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Plan of the Week: Jan 5 - Jan 23



Play of the Week:


Play of the Week this week goes to Dr. Nicole Saporito who successfully obtained a lumbar puncture of an 8 week old infant in the Children's ED. Play of the Week also goes to Dr. Ellie Dullea who successfully did her first LP on a 20 day infant under guidance of Dr. Scroggins on nights and they stayed well beyond their shift to help out the day team with additional ED admissions! Play of the Week also goes to Dr. Rebecca Morgis, Dr. Simal Ali, and Dr. Jacquelin Doman for helping deliver a newborn in the Walter Reed parking lot over the weekend! I know that the ED was very grateful for your assistance. Also to Dr. Lianna Morales for receiving a personal shout out from Ms. Davis for her organization and kindness during clinic! And to Dr. Leanne Perez and Dr. Jacquelin Doman for planning such a fun holiday party last weekend.

Schedule:

There will be no morning report 22 Dec- 2 January due to the holidays.


Nicole will be on OCONUS leave without access to her email or phone from 31 December-17 January.

This plan of the week will cover the first 3 weeks of January so there is no confusion while she is away :)

Coverage will be as follows:

31 Dec- 4 Jan: Anna Casey (anna.k.casey.mil@health.mil)

5 Jan- 8 Jan: Mckenzie Bowling (mckenzie.r.bowling.mil@health.mil)

9 Jan- 11 Jan and 13 Jan-15 Jan: Anna Raymond (anna.m.raymond5.mil@health.mil)

12 Jan and 16-17 Jan: Brenda Zhang (brenda.zhang.mil@health.mil)


Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 1/5

Morbidity and Mortality Conference (No case) by Dr. Erin Scroggins, mentored by Dr. Vasta

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 1/6

PIQI Midyear Presentations (No Case)

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 1/7

Grand Rounds at USU

0745-0845 USUHS Room A3 Bldg A

Virtual Google Meet Platform

Video link for inpatient teams: https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom

All Welcome

Thursday, 1/8

NICU case and Genetics lecture by Dr. Schacht

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 1/9

Clinicopathologic Conference by Dr. Genesis James (No Case)

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome


Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 1/12

Case and Orient to Service

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 1/13

Residency/Fellowship Joint Curriculum; Learning Climate Lecture by Dr. Blyth (No case- 0730 start)

0730-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday 1/14

Sim

0745-0845 Sim center

Residents, medical students, TYs only

Thursday 1/15

Journal Club by Dr. Kaitlyn Yeh

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday 1/16

Case and Glomerulonephritis lecture by Dr. Jones

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome


Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday 1/19

No morning report- MLK Day



Tuesday 1/20

Population Health and Community Conversations Lecture “Learning Culture within NCC Pediatrics” by Dr. MJ Spirnak (No case)

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday 1/21

Wellness Morning Report

0745-0845 America 2525

Residents, medical students, and TYs only

Thursday 1/22

PGY2 Lecture by Dr. Erin Scroggins (No Case)

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday 1/23

Case and Infectious Rashes and How to Describe them by Dr. Hill

0745-0845 America 2525

All Welcome

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

19 JAN: MLK Day of Service (details below)

26 December: Mckenzie Bowling

10 MAR: MD AAP Resident Advocacy Day

16 January: Danny Rabe


31 January: Jacquelin Doman


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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 complete Dr. Ahmed's IUD Curriculum 3 month survey

Thank you again for participating in the online modules and IUD procedure training during the August Academic Half Day. As part of the project evaluation, we’re asking you to complete the 3-month post-course knowledge and confidence assessments.

Your feedback is essential in helping us measure the impact of the curriculum and improve future training. The surveys should take less than 10 minutes total. Responses are anonymous and will only be used in aggregate for evaluation purposes.

 Knowledge Assessment: Complete here

 Confidence Assessment: Complete here

You may need to forward this email to your personal email accounts to complete the Google Forms.

It will ask you again for your unique identifier. As a reminder, here are the instructions that were used to create the identifier:

·                     First letter of your middle name in lowercase (or last name if you don’t have a middle name) (e.g., m).

·                     First and last digits of your phone number (e.g., 37).

·                     State abbreviation where you graduated from college—lowercase (e.g., ca).

·                     Example identifier: m37ca, Type NA as your identifier if you did not register for the curriculum prior to attending the Academic Half Day Hands On Session and did not create a unique identifier

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


NEW PHCC: NCC Pediatrics Residency Learning Environment and Culture Survey

Please provide your anonymous opinion, we appreciate your thoughts!

The Population Health and Community Conversations (PHCC) Committee will be hosting a morning report covering the learning culture within NCC Pediatrics. We are hoping to receive anonymous feedback from rotating medical students, residents, attendings, and staff on their experiences over the past year on how welcoming the environment was. We sincerely appreciate your honest feedback as we look for things we can sustain and improve upon. Thank you!

The survey can be found here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T685W23 


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

Resident Morning Report Sign In:


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Faculty CME Sign In:

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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: 6 Jan (Mid year presentations), 3 Feb (Behavioral Health), 3 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

  • Introduction to Clinical Reasoning (ICR) is a longitudinal pre-clerkship course that teaches medical students how to collect and synthesize clinical data. There are two upcoming Pediatrics sessions on Neonatal Respiratory Distress & Congenital Heart Disease.

  • Upcoming sessions: 30JAN2025 (1300-1700 at USU)

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

  • Please click on the following LINK to sign up


POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

  • POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

    • RESIDENTS ONLY

    • Pediatrics POET half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation. Sessions cover Growth & Development, Ear Exam, Newborn Exam, and Shock & Weight-based Dosing.

    • Upcoming session: 7JAN2025 (1300-1700 at USU)

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

    • Please click on the following LINK to sign up




Faculty Development

Research & Upcoming Conferences


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

WRNMMC DETR, DRP, 18th Annual Research & Innovation Month Research & Non-research inquiry award competitions deadline for abstract submission is Sunday, January 25, 2026

If you are identified as a finalist, you are required to create a poster for Poster Display Week (24 April 8 May 2026). Moving on to our oral competitions, creating a PowerPoint slide talk for the oral presentation in front of a panel of three judges in the NICoE auditorium in early May. Later that month, our Phillips Award winners go on to compete in person with other medical centers for four awards in the 41st Annual Navy-wide Academic Research Competition (ARC), hosted by NMCPS on Friday, 15 May 2026.  

CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) Program Call for Proposals due January 20, 2026

The CATCH program, which has funded over 2,000 community projects over the past 3 decades, invites pediatricians in training and in practice to apply for grant funding to lead innovative community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to optimal health or well-being. Proposals should involve partnership with a community organization and address a health issue impacting underserved children in the local community. The call for proposals opens Saturday, November 1, 2025, with applications due Tuesday, January 20, 2026, including special topical funding opportunities. CATCH grants are open to AAP member pediatricians and resident trainees in US and Canadian AAP chapters, for projects in the US and Canada. CATCH resident grants are $2,000 and CATCH planning and CATCH implementation grants are $10,000. View the CATCH video for inspiration. Register here for any of the CATCH applicant office hours listed below to learn more and receive feedback on the development of an application.


APA Region IV 2026 (Feb 28- Mar 1 2026): Early bird registration due Jan 18 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



Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:


NEW MLK Day of Service

Sign-up: Please sign up by Sunday, 04JAN2026. After this date, please email MJ Spirnak directly if interested.

What: Participate in various service projects and engage with local nonprofits to explore year-round opportunities to give back. Projects vary but include tasks such as assembling care packages, crafting kits for seniors and children, and more.

When: Jan 19, 2026 from 1pm to 4pm EST 

1:00 PM Check-In Begins

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Opening Ceremony

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Community Service Project

Where: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Marinelli Road, Rockville, MD

Who: Any resident, staff, family member - students can get volunteer hours for this! 


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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