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Plan of the Week: June 16-June 22

Updated: Jun 16



Schedule:



Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 6/16

MR: 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.

Tuesday, 6/17

MR: Case, Nutritional Anemia/Iron Hemostasis-Dr. Stering

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 6/18

USUHS Grand Rounds: Common Outpatient Pediatric Orthopaedic Disorders-Dr. Eric Shirley

0745-0850 Virtual Only https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom

All encouraged to attend

Thursday, 6/19

Federal Holiday: Juneteenth- No Morning Report



Friday, 6/20

MR: Case, Operational Medicine-Dr. Do

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

20 JUN: Hail and Farewell and Dr. Hepps' Promotion Ceremony


23 JUN: Supervisory Seminar


24 JUN: PI/QI End of Year Presentations


25 JUN: Intern Welcome Lunch


30 JUN: Intern Shadow Day




Meet our Rotating 4th Year Applicants!




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Resident Announcements


EOY PD Meeting Reminders

  • Complete the following tasks prior to your meeting:

    • Update your MedHub Resident Portfolio:  MedHub Resident Portfolio How-To

    • Update your Procedure Log on MedHub. 

    • Complete 100% of AAP PREP questions for AY24-25 


REMINDER 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

    • Click this link to access the Walter Reed Relias website

    • Click “Course Library”

    • Search “BLS” or "PALS"

      • BLS: You can sign up for for either Blended (requires pre-work) or Challenge Course

      • If challenge courses are full on Relias, reach out to POCs below to see if they will accept an add-on

    • BLS POCs: HN Beaty (maddox.r.beaty.mil@health.mil) and HN Roccabruna (bradyn.m.roccabruna.mil@health.mil)


NEW Updated Rotation Supervisor Contact List for AY 25-26

  • It's time to start reaching out to your Block 1 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)

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All Staff Updates


NEW Intern Welcome Luncheon- June 25th

  • Please join us to welcome the new pediatric interns on Wednesday, June 25 from 1200-1330

  • Several end of year awards will be presented

  • Donations of $10-$15 dollars per person are encouraged. Please see email sent last week from Ms. Edwards for donation information


NEW Dr. Hepps' Promotion Ceremony-Friday, June 20th

  • Join us to celebrate Dr. Hepps' promotion to Colonel on Friday, June 20th at 1530 in Clark Auditorium. Light refreshments to follow.

  • RSVP by clicking here


PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

ICR Small Group Teaching/Pediatric Teaching Opportunities at USU

  • Click the following this link to sign up for ICR teaching opportunities at USU

  • Click this link to sign up for other pediatric teaching opportunities in September (i.e. HEADS Exam, developmental delay, growth).

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.

  • Upcoming sessions: 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. Katie Jones (katherine.jones@usuhs.edu) if interseted

Faculty Development

Research & Upcoming Conferences


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

Leave:

  • LCDR Sierra Howell is now deployed through August 2025. Please send leave requests to CDR Danielle Barnes.

  • 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)

Play of the Week:


Play of the Week: Goes to the PGY-3 class for graduating on Friday! We are so proud of all you have accomplished during your residencies and know that great things lie ahead for each of you!



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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