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Plan of the Week: Mar 31-Apr 6



Schedule:



Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 3/31

MR: Case, Neurocutaneous Syndromes-Dr. Schacht

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 4/1

MR: Case, Adventures with Mycoplasma-Dr. Friedman

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 4/2

USU Military Child Health Symposium- No Morning Report




USU Military Child Health Symposium

1300-1630, USU-Rice Hall. Virtual option: https://meet.google.com/utz-tsgm-zhm

Mandatory resident and medical student attendance (incuding inpatient teams)

Thursday, 4/3

MR: CPC-Dr. Sukenaga

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 4/4

MR: Board Review

0745-0850 America 2525

Residents, off-service interns, and medical students only

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

28-29 APR: PFCCS (Rising PGY-2s)

22 APR: Karina Kauffman Brown's Birthday

02-04 MAY: Spring Resident Retreat

27 APR: Brenda Zhang's Birthday

05MAY-07MAY: Intern CSA


13 JUN: 2025 NCC Graduation


20 JUN: Hail and Farewell


23 JUN: Supervisory Seminar



Resident Announcements


NEW USU Military Child Health Symposium-Wednesday, 4/2

  • Register by clicking here NLT Monday, 31 MAR @ 1700

  • Mandatory attendance for all residents, medical students, and rotators (this event is takes the place of the April Academic Half Day)

  • Thank you in advance to faculty for covering units to facilitate resident attendance!


Seeking Medical Student Hosts for Interview Season!


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)


  • The Pre-Graduation Handbook is linked here. Please review the table of contents.

  • Current Tasks:

    • End of Training Documentation

      •  Review "Privileged Provider/ EOT Documentation" Section in TTP Handbook

        * DHA165- Program will prepare for you

        * DHA 367- Send to your Academic Advisor.  Upload to JCCQAS & MedHub Portfolio

        * Privileging Procedure Form- Complete yourself.  Upload to MedHub.  Once signed by PD, upload to JCCQAS

    • Register for the ABP General Pediatrics Certifying Exam. Registration will open next week and close on 4/1.

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All Staff Updates


Updated USU Faculty and Resident Preceptor Video


Inpatient/Outpatient Updates


Check-out the Chief Corner linked here for updates and resources!

PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:

  • 5/2- Morning Report Working Session (0745-0850)

    • Rising PGY-2s will split from teams for project brainstorming session for AY25-26

    • Rising PGY-3s (and current PGY-3's) will meet with yellow belts and stakeholders for a working session


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities



USU Academic Appointment Information Sessions

  • Dr. Jessica Servey, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at USU will be hosting two virtual info sessions for residents interested in USU academic appointments after graduation.

  • Sessions are most applicable to graduating residents, but any resident can join

  • No sign-up is required, Google Meet links and times below:

USU Teaching Opportunities


Longitudinal Clinical Skills for MD/PhD students

  • Volunteers will help lead hour long case-based discussion to a small group of students in USU's combined MD/PhD program. These students have completed their pre-clerkship phase of medical school and are doing research for their PhD before moving on to clerkships. 

  • Upcoming sessions: Neonatal Fever 04/10/25, Lumbar Puncture 5/8/25.  All sessions are from 0900-1000.

    - Email Dr. Parsons (emily.parsons@usuhs.edu) if interested

Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)

  • Contact Dr. Meaghan Wido (meaghan.wido@usuhs.edu) iif interested

  • Tentative Dates and Times: TBA

  • 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


POET Round Robin Teaching at USU (Next Session 30APR)

  • POET week Pediatrics half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation.

  • Upcoming sessions: 30APR2025, and 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. Wido (meaghan.wido@usuhs.edu) if interseted

Faculty Development

Research & Upcoming Conferences


THIS WEEK Pediatric Casualty Care Symposium- Friday, April 4

  • This inaugural event will be held Friday, April 4 from 0800-1530 in Rice Hall at USU. Tentative agenda attached below

  • Click this link to register: Symposium Registration

  • Residents on elective rotations are encouraged to reach out to Emily if interested in attending



AAP SOUS Scientific Awards Competition Call for Submissions!

  • AAP Section on Uniform Services (SOUS) Scientific Awards Competition (SAC) will begin accepting abstract submissions on February 2 through April 4.

  • See flyer below for details



2025 Partnership for Military Child and Family Health Research Symposium

  • This annual event host by USU Department of Pediatrics will be held April 2, 2025 and includes a poster session, which is an opportunity to feature recent research focused on the health and well-being of military children.  

  • Previously submitted/presented research is eligible for consideration. Email binny.chokshi@usuhs.edu with any questions.


If you were recently published, send a copy of your paper Emily to be included in the POW!


Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:

Volunteer Opportunity- MMR Event-Jellybean Jamboree: 12APR

  • The Advocacy and Outreach Committee will be volunteering at the next MWR event on 12APR. All are welcome to come and volunteer! We will be helping set up, clean up, and providing resources for general pediatric health concerns to include summer safety and more.

    • Saturday, April 12

    • 10 AM-1 PM

    • Warrior Food Court, Building 62

  • Please sign up here or message MJ Spirnak for information! 

ARMY- Semi-Annual ACFT Sign-Up

NEW Semi-Annual ACFT Sign-Up: 28APR-03MAY

  • Sign-up for your semi-annual ACFT ASAP using the QR code on the flyer linked below



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-FitRep Updates

NEW eNavFIT Transition

  • All O3s and O4s should check their OMPF and if their Fitrep is not there, send a letter to the board with a copy of the Fitrep

  • Please reference email sent to all Navy trainees from Dr. Hepps with specific instructions and reach out to Navy advisors (Drs. Madison and Wido) for additional assistance


Leave:

  • LCDR Sierra Howell is the new Navy leave approver

  • When submitting leave, please email LCDR Howell 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 Dr. Deborah Kolade for her champagne tap this week on the PICU!


Bonus Play of the Week: Goes to Dr. Helfrich for her interactive and educational "escape room" academic half-day! Thank you for your creative presentation of high-yield content!




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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