Plan of the Week: February 4th - February 10th
- henrygoetzman
- Feb 4, 2024
- 2 min read
Plays of the Week:
Happy National Women Physician Day yesterday! Shout out to Dr. Lisa Sukenaga, Dr. Amy Davis, and Dr. Madeleine Mascitti for covering!
Play of the week to Dr. Kevin Westbrook, who covered down on the NICU when needed this week. Kevin does a great job stepping up whenever asked, and sets a great example for junior residents. Keep up the good work!
We have new resident joining the program starting on February 12th. Dr. Deborah Kolade will be transferring from the TY Program and starting as a Pediatric Intern! Deborah is a USU Graduate with the Army, and we are very excited for her to be joining. She will be orienting on February 9th. Please welcome her to the program!
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 2/5 | MR: Case, Lecture: Infectious Disease - Dr. Stagliano | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Tuesday, 2/6 | PI/QI: Scholarship - Dr. Hoffner, Team Meeting | 0745-0850 America 2525 | Pediatric Residents, Yellow Belts, and Stakeholders |
Wednesday, 2/7 | Grand Rounds - Dr. Don Rees and Dr. Karin Brockman | 0745-0850 USUHS Building A, Room A3 Virtual Link | All Welcome |
Thursday, 2/8 | MR: Case, Lecture: Peds Heme/On | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 2/9 | Board Review | 0745-0850 America 2525 | Residents and Medical Students Only |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
06FEB: DEI Health Equity Grand Rounds | |
08FEB: MDAAP Advocacy Day Event | |
09FEB: Nexplanon Training - Mascitti, Raymond, Fissel, Sukenaga, Davis, Martin | |
12FEB: Start of Block 9 | |
12FEB: ACGME Survey Opens | |
14FEB: Valentine's Day | |
19FEB: President's Day | |
23FEB: National Thank a Resident Day | |
24FEB: APA Conference |
Continuity Clinic: Headaches
Announcements:
All Staff Updates
USU Medical Student Evaluations
Please evaluate medical students within 24-48hrs of working with them or precepting
Any amount of work with them is enough to fill out an eval, even a long conversation that impressed you with their clinical knowledge, thought process, teaching skills, or professionalism.
Clinical evaluation form: Pediatric Clerkship Clinical Evaluation - Use during 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)
Direct observation form: USU Direct Observation Form Survey (surveymonkey.com)
Hard Copies of the new Scutdog are available in Chief Resident Office!
Faculty Development
You must register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/
It’s No Small Thing: The Challenges of Small Group Teaching (FACULTY ONLY) (IN-PERSON) Date: 27 February 2024 Time: 13:00 - 15:00 Track: Teaching Location: USU, Bldg C, Lect Rm C1 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: End of Tour Awards
Please refer to "Pre-Graduation Handbook" located on the TTP Webpage
Brag Sheets (attached below) should be uploaded to your Medhub Portfolio by 20FEB
Please take a minute to fill out this brief form for the AAP to let them know your plans after you complete residency training. They have membership options with different prices and benefits, and this information helps to connect you to the right path. For residents continuing to a Chief year, please let them know that as well. Responses ASAP are appreciated. Thank you!
Block 9 Schedules
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
Email Dr. Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu)
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:
Region 4 Meeting: February 24-25th in Charlottesville, Virginia
Join us for the annual APA Region 4 meeting, scheduled for February 24-25, 2024 at the Omni hotel in Charlottesville, VA. We are planning an exciting weekend of learning and opportunities to network with colleagues from around the region. Register for the meeting at: APA Region 4 Meeting Registration A block of rooms is being held at the Omni hotel - click here to book, or use the group code 022024APAREGION if booking by phone This meeting is a great opportunity to present and get feedback on scholarly work, so please spread the word among your colleagues and trainees.
PAS 2024: May 2nd-6th in Toronto, Ontario
AMOPS Annual Meeting: February 28th-March 2nd in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Looking for New Research and Interesting Case Reports
Deadline to Submit: December 31, 2022 at 2359 PST
NCR Research and Innovation Month: Poster Week April 26th - May 3rd
Abstract Submission: November 1st to January 28th
Poster Week: April 26th to May 3rd
4th Annual Partnership for Military Child Health Symposium: April 24th
Registration for the event, either in person or virtually, is available at this registration page.
Objective is to review the current state of research regarding military child health, and share information regarding critical community programs that support military children and family.
In person attendance is not necessary for poster presentation. If you are interested, please complete the form linked here: Call for Research
Deadline for submission is February, 15th
Please direct any questions to Dr. Binny Chokshi at Binny.Chokshi@usuhs.edu.
Community Pediatrics Updates:
MDAAP Chapter Resident Advocacy Day
Thursday, February 8, 2024
7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Annapolis, MD
Upcoming GMEC DEI Events:
GME Health Equity Rounds
Topic: Religious Accommodations
February 6, 2024, 1200-1300
Clark Auditorium
Attendees: All welcome!
ARMY NEW!!! Required PAI this week!
Alpha Company (PGY2, PGY3) & HHC (PGY1) will be conducting a PAI (Personnel Asset Inventory) this week:
Building 9 (Arrowhead) 1st Floor, where the old flu drive/COVID screening center was
Monday 2/5- Friday 2/9: 0900-1600
Attendance is MANDATORY unless you are on APPROVED LEAVE or TDY. This includes offsite and night shift residents.
Be prepared to spend at least 20 minutes; required items are ID tags and ID card. If you are missing your ID tags don’t worry, the point of this is to get them for you if you do not have them.
If you have any certificates or paperwork that you wish to provide at that time you may do so, otherwise we will be scrubbing our list of delinquent mandatory training and informing you which training you must complete.
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 NEW!!
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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