Plan of the Week: Nov 3- Nov 7
- Nicole Martin
- Nov 1
- 7 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week goes to Dr. Katy Crandall for a phenomenal and successful LP with opening pressure on 3W. You're amazing! Play of the Week also goes to the daytime and nighttime NICU/MICC teams for working together to effectively resuscitate and transfer a baby delivered at change of shift. Also goes out to our very own Dr. Danny Rabe who tied for second place in the Chilli Cook Off!
Schedule:
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Continuity Clinic: See Continuity Clinic Assignments for AY 25-26 here!
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Resident Announcements
Check your BLS/PALS Expiration Dates!
Reminder to check your BLS and PALS expiration dates and sign-up early for recertification courses
Classes fill quickly so sign-up early!
Follow the steps below to sign up for a recertification class
Click this link to access the Walter Reed Relias website
Click “Course Library”
Search “BLS” or "PALS"
BLS: You can sign up for for either Blended (requires pre-work) or Challenge Course
If challenge courses are full on Relias, reach out to POCs below to see if they will accept an add-on
BLS POCs: HN Beaty (maddox.r.beaty.mil@health.mil) and HN Roccabruna (bradyn.m.roccabruna.mil@health.mil)
PALS POC: PO2 Nguyen (uyen.l.nguyen4.mil@health.mil)
Rotation Supervisor Contact List for AY 25-26
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!
Case Report Hackathon
Get ready for the Case Report Hackathon on 17 December in place of Academic Half Day. More details coming soon!
NEW: Please read and complete the following Peds Heme Onc QI Projects below
“Quality Improvement: Iron supplementation in full-term breastfed infants at 4 month well exams” by Dr. Yejin Yoo
For those who could not be there, I want to make sure everyone is included and informed:
Problem Statement: AAP recommends that exclusively/predominantly breastfed full-term infants receive 1mg/kg/day of elemental iron starting at 4 months, until iron-rich complementary foods are introduced.
Our PCMH clinic has poor compliance of implementing this AAP guideline due to lack of standardization, provider understanding, or inconsistency in parental counseling at well visits.
Aim Statement: Increase the proportion of eligible full-term breastfed infants who receive iron supplementation by 4 months of age from X% (baseline) to 90% within 6 months.
Team Members:
All pediatric staff and residents at WR PCMH
Nursing staff
Interventions/Change Idea:
Implement a visual reminder and documentation template in the EMR at the 4-month well-child visit to prompt clinician to:
1) Prescribe or recommend appropriate iron drops- Please switch D-visol to Poly-visol with Iron at 4 month well exams for exclusively/predominantly breastfed babies
2) Provide appropriate counseling regarding iron- Please give parent iron handout (will be available in exam rooms and on the shared drive)
3) Document counseling and prescription in the EMR- Please use the dot phrase below and include “Start Poly-visol with Iron daily. Counseling provided to parents regarding infant’s iron needs.”
Also for those who missed the morning report, please fill out this quick 5-question pre-survey
Sickle Cell Pain Management Optimization QI Project by Dr. Michael Bernhardt
Please watch the following educational powerpoint and complete the pre and post surveys:
Pre-Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q8DKY3L
Post-Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DRZJH7F
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All Staff Updates
PI/QI Reminders
Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:
PI/QI is being moved to Morning Report! Each session will start with a PGY3 project update (max 5 minutes).
Session Dates for updates: 7 Nov (Symbicort), 2 Dec (Beyfortus), 6 Jan (Mid year presentations), 3 Feb (Behavioral Health), 3 Mar (Symbicort), 31 March (Beyfortus), 29 April (Behavioral Health), 2 June (End of year presentations)
See PGY3 template for project updates below:
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
ICR Small Group Teaching/Pediatric Teaching Opportunities at USU
ICR Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU
RESIDENTS, FELLOWS, & FACULTY
Introduction to Clinical Reasoning (ICR) is a longitudinal pre-clerkship course that teaches medical students how to collect and synthesize clinical data. There are two upcoming Pediatrics sessions on Neonatal Respiratory Distress & Congenital Heart Disease.
Upcoming sessions: 30JAN2025 (1300-1700 at USU)
All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to events
Please click on the following LINK to sign up
POET Round Robin Teaching at USU
POET Round Robin Teaching at USU
RESIDENTS ONLY
Pediatrics POET half day is a round robin format to orient USU medical students just prior to their pediatric clerkship rotation. Sessions cover Growth & Development, Ear Exam, Newborn Exam, and Shock & Weight-based Dosing.
Upcoming session: 7JAN2025 (1300-1700 at USU)
All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to event
Please click on the following LINK to sign up
Faculty Development
Register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/
Research & Upcoming Conferences
Please reach out to Nicole if you have been accepted to any upcoming conferences.
WRNMMC DETR, DRP, 18th Annual Research & Innovation Month Research & Non-research inquiry award competitions deadline for abstract submission is Sunday, January 25, 2026
If you are identified as a finalist, you are required to create a poster for Poster Display Week (24 April 8 May 2026). Moving on to our oral competitions, creating a PowerPoint slide talk for the oral presentation in front of a panel of three judges in the NICoE auditorium in early May. Later that month, our Phillips Award winners go on to compete in person with other medical centers for four awards in the 41st Annual Navy-wide Academic Research Competition (ARC), hosted by NMCPS on Friday, 15 May 2026.
CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) Program Call for Proposals due January 20, 2026
The CATCH program, which has funded over 2,000 community projects over the past 3 decades, invites pediatricians in training and in practice to apply for grant funding to lead innovative community-based initiatives that increase children’s access to optimal health or well-being. Proposals should involve partnership with a community organization and address a health issue impacting underserved children in the local community. The call for proposals opens Saturday, November 1, 2025, with applications due Tuesday, January 20, 2026, including special topical funding opportunities. CATCH grants are open to AAP member pediatricians and resident trainees in US and Canadian AAP chapters, for projects in the US and Canada. CATCH resident grants are $2,000 and CATCH planning and CATCH implementation grants are $10,000. View the CATCH video for inspiration. Register here for any of the CATCH applicant office hours listed below to learn more and receive feedback on the development of an application.
Congratulations to Rebecca Morgis, Genesis James, Kayla Dahlquist, and Jacquelin Doman on their acceptance to COMPRA 2025!
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
Pathway to Pediatrics: The next Pathway to Pediatrics event will take place in the afternoon of 5 November. This is a volunteer event hosted by Population Health and Community Conversations at Washington School for the Girls and it is always a very fun time. Please reach out to Kayla Dahlquist if you are interested in attending!
ARMY
Army Leave
Current leave process
Please send an email to your 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 (PGY2/3) or Dr. Vasta (PGY1)
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, sign, and have Maj Kolasinski sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.
Put Maj Kolasinski as first approver and Maj Jean as second approver
For the checklist - Overdue items will need a plan for updating or else leave is at jeopardy of not being approved.
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 – BCA tests are due at the end of your birth month
4 – PT test due date. You can check at myfss https://myfss.us.af.mil/USAFCommunity/s/usaf-fitness-management
5 – N/A for residents
NAVY
Leave:
LCDR Sierra Howell is now deployed through August 2025. Please send leave requests to CDR Danielle Barnes. CDR Barnes will be on leave 7/21-7/30, please submit upcoming leave prior to this.
When submitting leave, please email CDR Barnes 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)
Please reach out to Nicole at nicole.martin143@gmail.com or nicole.m.martin56.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.