must test at Andrews AFB. Contact Ms. Laurie Creel (laurie.a.creel.civ@mail.mil)
Leave
Complete an updated Travel Assessment for any leave requests and send to Brittany Bumgardner or Dr. Zanetti for signature.
Upload the signed TRA to your LeaveWeb request, and designate Brittany Bumgardner and Dr. Zanetti as your primary and backup approver.
If you have a negative balance, submit requests to Col Rieker.
Ensure you are up to date with your Individual Medical Readiness
For Fellows: Fill out TRA, send to fellowship director/specialty chief for signing, submit leave to Maj Mary Hoffman and backup is AF personnel within specialty
NAVY
Residents: designate Brittany Bumgardner (under "Civilian Approvers", UIC 00168) as your watchbill coordinator in NSIPS.
PFA dates:
8 Aug - 2 Sep 2022: All-Hands PRT
6-9 Sep 2022: Late/Make-Up PRT