Plays of the Week:
A BIG congratulations to Billy Bennett, who got married to his fiancée, Meg, in Annapolis with their immediate families! 🎉
Play of the week goes to all of our PAS presenters last week!
- Anthony Lucido: "Development and Implementation of a Novel Abscess Trainer in Graduate Medical Education"
- Brian Graziose: "Using an Innovative Model to Improve Performance of the Infant Hip Exam"
- Theresa Urbina: "Salivary Sampling as a Noninvasive Method of Monitoring Gentamicin Levels in Neonates"
- Colin McNamara: ""Hole" Exome - Phenotyping to Fill the Holes in Whole Exome Sequencing"
- Chase Groomes: "Ru’ach: Mastery Learning Teletraining to Ensure Effective Ventilation in Neonatal Resuscitation"
- Alex Mauro: "Naloxone Co-Dispensing for High-Risk Opioid Prescriptions in the Pediatric and Young Adult Population"
- Matt Penfold: "Monthly Rates and Risk Factors for Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in US Military Dependents before and during COVID-19"
- Emily Ferraro: "Trends of Cardiac Complaints In Pediatric and Young Adult Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic"
- Elizabeth Schulz: "When Taking Pay Off the Table: A Qualitative Study of Gender Equity for Academic Leaders in the US Military"
Play of the week goes to Dr. Colin McNamara, who was awarded the USU Dept of Pediatrics WRNMMC Resident Teacher of the Year for 2022!
Play of the week also goes to Dr. Ferrara, who strongly advocated for improved Navy GME-trainee Fitreps changes! We appreciate your support!
Play of the week also goes to Dr. Arora and Dr. Lara for stepping in and covering the MICC.
Last but not least, play of the week goes to Dr. Elmore, who had her official last day at Walter Reed. She will be greatly missed!
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Monday, 5/8 Block 12 Starts | MR: Case & Orient to Service | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| Intern CSA | 1230 - 1600 Val G. Hemming Sim Center | Identified Interns Only (see below) |
Tuesday, 5/9 | MR: Mauro CPC | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| Intern CSA | 1230 - 1600 Val G. Hemming Sim Center | Identified Interns Only (see below) |
Wednesday, 5/10 | SIM/Skills: LP (Crecelius and Helfrich), Bladder Cath (Schulz), and Friedman (tourniquet) | 0745 - 0850 | All welcome |
| Intern CSA | 1230 - 1600 Val G. Hemming Sim Center | Identified Interns Only (see below) |
Thursday, 5/11 | MR: Case & GI Lecture, Burklow | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Friday, 5/12 | MR: Case & Davis Journal Club | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome; see below for journal club article |
Journal Club Article:
WR NCR Competition:
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
14MAY: Elizabeth Rahman's Birthday 🎉 & Mother's Day | |
16-18MAY: CC OpMed Field Trip | |
18MAY: National Speech Pathologist Day | |
21MAY: JDRF Walk | |
22-23MAY: PFCCS | |
10JUN: Hail & Farewell | Do you have a birthday that you want added to the calendar? Email/text Britt |
Announcements:
Meet our Rotating 4th Year Medical Students!
Get to Know Our Rotating Clerkship Medical Students!
All Staff Updates
Hail & Farewell Coverage
We are looking for 1-2 volunteers to cover the ward Saturday 10JUN (0600-0600) to allow our hardworking residents to attend the NCC Peds Hail & Farewell. Below are the available shifts (this can either be two 12-hour shifts, or one 24-hour shift). A BIG thank you to the NICU team and their already planned coverage.
Saturday, 10JUN 0600 – 1700
Saturday, 10JUN 1700 – Sunday, 11JUN 0600
Email Britt (chief.resident@nccpeds) if you are interested!
Get to know our incoming interns and returning GMO
Check out the PDF below!
The Annual JDRF One Walk: Saturday, May 21st
Updated Base Gate Operations
Over the next few months, Naval Support Activity Bethesda will be working to expand its gate operations, providing more options for traffic entering and exiting the installation.
Gate 4 – which is the Navy Lodge gate located at the top of the USU garage tunnel exit ramp – will open from 5:00 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Do you want gate updates texted to your phone? Text "nsabtraffic" to 888777
MHS Genesis Updates:
Important Announcements:
MHS Genesis Provider Handbook
PDF:
Looking for a pharmacy in Genesis? Check out this quick guide
Resident-Specific Updates
Don't forget to reach out to your Block 12 Rotation Supervisors regarding your schedule. View the attachment below for the most up-to-date contact information.
Intern Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) Information
This is an opportunity to get feedback on clinical skills in the setting of patient care simulation.The CSA is not something you have to pass to get to PGY2 year; it's just for feedback and personal improvement.
When: May 8-10th (you are assigned to only one of the afternoon sessions -- see below)
Where: Val G Hemming Simulation Center at Forest Glen
Who: both WR and CNMC interns!
Dress Code: Civilian business clothes; no military uniforms please!
If you are on an inpatient service, do not worry because we have you covered by a cross-covering resident. If you are on nights, you will go to your night shift following your CSA and will not break duty hours based on how you are scheduled.
Assignments
Monday, May 8th -- Hanciles, McNamara
Tuesday, May 9th -- Davis, Martin, Warren
Wednesday, May 10th -- Liggett, Sukenaga, Westbrook
PI/QI Project
6JUNE: Final Presentations
Each group should finalize their A3 Slides in order to present a summary of Steps 1-8.
You will have 10 minutes for your presentation.
If you haven't done so already, please ensure that one of the members of your group can present on 6/6.
Transition to Practice (PGY-3s only)
This week's focus: Out-Processing Section
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)
Contact Dr. Brian Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu) if interested
Tentative Dates and Times:
3May2023 1300-1700*
30Aug2023 1300-1700*
Able to interact with students of the class who have their Peds rotation coming up in the subsequent 3 months. 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. Then there is a 10-minute buffer between rooms. The students will move. You stay put and will deliver the same content 5 times. There are 9-10 students per group.
Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences
SOCR Updates:
Next meeting will take place May 16th, please email Dr. Zanetti and Dr. Kolasinski if you would like to sign up for one of the time slots: 0700, 0715, 0730, 1200, 1215, 1230, and 1245.
Please note, this will be our last session of the academic year (and last opportunity for interns to start PGY2 with a second ARM half day). The next session will occur in July.
A brief overview of the program is below:
The Scholarly Oversite Committee of the Residency was created to track resident ARM projects and help facilitate resident scholarly activity (including research rotations). The committee is composed of faculty and fellows who have research and mentorship experience, and can offer guidance on scholarly work. Everyone, including interns will receive one ARM half-day per block regardless of SOCR involvement. PGY2/3s will need to submit a project proposal to the SOCR in order to earn a second ARM half-day in each block. Please see the attached ARM Curriculum document for more information and examples of scholarly work (but know that there are many routes to achieve a second ARM day and we are flexible!). You can also present any project ideas/aspirations at SOCR without the aim of ARM time, the goal of these presentations could be to brainstorm potential projects, fine tune ones that are nearing completion or troubleshoot ones that have hit a roadblock. Residents who opt to meet with the SOCR are expected to submit their project proposal at least one week before the quarterly meeting. Those receiving extra ARM time should update the SOCR at least semiannually either via meeting or via email to myself and Dr. K. The project proposal template is attached.
Upcoming Conferences:
6th annual Architecture of High Value Health Care: October 12-14th in Baltimore, MD
Abstract submissions are due by April 30th 2023 at 11:59pm EST. Abstract submission site
Abstract submission categories:
Improving equitable delivery of high value care (Health Equity Award)
Reducing out of pocket costs for patients (Costs of Care Affordability Award)
Improving appropriateness of diagnostic or screening services
Improving appropriateness of treatment/interventional services
Clinical care pathways to improve quality & reduce unwarranted practice variability
Optimization of patient care setting to reduce avoidable ED visits & hospitalizations
Improving the discharge process and other care transitions
Preventive medicine and evidence-based screening for early disease detection
Effective cost transparency for patients
Provider behavior modification (comparative effectiveness of interventions)
Information technology innovations
High value care educational curricula (medical school, GME, CE, CME)
AAP NCE 2023: October 20-24th in Washington, DC
Registration and hotel reservations will open for AAP members on May 2 at 10AM CDT and open for all on May 9 at 10am CDT. The conference schedule will be released on May 2.
ARMY (NEW!)
HT/WT will be this week! More information to follow.
The leave process has changed!
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 -> My Profile -> My Current Profile -> down arrow next to name -> Personal Details -> Contact Details
Submit leave
Continue to submit leave documents to Britt for signature
Once documents are reviewed and signed, follow these instructions:
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 SSG Gappa
Complete address information with the location of where you are going
Attach all leave documents with my signatures at the bottom
Click submit
OERSFs are due May 15th
AIR FORCE
Training Reports:
Drafts are due to Dr. Zanetti by 1May.
Please view the original attachments in the email sent on 23FEB.
We have transitioned to the ALQ, which does away with bullets and changes to a narrative format without abbreviations which is much simpler.
For PGY2/3, take a look at your last 2 training reports (if you need a copy let me know and I can send you).
In general you could address the following items (if you have them) in the academic/training and professional qualities sections
Awards at conferences/meetings
Presentations at academic meetings/ conferences (need the official title)
PI/QI project title and your involvement
Journal club presentation (with title of article)
PT score
MEDRETE, humanitarian missions... with dates and what you did (also don't think we had any of these)
Papers, abstracts, posters, publications, etc
Precepting medical students (e.g. ICR at USU)
CPC title (for 3rd yrs)
Committee involvement
Care metrics (number of RVUs/cost of care delivered) – note when I compiled these they are cumulative for your residency, to get a reasonable estimate divide them by your PGY year so it reflects only this year.
The “Other Comments” section is generally a more vague statement about how you are doing – see examples in email
Laurie Creel is on extended leave; please forward any questions/concerns to Dr. Zanetti or Britt Bumgardner
PT Tests:
To schedule a test, please contact the following individuals:
TSgt Wilson: jonathan.a.wilson41.mil@health.mil
Every Thursday @1400
SSgt Starr: cody.j.starr2.mil@health.mil
Mondays and Fridays @1400
Leave
When submitting leave request from now through at least May: please put in the request that “Walter Reed Physician, leave is authorized”.
Andrews is not allowing their people to take leave without commander signoff during genesis roll out, but we are exempt. This will prevent your leave from getting denied.
Send a LeaveWeb request, designate Dr. Zanetti and Brittany Bumgardner as your primary and backup approver.
If you have a negative balance, submit requests to Col Rieker.
Ensure you are up to date with your Individual Medical Readiness
For Fellows: Submit leave to Maj Mary Hoffman and backup is AF personnel within specialty
NAVY
For graduates, please see the recent email correspondence regarding your Fitreps.
Navy PFA - 2023 Cycle:
PRT: 1 May-2 Jun 2023; late PRT is case-by-case 5-9 Jun 2023
Training Schedule
