Plays of the Week:
Play of the week goes to Drs. Noelle Larson and Brian Brennan for their promotion to O-6! 🎉
An additional congratulations and play of the week goes to Drs. Sarah Reynolds, Elizabeth Schulz, and Jennifer Hepps for Associate/Master Clinician recognition!
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 3/20 First Day of Spring 🌷 | MR: Case & Obesity Lecture, Anisowicz | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Tuesday, 3/21 | MR: Case & CAPS lecture, Greve | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Wednesday, 3/22 Ramadan Begins ☾ | MR: Education/Reverse Education | STAFF: 0730 - 0850 Shore Conf Rm 1118 RESIDENTS: 0745 - 0850 Allergy Conf Rm 4105 | Academic/Military Advisors, Rotation Supervisors, Residency Leadership Only Pediatric Residents Only |
| ID Academic Half-Day | 1300 - 1500 Allergy Conf Rm 4105 **3rd Deck Team report to the PICU at 1300** | Residents & medical students only; see below for pre-work |
| Housestaff Meeting | Allergy Conf Rm 4105 | Pediatric Residents Only; bring laptops to complete a Genesis Inpt walkthrough |
Thursday, 3/23 | MR: EFMP Update (O'Meara) & Rheumatology Cases, Jones | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Friday, 3/24 | MR: Case & Rheumatology Cases, Jones | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| Medical Corps Professional Development With Air Force Director | 0800 - 1000 USO & MS Teams | AF only |
| Passover Seder | 1200 - 1300 Café 8901 | All welcome |
Saturday, 3/25 Genesis Soft Go-Live 💥 & Sidney Zven's Birthday 🎉 | | | Wounded Warrior Program will be hosting a brunch buffet from 1000-1300 in Bldg 9 1st Floor, next to the Command Duty Desk |
Academic Half-Day Pre-Reading:
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
27MAR: Genesis Go-Live | 27MAR: Dr. Hepps |
30MAR: National Doctor's Day 🧑🏽⚕️🩺 & Westbrook Journal Club | 11APR: Maggie Hasler |
31MAR: Last day to register for ABP Boards | |
2APR: Palm Sunday | |
5APR: Passover Begins | Do you have a birthday that you want added to the calendar? Email/text Britt |
Announcements:
All Staff Updates
Meet our new MS3 rotators:
Updated COVID-19 Work Restrictions and Visitor Guidance
Toddler COVID-19 Immunizations Update
We are currently out of the COVID19 Toddler (6m-4y) vaccine and are unlikely to get a new supply in for several weeks. Please advise your patients!
Patient Education QI Survey
PCMH faculty and residents, please complete the following survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/53D2TZX
Update your ID Card Profile
Prior to 31 March, please update your profile on the DHA ID Card Online website (https://idco.dmdc.osd.mil/idco/) by following the instructions below. Because you have to log in with your CAC, you’ll need to be on a government CAC-enabled computer. This will ensure you’re appropriately mapped to the correct location and assist with CAC issues, delinquency lists, etc. Thanks for your cooperation with this.
Please pay particular attention to ensuring your Duty Sub Organization is “Walter Reed National Military Medical Center” (per the instructions below). You have to scroll quite a way down the list to find it.
MHS Genesis Updates:
Important Announcements
“Soft Go-Live”: Saturday, 25MAR
Wounded Warrior Program will be hosting a brunch buffet from 1000-1300 in Bldg 9 1st Floor, next to the Command Duty Desk
MHS Genesis Patient Portal will be replacing our Tricare Online (TOL) platform after “Go Live.”
Set up your accounts: https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Technology/MHS-GENESIS
Resident-Specific Updates
MICC Blood Glucose PI Survey
Please complete the following post-intervention survey for the MICC Blood Glucose PI/QI project: https://forms.gle/wmd8bGYmBaiK3VrNA
AAP Resident Member Benefits/Resources
Check out the PDF below for a simple one-page reference of all the resources/benefits of being an AAP member
PEDIATRICS Pediatric Trainee Feature Essay Contest
A call for trainee essays on ACEs. Here is an excerpt from the PDF (attached below):
We encourage trainees to reflect on one or more of the following questions when crafting their essays:
How can we, as pediatric trainees foster resilience among our patients experiencing ACEs?
How have ACEs you personally experienced shaped your career path and identity as a physician?
How can pediatricians recognize and mitigate these issues during patient encounters, in training programs, and at the policy level?
The essay deadline is April 14th.
Walter Reed Research Symposium Due Dates
3/27- Posters, Privacy Release, Work Order form to MGAD (email to Stiefel/Mazurak)
4/17- Non-research finalists draft 5-min poster talk; send electronic poster to R&I Committee
4/24- Research finalists draft 10min PPT slide talk
Transition to Practice (PGY-3s only)
This week's focus: End of Tour Awards
View the "Pre-Graduation Handbook" on the Transition to Practice webpage
Brag sheets (attached below) should be uploaded to your MedHub portfolio by COB 17MAR
Additionally, 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. Thank you!
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
Upcoming Educational Opportunities
3rd Annual partnership for Military Child Health Symposium: April 26th from 1300-1630
In-person at USU or virtual
Promoting Child Health: from Environmental Challenges to Pandemic: April 27-28th
At the old WRAMC campus, or virtual
More info here: https://ctsicn.org/about-us/special-projects/niaid
*Note that you may have to use a personal device to register, as the site is currently blocked through WRNMMC computers.
USU Teaching Opportunities
Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)
Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences
Upcoming Conferences:
AAP Advocacy Conference: March 26-28th in Washington, DC
2023 Helfer Annual Meeting: April 16-19th in Tucson, Arizona as well as virtually
Partnership for Military Child Health Research Symposium: April 26th
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 2023: April 27-May 1st in Washington, DC
Military Health System Research Symposium
2023 Section on Uniformed Services (SOUS) Scientific Awards Abstract Competition (SAC)
ARMY (NEW!)
AIR FORCE (NEW!)
NAVY