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Plan of the Week: Feb 24-Mar 2



Schedule:

*****It's "Thank a Resident" week! Special events listed below!*****


Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 2/24

Education/Reverse Education

Faculty: 0730-0850 America 2525 Residents: 0745-0850 Resident Room

Pediatric residents only. If unable to attend, please provide faculty feedback using this link.

Thank a Resident Event

Coffee and Doughnuts

0700-0800. Arrowhead, Next to the Gen Surg Clinic


Tuesday, 2/25

MR: Morbidity and Mortality

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Thank a Resident Event

Dr. Saperstein, Medical Improv, “This is Us,” Lunch Provided

1200-1300 America 2525 (IM Conference Room)


Wednesday, 2/26

Academic Half Day- No Morning Report




Academic Half Day- Endocrinology (Schedule below)

See assigned locations below

Pediatric Residents: 1300-1630. Medical students/off-service interns: 1330-1530 only.

Thank a Resident Event

MG(ret) Caravalho, Leadership in Military Medicine; Cake cutting with Hospital Leadership

1200-1300 Memorial Auditorium

Lunch provided, Door prizes!! Must be present to win!

Thursday, 2/27

MR: Case, GI Lecture-Dr. Hammon

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Thank a Resident Event

Coffee and Doughnuts

0700-0800 America Building



Catered Dinner for Night Teams

1930-2030 Arrowhead, next to the Wedge


Friday, 2/28

National Thank a Resident Day-No Morning Report. Pediatric Resident Event Only

0815-0845 America 2525

Pediatric Residents Only. Please report to 2525 after getting your free breakfast at the Galley!

Thank a Resident Event

Breakfast Voucher

0700-0800, The Galley


Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

26FEB: Endo Academic Half-Day

07MAR: Grace Manno's Birthday!

28FEB: Thank a Resident Day!


02-04MAY: Spring Resident Retreat


20 JUN: Hail and Farewell



Resident Announcements


NEW Academic Half-Day Schedule (Wednesday, 26FEB): Endocrinology

  • Agenda

    • 1300-1330- PI/QI Working Session

      • RSV & Asthma Groups- Desert Conference Room (2nd Floor, America Building)

      • Behavioral Health Group- Allergy Conference Room (4th Floor, America Building)

    • 1330-1530- Endocrine AHD

      • Meet NLT 1335 in Desert Conference Room (2nd Floor, America Building)

    • 1530-1615- Housestaff Meeting (Pediatric Residents only)-ACGME Survey Brief

      • Desert Conference Room

      • Inpatient residents are expected to return to the units for sign-out


Thank a Resident Week Calendar of Events (24FEB-28FEB)

  • Check out the flyer below for a list of events (and lots of free food!)





Blue Team Clinic Messaging

  • When requesting contintuity clinic changes, appointment scheduling, or other adminstrative requests, please message to "Blue Team Scheduling" only.


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:

    • Register for the ABP General Pediatrics Certifying Exam. Registration will open next week and close on 4/1.

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All Staff Updates


Inpatient/Outpatient Updates


Check-out the Chief Corner linked here for updates and resources!

PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:

  • February 26th- Academic Half Day working session


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities


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: Headache 3/6/25, Neonatal Fever 04/10/25, Lumbar Puncture 5/08/25.  All sessions are from 0900-1000.

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

Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)

  • Contact Dr. Meaghan Wido (meaghan.wido@usuhs.edu) iif interested

  • Tentative Dates and Times: TBA

  • 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

Fetal Neonatal Transitions ICR (January 30, 2025)

  • Interested residents will be paired with a staff for this upcoming ICR session

  • Reach out to Dr. Hughes if interested!

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


AAP SOUS Scientific Awards Competition Call for Submissions!

  • AAP Section on Uniform Services (SOUS) Scientific Awards Competition (SAC) will begin accepting abstract submissions on February 2 through April 4.

  • See flyer below for details



2025 Partnership for Military Child and Family Health Research Symposium

  • This annual event host by USU Department of Pediatrics will be held April 2, 2025 and includes a poster session, which is an opportunity to feature recent research focused on the health and well-being of military children.  

  • Previously submitted/presented research is eligible for consideration. Email binny.chokshi@usuhs.edu with any questions.


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


Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:


ARMY

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-Meet the Detailer!

Open House Featuring CDR Celeste Young, Navy Detailer

  • This upcoming open house will provide the opportunity to meet your detailer will be playing an increased role in the assignments process moving forward.

  • Date: MARCH 12 at 1600 EST (Teams)

  • See Dr. Hepps' email sent by Dr. Hepps on 13FEB for Teams log-in information


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 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. Keenan Caswell for putting together teaching materials for a headache, including a case he recently saw that he will teach to USU MD/PhD students. Thank you for your hard work!


Bonus Play of the Week: Goes to all the presenters at the APA conference this weekend. You made Walter Reed proud!



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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