- Mar 24

Plan of the Week: March 24th - March 30th

Plays of the Week:

Play of the week goes to Dr. Carr, who was honored for her 15 years of government service. Dr. Carr is an amazing physician who consistently goes above and beyond for her patients, colleagues, and the residents. She is incredibly hard working and easy to work with, always with a positive attitude and looking for solutions. Very well earned ma'am!

Play of the week to the faculty selected as Associate Master Clinician, and for Dr. Zanetti who was selected for Master Clinician through USU.

Associate Master Clinician:

COL Brian Brennan

LTC Lauren Vasta

Maj Nathan Kolasinski

CAPT Elizabeth Ferrara

Master Clinician

LtCol Richard Zanetti

Submit a Play of the Week

Schedule:

Date	Event	Time and Location	Audience/Notes
Monday, 3/25	Education Meeting	0730-0845 America 2525	Academic & Military Advisors, Rotation Supervisors, Residency Leadership
	Reverse Education	0745-0850 Resident Work Room	Pediatric Residents Only
Tuesday, 3/26	MR: Case, Lecture: Contraception 201 - Dr. Saxena	0745-0850 America 2525	All Welcome
Wednesday, 3/27	NO Morning Report: Academic Half Day
	Sleep/Pulm Academic Half Day	1300-1500 Sleep Conference Room	Residents and Medical Students Only
	Housestaff Meeting	1500-1600 Canyon Conference Room	Pediatric Residents Only
	Dr. Hepps Birthday!	All Day Everywhere
Thursday, 3/28	MR: Case, Lecture: Tickborne Infections - Dr. Penfold	0745-0850 America 2525	All Welcome
Friday, 3/29	MR: Case, Lecture: Ortho Spine Issues - Dr. Schlaff	0745-0850 America 2525	All Welcome


Save the Date 🗓	Upcoming Birthdays 🎉
27MAR: Sleep/Pulm Academic Half Day	27MAR: Dr. Hepps!!!
31MAR: Easter Sunday	11APR: Maggie Hasler
01-05APR: Army Ht/Wt	22APR: Karina Kauffman Brown
01APR: Start of Navy PFA Cycle
02APR: Next PI/QI Session
07APR: ACGME Survey Closes
08APR: Block 11 Starts
08-12APR: Army ACFT
10-11APR: PFCCS for Rising PGY-2

Continuity Clinic: Choosing Wisely - High-Value Health Care

Continuity Clinic Curriculum

Announcements:

All Staff Updates

NCC Peds Bookstore

Pediatric Obesity Curriculum - NEW!

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.
6 Month Follow-Up Survey: https://forms.gle/QwsWmMbCors77WcM9

MICC Scrub Machines

The MICC now has a Scrub Machine to get your daily scrubs
If you do not have a scrub card, please complete the below form and we can work to take them down to the Scrub Team in the Pedestrian Connector

ScrubEx Card Form

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Behavioral Health Psychologists Accepting Referrals!

Dr. Cowan and Dr. Small have both started seeing patients here at Walter Reed Pediatrics
Dr. Cowan primarily sees pediatric patients
Dr. Small primarily sees adolescent patients
Currently accepting referrals, with plans to start accepting Walk-Ins shortly
Attached are the reasons to refer, as well as directions on the referral process

Reasons for referral

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Referral Process in Genesis for PCMs

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Urology Referrals:

Please send all referrals involving the urinary system (enuresis, horseshoe kidneys, hydronephrosis, VUR, etc.) to Pediatric Nephrology and urology referrals concerning possible surgery/anatomy to Pediatric Urology.
Dr. Ferrara is reviewing all of them at this time and will keep patients that Pediatric Nephrology can treat here but is deferring anything requiring a urologist to the network.

USU Medical Student Evaluations

Please evaluate medical students within 24-48hrs of working with them or precepting
Any amount of work with them is enough to fill out an eval, even a long conversation that impressed you with their clinical knowledge, thought process, teaching skills, or professionalism.
Clinical evaluation form: Pediatric Clerkship Clinical Evaluation - Use during 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com )
Direct observation form: USU Direct Observation Form Survey (surveymonkey.com )

Hard Copies of the new Scutdog are available in Chief Resident Office!

Faculty Development

Resident-Specific Updates

Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only):

Transition to Practice

This week's focus: Outprocessing and Moving

Outprocessing section: You can start your "WRNMMC Pre-Checkout List Check List" (focus on 90-days out portion)
Moving section: Focus on "Planning & Scheduling Your Move"

Block 11 Schedules - Rotation Contacts Updated FEB2024

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!

Rotation Contacts_for residents_UPDATED February 2024

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Educational/Teaching Opportunities

Residents As Teachers

USU Teaching Opportunities

Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)

ICR Module Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU

POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

Motivational Interviewing Small Group - March 28th