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Plan of the Week: July 23rd - July 29th

Updated: Jul 25, 2023



Plays of the Week:


Play of the week goes to Dr. Connor Liggett and his wife Elizabeth for getting married on July 22nd, congratulations!!


Additional play of the week to Dr. Anna Raymond and Dr. Amy Davis for helping to celebrate a Peds Heme-Onc patient's birthday on 3-West, complete with party hats and the hospital dogs. Way to give a great patient the attention they deserve!


A huge thanks to Dr. Brandon Neal and Dr. Madeleine Mascitti for helping out with additional ward coverage over the past few days.


Everyone please check out the Podcast "WarDocs" for the excellent episode they did with NICU Fellow and recent graduate Dr. Sidney Zven entitled "Innovations and Education to Win the Battle Against Food Insecurity in the Military". Sidney has done an amazing job in bringing attention to an important cause.


Full Podcast Links:

Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 7/24

MR: Case, No Lecture

0745-0815 America 2525 B/C

All Welcome

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Orient to Service

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Tuesday, 7/25

MR: Case, Lecture: Child Psychology - Dr. Goldman

0745-0850 America 2525 B/C

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Wednesday, 7/26

NO MORNING REPORT

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ITE: Ferraro, Ghersi, Meyers, Warren, Bowling, Casey, Mascitti, Raymond, Sallander (0800)

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Adolescent Academic Half Day

1300 - 1500

Residents and Medical Students Only

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Housestaff Meeting

1500 - 1600

Pediatric Residents Only

Thursday, 7/27

MR: Case, Lecture: Effects of Global Warming on Health - Dr. Renuka Rees

0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C

All welcome

Friday, 7/28

MR: Wellness

0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C

All Welcome


Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

24JUL: Block 2 Starts 🎉

17AUG: Emily Ferraro

24JUL: Score Survey Opens

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26JUL: Adolescent Academic Half-Day


15AUG: Naval Operational Road Show

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Continuity Clinic: Health Maintenance II: Screening Tests


Announcements:


Meet our Rotating 4th Year Medical Students!


All Staff Updates


Score Survey Launches 24JUL!

  • LINK: https://surveys.us.safeandreliablecare.com/s/wrnmmc

  • Initial Demographics for residents:

  • -Please select your position from the list below: Choose "Physician: Intern" or "Physician:Resident" - Please select your assigned Directorate: Choose "Directorate for Medical Services" - Where do you work?: Choose "DMS-Peds PCMH" * There are options for "Peds Heme-Onc OP+IP", "NICU", and "Peds Subspec/PSU/MICC/3W", but residents are included in the PCMH denominator

Dr. Rebecca Young (Pediatric Anesthesiologist) is giving a virtual lecture as part of the USUHS Operational Anesthesia Lecture Series



Scutdog 2023-2024 is available! Below is the QR Code for a virtual copy. Please download and save to your devices. Physical copies have been ordered as well.



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Pediatric Obesity Curriculum

  • Healthy Habits Pediatric Obesity Curriculum and Toolkit - New Educational Curriculum to Improve Provider's Confidence and Knowledge in the Care of Childhood Obesity. This is a great resource that is being rolled out, and will be a longitudinal study throughout this academic year.

  • Google Classroom has been launched! Please complete prior to 30AUG Academic Half Day


Resident-Specific Updates


ITE Exam Testing Period

  • When: Please arrive at 0730 with 0800 start time on scheduled date

  • Where: Building 85T, Room 2C09 Computer Classroom

  • The ITE is an opportunity to practice answer board-style questions and assess pediatric knowledge.

GME Applications: MODS is now open!

Block 2 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:

    • 30Aug2023 1300-1700*

  • 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

  • Sign Up Genius Link

  • 19SEP: Developmental Delay ICR (1300-1630)

  • 21SEP: Peds Growth ICR (1300-1630)

  • 25SEP: Pediatric Issues ICR (1300-1630)

  • 26SEP: HEADSS Exam Debrief (1100-1430)

Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences

2023 Ready Reliable Care (RRC) High Reliability Organization Awards

  • Recognizes initiative and innovations in Military Health Systems that reflect new knowledge and insights.

  • Submissions due by 21AUG 23

  • Please consider PI/QI projects that have made impacts over the past year

  • Visit the HRO Awards page for more info (CAC login required): https://info.health.mil/sites/hro/Pages/Awards.aspx

  • Submit HRO Awards Nomination Form (CAC login required): HRO Awards Nomination Form


APA Call for Applications: https://www.academicpeds.org/programs-awards-apas-call-for-applications/


Upcoming Conferences:

6th annual Architecture of High Value Health Care: October 12-14th in Baltimore, MD


AAP NCE 2023: October 20-24th in Washington, DC

Registration and hotel reservations will open for AAP members on May 2 at 10AM CDT and open for all on May 9 at 10am CDT. The conference schedule will be released on May 2.


https://aapexperience.org/

COMPRA: November 3rd-5th in San Antonio, Texas

Conference on Military Perinatal Research


Call for Abstracts! Fellows, Residents, Medical Students and staff are encouraged to apply. All research and Quality Improvement projects will be considered for presentation. Deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday, August 18th. Applicants will be notified of selection for attendance by September 1st.







Community Pediatrics Updates:


Child Health Advocacy in Action: A Pediatrician Rally with Policymakers

Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Time:12-2 pm, final time pending permit approval

Location: U.S. Capitol Grounds, final location pending permit approval

  • The AAP is organizing a rally for pediatricians with policymakers on the final day of the AAP Conference in DC. Participants will gather with pediatrician advocates from around the U.S., hear from federal policymakers and pediatrician leaders about an array of child health policy issues, and collectively demonstrate pediatricians’ passion for policies that put children first

MD AAP Annual Meeting

Theme: Adolescent Health Summit

Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023

Location: Marriott BWI Airport

  • Annual AAP Meeting of Pediatricians from local area. In addition, will host a 2-hr Nexplanon training session. Please let us know if interested in Nexplanon Training. It is $25 for AAP Members.

  • Nominations for Chapter Awards and Registration is attached below





ARMY


  • 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 1SG Michael Leinweber

      • 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

NAVY NEW!

National Capital Region Operational Roadshow

  • Operational Medical Officer Question and Answer Session

  • Tuesday, August 15th 0800-1130

  • Memorial Auditorium, Building 2, 3rd Deck

  • Mandatory for all Navy PGY-1s, All other residents/fellows/staff welcome







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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