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Plan of the Week: Feb 2- Feb 6



Play of the Week:


Play of the Week this week goes to our snow day coverage teams who went above and beyond to make sure our units were covered and didn't even complain once! Particularly to Dr. Anna Casey, Dr. Rebecca Morgis, Dr. Melanie Yonko, Dr. Paola Robles-Vera, Dr. Katy Crandall, and Dr. Erin Scroggins who covered during the blizzard on Sunday, many of them spending additional nights in the hospital to ensure they could be at their shifts. Also, Dr. Genesis James, Dr. Andrew Koury, and Dr. Paul McQuillen who had early Monday morning shifts. We are so thankful for you all!

Schedule:



Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 2/2

Chaperone Training by Dr. Edwards for case portion followed by Urology for General Pediatricians by Dr. Maxon

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome (if you've already completed your chaperone training, please come for the lecture!)

Tuesday, 2/3

PIQI: Behavioral Health update followed by working session

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 2/4

Virtual Grand Rounds:

The Role of Pediatricians in Supporting Operational Medicine: A PICU CCATT Physician’s Perspective by Dr. Michael Papacostas, Lt Col, USAF, MC

0745-0845

Google Meet Information:

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom

All Welcome

Thursday, 2/5

Case and Children's National Connection: Discussing referrals with Dr. Kapunan and Dr. Difazio as well as Shay Raugh from CNMC

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 2/6

Case and PHO Neutrophil lecture by Dr. Hartman

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

10 MAR: MD AAP Resident Advocacy Day

31 January: Jacquelin Doman

1-2 May: Resident Retreat

7 March: Grace Manno

14 May: Intern CSA

14 March: Harvey Harper


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Continuity Clinic: See Continuity Clinic Assignments for AY 25-26 here!


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Resident Announcements


Check your BLS/PALS Expiration Dates!

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

  • Classes fill quickly so sign-up early!

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


Rotation Supervisor Contact List for AY 25-26

  • 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!





Please read and complete the following Peds Heme Onc QI Projects below

“Quality Improvement: Iron supplementation in full-term breastfed infants at 4 month well exams” by Dr. Yejin Yoo

For those who could not be there, I want to make sure everyone is included and informed:

 

  • Problem Statement: AAP recommends that exclusively/predominantly breastfed full-term infants receive 1mg/kg/day of elemental iron starting at 4 months, until iron-rich complementary foods are introduced.

    • Our PCMH clinic has poor compliance of implementing this AAP guideline due to lack of standardization, provider understanding, or inconsistency in parental counseling at well visits.

  • Aim Statement: Increase the proportion of eligible full-term breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation by 4 months of age from X% (baseline) to 90% within 6 months.

  • Team Members:

    • All pediatric staff and residents at WR PCMH

    • Nursing staff

  • Interventions/Change Idea:

    • Implement a visual reminder and documentation template in the EMR at the 4-month well-child visit to prompt clinician to:

1) Prescribe or recommend appropriate iron drops- Please switch D-visol to Poly-visol with Iron at 4 month well exams for exclusively/predominantly breastfed babies

2) Provide appropriate counseling regarding iron- Please give parent iron handout (will be available in exam rooms and on the shared drive)

3) Document counseling and prescription in the EMR- Please use the dot phrase below and include “Start Poly-visol with Iron daily. Counseling provided to parents regarding infant’s iron needs.”

 


 

Also for those who missed the morning report, please fill out this quick 5-question pre-survey


Sickle Cell Pain Management Optimization QI Project by Dr. Michael Bernhardt

Please watch the following educational powerpoint and complete the pre and post surveys:

Pre-Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q8DKY3L

 

Post-Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRZJH7F

 

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All Staff Updates


QR Codes for morning report sign in for both faculty and residents are here!

Resident Morning Report Sign In:



Faculty CME Sign In:



PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:

  • PI/QI is being moved to Morning Report! Each session will start with a PGY3 project update (max 5 minutes).

    • Session Dates for updates: 3 Feb (Behavioral Health), 6 Mar (Symbicort), 31 March (Beyfortus), 29 April (Behavioral Health), 2 June (End of year presentations)

    • See PGY3 template for project updates below:



Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

ICR Small Group Teaching/Pediatric Teaching Opportunities at USU

ICR Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU

  • RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, & FACULTY

  • Check back in later for more opportunities!


POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

  • POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

    • RESIDENTS ONLY

    • Check back in later for more opportunities!


Humanitarian Disaster Response course for USU MS3 students (humanitarian experience not necessary!!)

We need faculty to help lead small groups for cases during an interprofessional education session titled "Humanitarian Disaster Response" for the SOM MS3 students and GSN students (over 200 students). Three of the four cases are pediatric-focused so we are hoping to have as many peds facilitators as possible. This course is held in-person only.

 

Who: any faculty (to include Peds residents) who comfortable leading a small group and providing teaching points

 

What: lead two small groups of 8-10 students through a clinical case based on a fictional humanitarian disaster response (45min/group) 

CASES:

- febrile rash (measles)

- burns (triage, fluids, intro to psych first aid)

- diarrhea/dehydration

 - pregnancy with delivery in a field clinic -- unless specifically requested, we will assign this to instructors from FP and OB/GYN

 

When: Thurs March 5 from 0730-1100 (students will have a lecture related to the session from 0730-0800)

 

Where: USU - MDL rooms

 

How will I be prepared: we will provide you a faculty guide and have an optional virtual fac dev session (with recording available if you can't make it) prior to the IPE

 

Do I need humanitarian experience? No, but it is helpful if you've ever practiced in a resource limited environment (to include deployment if you are interested and available. Please email Dr. Helfrich (alison.helfrich@usuhs.edu) ASAP if you are interested!

Faculty Development

Research & Upcoming Conferences


Please reach out to Nicole if you have been accepted to any upcoming conferences.



APA Region IV 2026 (Feb 28- Mar 1 2026)

Register here: https://acpa.memberclicks.net/apa-region-4-meeting-2026

 

A few important notes:

- The APA Region IV Annual Meeting will take place from February 28 to March 1, 2026

- Venue: Omni Hotel, 212 Ridge McIntire Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, United States

·                     We are pleased to offer a dedicated hotel block for attendees of the APA Region IV Meeting. To secure the group rate, please book your room using the link below:

Click here to reserve your room

·                     Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so we encourage you to book early.

·                     Deadline to book your room in the hotel block is 2/6/2026

Military Child and Family Health Research Symposium (Apr 22 2026); call for research due Feb 10 2026

This annual event, hosted by the Uniformed Services University Department of Pediatrics, includes a poster session, which is an opportunity to feature recent research focused on the health and well-being of military children and families.  

 

Previously submitted/presented research is eligible for consideration. In person attendance is not required to have a poster displayed. If you submitted to the Pediatric Academic Societies conference, please consider submitting to this event as well! 

 

Event date: April 22, 2026

Call for Research: Due February 10, 2026

Notification of Acceptance: February 27, 2026

 

Click here to submit your research Please email binny.chokshi@usuhs.edu or hina.ahmed.ctr@usuhs.edu with any questions.



Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:



MD AAP Residency Advocacy Day: March 10 2026

Mark your calendars! More details to come. We will intermittently check the website for updates (https://www.mdaap.org/events-meetings/)


AAP Advocacy Conference: April 12- 14 2026

The AAP Advocacy Conference will be in Arlington, VA this year. More information can be found here

If you're interested in the scholarship, you can apply for it here

ARMY

Army Leave

  • Current leave process

    • Please send an email to your 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 (PGY2/3) or Dr. Stagliano (PGY1)

      • 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

      • For OCONUS leave: Send to Dr. Ahmed

    • See the powerpoint below for instructions




AIR FORCE

Leave:

  • Please complete, sign, and have Maj Kolasinski sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.

  • Put Maj Kolasinski as first approver and Maj Jean as second approver

  • For the checklist - Overdue items will need a plan for updating or else leave is at jeopardy of not being approved.

  • 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 – BCA tests are due at the end of your birth month

4 – PT test due date. You can check at myfss https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management

5 – N/A for residents


For OCONUS leave: Submit to Maj Jean instead of Dr. K or Zanetti with Dr. Reynolds as back up approver



NAVY

Leave:

  • LCDR Sierra Howell is now deployed through August 2025. Please send leave requests to CDR Danielle Barnes. CDR Barnes will be on leave 7/21-7/30, please submit upcoming leave prior to this.

  • When submitting leave, please email CDR Barnes 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)



Please reach out to Nicole at nicole.martin143@gmail.com or nicole.m.martin56.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.

 
 
 
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