Play of the Week:
Play of the week to Drs. Jenn Hepps, Rich Zanetti, Sebastian Lara, Catherine Kimball-Eayrs, Theresa Urbina, Kristen Smith, John Podraza, and Niharika Samtani for covering the inpatient pediatric units for the weekend while the residents enjoyed their annual beach retreat! We truly cannot thank you enough for your time and service this weekend. We greatly enjoyed the time away to relax and spend time together. See photos below!
A special shout-out to Alex Mauro for making truly delicious fajitas at the retreat!
Bravo to Taylor Blackburn and Marianna Caballero, who were on the ward last week and assisted the NICU team overnight during several "code purple" events. Both were in the delivery room within minutes and ready to assist, showing their teamwork and willingness to help. Well done, Taylor and Marianna!
Kudos to Jenny Bencze for her positive attitude, efficiency, and teamwork as the PICU surge resident this week. She effortlessly took care of the PICU patients and assisted the ward team with ED consults during a very busy week. Well done, Jenny!
Weekly Schedule
Date | Time | Topic and Speaker | Audience | Location |
Monday, 5/2 | 0745 - 0850 | Case and PICU Lecture, Dr. Samtani | All welcome | Hybrid ZoomGov (see separate email for details) and In-Person, America 2525 B/C |
Tuesday, 5/3 | 0745 - 0850 | PI/QI Meeting with Knowledge Burst from Dr. Richards: Publication Possibilities and What's Next for AY22-23? | Residents, PI stakeholders, and faculty mentors only. TYs and medical students excused. | Hybrid ZoomGov and In-Person, America 2525 B/C |
| 1300 - 1640 | NCR Research Competition Case Report Finalist Presentations | All welcome | NICoE Auditorium |
| 1500 - 1600 | PEC Meeting | Program leadership and PEC representatives | Forest Conference Room (America Bldg, 5th Floor) |
Wednesday, 5/4 | 0745 - 0850 | USU Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds: What's New in Pediatric Vaccines? given by Dr. James D. Campbell, Peds ID at Univ of Maryland SOM | All welcome | |
| 0700 - 1730 | Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course | Course enrollees only (rising PGY2s and interested graduating PGY3s) | In-Person Only, Sim Center, Heroes Building, 4th Floor |
| 1300 - 1440 | NCR Research Competition- Paul Florentino Patient- and Family-Centered Care, Performance, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice Presentations | All welcome | NICoE Auditorium |
Thursday, 5/5 | 0745 - 0850 | Clinicopathologic Conference: Dr. McMurray | All welcome | Hybrid ZoomGov and In-Person, America 2525 B/C |
| 0715 - 1645 | Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course | Course enrollees only (rising PGY2s and interested graduating PGY3s) | In-Person Only, Sim Center, Heroes Building, 4th Floor |
Friday, 5/6 | CASE | AND | LECTURE | CANCELED |
The ZoomGov credentials for morning report, unless otherwise specified, are:
Meeting ID: 161 424 8612
Passcode: scutdog
If you are presenting a case or lecture: please save your presentations to the ShareDrive in the folder corresponding to the year and month of your presentation: \\WRNMDFPISISMBD1\DeptShares$\Dept1\_Pediatrics\MorningReport Lectures.
Continuity Clinic: Sleep Disorders
Announcements:
All Staff:
Please be advised of the following changes to pharmacy operations, effective June 6, 2022:
Same-day refills will no longer be filled. Refills must be called in ahead of time and picked up ONLY at the Drive-Thru pick up or the NEX.
All NEW prescriptions will be processed at the Arrowhead and America pharmacies only.
There will likely be changes to the pediatric pharmacy hours/availability, though these details have not yet finalized. Stay tuned for further updates.
The above changes will be messaged to patients via PAO (i.e. updates on social media and on the intranet, etc.), but patients will likely need reminders once the changes are in effect.
For staff who need to pick up prescriptions- please be advised that you can request refills using your CAC-enabled computer at apps5.capmed.mil/StaffPharmacyRefills/Home/Index. Prescriptions will be ready within 2 hours at America or Arrowhead and you will receive a text when they are ready. When you arrive to the pharmacy, pick up a ticket at the kiosk that says "MTF Staff" to bypass the line and be issued your prescriptions.
In more uplifting news, Harriet Lane is now available on the uCentral App via the Darnall Medical Library! For instructions on how to create an account, visit https://wrnmmc.libanswers.com/faq/362286. If you have any issues establishing an account, contact dha.bethesda.j-11.list.wrnm-librarians@mail.mil, as Ms. Mason-Coles will be out of office until 9 May.
Interested in applying for neonatology fellowship? The AAP's Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Training Program Directors (ONTPD) and Trainees and Early Career Neonatologists (TECaN) are hosting a webinar series titled, "Mastering the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Application" on Thursday May 5th at 7PM Pacific (10PM Eastern) and Thursday May 11th at 7PM Eastern time. Register here and see the infographic below for further details.
FACULTY ONLY: OPPEs were due 30 April 2022, though many folks are still working on finishing them up. Please have these finished ASAP so they can be signed off by your supervisor and closed out NLT 06 May 2022. Please visit this link to complete your OPPE.
The Darnall Medical Library and the WRNMMC DEI Council are hosting a Book Club and series of discussions focused on Dr. Damon Tweedy's memoir, "Black Man in a White Coat." Discussions will be held monthly from May through August at the NICoE’s Central Park on the second floor of Building 51. See flyer below for details so you can join in for the sessions!
Need to find contact information for staff or a department within the NCR medical facilities? Check out the electronic Scutdog here, or stop by the Chief Office (America Bldg, 4th Floor, Room 4560) for a print copy.
Resident-Specific:
For urgent, after-hours, or weekend issues, please call/text the Chief On-Call, listed in Amion.
Leela Patel: 4/18 - 5/6
Please be advised that Sam Rowe will be offsite from 5/2 - 5/6 for the Junior Leaders Course at Fort Belvoir, but will remain available by email.
Army and Air Force residents- TODAY is the last day to complete your OERSFs and/or bullets for your AF training reports. Please submit these to your raters today!
The Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) Course is on Wednesday, 5/4 and Thursday 5/5 for rising PGY2s and enrolled PGY3s in the Sim Center (Heroes 4th Floor).
e-Books have been issued to you by Mr. Duggan and Dr. Geracht- please use a browser with ePub to access the book. Feel free to bring your laptop or tablet so you have access to the book during the course and so you can take the post-test on your device.
Please make sure to complete the pre-test (URL: www.testmoz.com/11816550; Passcode: pretest) and review the chapters listed in the enrollment letter before the start of the course.
See below for the course agenda and enrollment letter:
Block 12 is rapidly approaching on May 6 for senior residents and May 9 for interns! Please make sure to contact your rotation supervisor for Block 12 with your continuity clinic dates, ARM days, leave, and other required trainings (i.e. CSA for interns, etc.)
For resident scheduling in clinic:
When you are preparing for your continuity clinic for the week and notice logistical issues with your schedule (i.e., two patients booked in the same slot, siblings booked with you but in non-consecutive time slots, complex patients booked into short appointment times, etc), please complete the following steps, ideally no later than the night before your clinic:
Draft an email message detailing the issue- ideally no later than the night before your clinic, so the issue can be resolved while the early morning crew is working on schedules.
Include the clinic administrators in the “TO” line- Ms. Bates (Adrian.e.bates.ctr@mail.mil) and Ms. Stocks (Jerna.j.stocks.ctr@mail.mil)
Include the clinic leadership team in the “CC” line- Dr. Rees (Renuka.s.rees.mil@mail.mil), Ms. Charlee (Charmoine.a.draughn.civ@mail.mil), and Ms. Putney (Sabrina.l.putney.civ@mail.mil)
Looking for information on credentialing, duty hours, and procedure logs? Please see below:
Feeling sick? Please click the arrow to the left for step-by-step instructions:
1) Text both chiefs ASAP, who will order a rapid PCR if your symptoms are concerning for COVID.
2) Report to the CSA tent (during business hours) or to the Walter Reed Emergency Department (after hours) to have the test performed. State explicitly that a rapid swab has already been ordered for you.
3) Notify the chiefs if you encounter any issues.
4) If you are COVID-positive:
a) Do NOT report for duty. Please isolate yourself from others.
b) Call Occupational Health (301-400-0885) during business hours and request a return-to- work date and an isolation memo.
c) Send your isolation memo to the chief residents (chief.resident@nccpeds.com) and program coordinators (coordinator@nccpeds.com).
Research:
The NCR Competition Finalists' Presentations are occurring this week! Many pediatric residents and fellows will be presenting- in fact, approximately 1/3 of the finalists are from the Department of Pediatrics! Please see below for the presentations from our department. The full agenda is attached below.
Case Report Finalists'-presentations and times from the Dept of Pediatrics:
Dr. Elise Reddington (1320) - The great masquerader: The uncommon presentation of a common pathology
Dr. Peter Broughton (1420) - Implantation of a leadless cardiac pacemaker in an 11-year-old girl
Dr. Sidney Zven (1440) - The importance of phenotypic assessment in the selection of genetic testing - Diagnosing Rett syndrome after three negative exams
Dr. Elizabeth Ketchum (1540) - Congenital lymphatic dysplasia and severe bone disease in a term neonate with homozygous PIEZ01 mutation
Dr. Sarah Cole (1550) - Renal cell carcinoma in a pediatric patient with Crohn's disease
Dr. Donald Rees (1620) - The complex treatment considerations of an EBV-negative post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma in an adolescent male with Denys-Drash syndrome
Dr. Karin Brockman (1630)- Pulmonary hypertension and refractory cytopenias in beta thalassemia major
Paul Florentino Patient-and-Family Centered Care and Performance, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice- presentations and times from the Dept of Pediatrics:
Dr. Patrick Reeves (1310) - Development and assessment of low literacy, pictographic chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting action plan for pediatric cancer patients
Dr. Patrick Reeves (1330) - Development and assessment of low literacy, pictographic asthma action plan to enhance guideline concordant care for children with asthma
Margarita Wycko (1350) - Eliminating routine evaluation of gastric residuals in the NICU
Dr. Jennifer Bencze (1400) - A military medical officership course in graduate medical education
Dr. Patrick Reeves (1430) - Toilet injuries presenting to emergency departments, 2000- 2019: A different game of thrones
The NCR competition posters will be displayed from Wednesday, May 11 to Wednesday, May 18, on the first floor of Arrowhead Building (Building 9), by the Radiology, Pulmonology, and Information Desk area. Residents, if you are having any challenges getting their posters printed, please contact Dr. Kolasinski and Dr. Zanetti.
Residents, please keep the following information regarding SOCR in mind
- All senior residents MUST have a SOCR_approved project to receive 2 ARM days per block. Senior residents must update SOCR every 6 months to maintain their second ARM day.
- Next SOCR date is April 27 from 0700-0800 and 1200-1300
- Senior residents must present a plan to Dr. Kolasinski and Dr. Zanetti for any research elective time 3-6 months prior to their rotation start date.
- Resources are in the "SOCR formerly RROC" ShareDrive folder, and check out page linked above for further information!
PI/QI Milestones:
- The next working session will be on Tuesday, May 3.
- Each team should designate a "Resident Leader" who will be able to attend and guide the discussion at the session. Prior to the session, the Resident Leader should update the A3 slide in the ShareDrive and invite stakeholders to the meeting. Following the session, the Resident Leader should provide a status update for the team.
Military Specific:
ARMY
· OERSF forms are due TODAY, MAY 1. Please email or text your rater when these are complete!
· April Trainings: SHARP (in person or on phone - details at https://wrnmmc-intranet.health.mil/sites/TNT/USArmyTroopCommand/sharp/SitePages/Home.aspx ) and TARP (on ALMS)
· Mandatory Alpha Company height/weight check from April 18-29. Please sign up at https://www.picktime.com/ACO22ACFT
· Army leave address is: dha.bethesda.wrnmmc.list.wrnm-alpha-company@mail.mil
· ACFT news: everyone MUST complete another diagnostic ACFT between April 1st and July 31st. IF you pass, you may convert this to count for record on October 1st.
AIR FORCE
· TRAINING REPORT INFO is due TODAY, MAY 1 to Dr. Zanetti.
· PT Tests:
o To schedule a test at Walter Reed, please contact SSgt Talia Johnson (talia.l.johnson2.mil@mail.mil). Please allow a few business days for a response.
o If there is no availability at WRNMMC, you must test at Andrews AFB. Contact Ms. Laurie Creel (laurie.a.creel.civ@mail.mil)
· Leave
o Complete an updated Travel Risk Assessment (https://www.nccpeds.com/_files/ugd/92f61c_956a236983094f34a58c47aeaee6fa6c.pdf)
for any leave requests and send to Leela Patel or Dr. Zanetti for signature.
o Upload the signed TRA to your LeaveWeb request, and designate Leela Patel and Dr. Zanetti
as your primary and backup approver.
o If you have a negative balance, submit requests to Col Rieker.
o Ensure you are up to date with your Individual Medical Readiness (https://asimsimr.health.mil/imr/MyIMR.aspx)
NAVY
· May training: Navy Medicine Prevention of Unauthorized Commitments (due 31 May 2022)
· Residents: designate Leela Patel (under "Civilian Approvers", UIC 00168) as your watchbill coordinator in NSIPS.
Wellness and Feedback:
Wellness Resources Table- this contains a comprehensive listing of behavioral health resources accessible to trainees in our program.
Physician Wellness Resources Library- this site lists open-access online resources that promote physician wellness.
Feedback Venues Table- this table details the various avenues through which trainees can give feedback and the degree of anonymity conferred by each.