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Plan of the Week: Nov 4th-10th

Updated: Nov 4, 2024



Schedule:


Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 11/4

MR: Case, Renal Imaging-Dr. Ferrara

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 11/5

MR: Case, Autism 101-Dr. Patterson

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 11/6

USUHS Grand Rounds- All Physicians Lead-Dr. Moores (Brochure Below)

0745-0850 USUHS Building A, Room A3 and Virtual

In-person resident attendance encouraged Meets link: https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom

Thursday, 10/7

MR: Case, Social Media and Adolescence-Dr. Saxena

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 11/8

Minimal Manning Day-No MR



Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

 06 NOV: Chief Resident Interviews

06 NOV: Andrew Warren's Birthday

20 NOV: Hackathon!

09 NOV: Lisa Sukenaga's Birthday

03DEC, 05DEC & 06 DEC: CC Field Trip

28 NOV: Anna Raymond's Birthday

06 DEC: NCC Peds Holiday Party, Rock Bottom Brewery, 1900-2200

28NOV: Erin Scroggin's Birthday

02-04MAY: Spring Resident Retreat

02DEC: Genesis James' Birthday



Continuity Clinic: - Development V-Intervention and Services



NEW! Journal Club #4 (Nov 13-Keenan Caswell): Single vs. double dose of dexamethasone in Asthma patients.



Resident Announcements


  •  REMINDER: Reach out to your Block 6 Rotation Supervisors!


Rotation Contacts Updated JUL2024

  • 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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All Staff Updates


NEW Update for Pediatric Audiology Access

  • We now have two pediatric audiologists (Dr. Willison or Dr. Kronzek) to help with access for our patients requiring audiology services!

  • After referring, encourage families to walk to audiology clinic in America Building (5th Floor) to schedule their appointment


NEW USU Research Study: Parental Leave Policies

  • USU researchers are looking for active duty non-birthing parents who would like to discuss their parental leave. See flyer below for details.



JGMSEB Updates/School Year Plans


Clinic Updates


To make a change to your clinic schedule or schedule continuity patient appointments email Blue Team Administrator: Ms. Alyssa Gallishaw-Wiggins (alyssa.gallishaw-wiggins.ctr@health.mil) and cc Emily and Dr. Carr.

PI/QI Reminders


Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:

  • December 16th- Full morning report working session

  • December 20th- eIRB Submissions Due

  • January 13th - Countermeasure implementation start


Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc 

Educational/Teaching Opportunities


USU Teaching Opportunities

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

TBA

POET Round Robin Teaching at USU->Looking for volunteers for 18DEC!

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

  • Upcoming sessions: 18DEC2024, 30APR2025, and 27AUG2025 (1300-1700 at USU)

  • 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


NEW Submission Information for the Walter Reeds Annual Research & Innovation Month

  • It's time to start preparing your abstracts for Research & Information month!

  • Submissions are due by January 26, 2025 (see attachment below for timelines)

  • Check out the SOCR folder on the Share drive for additional submission information




Annual NCCPeds Case Report Hackathon-11/20/24

For those new to the Hackathon- the goal is to put together teams to work on a case report poster for the upcoming NCR competition (typically submissions are due at the end of January, 2025). Teams will meet in the evening on 11/20 to get their projects started (and eat pizza).

  • Residents: If interested, email Dr. Zanetti. If you have a case you'd like to use-let him know!

  • Faculty/Fellows: Email Dr. Zanetti if you have a case you'd like to work with residents to present. If you don't have a case but would like to serve as a mentor-let Dr. Zanetti know!


Save the Date-APA Conference 2025!

  • The annual APA (Academic Pediatric Association) Region 4 meeting will be held February 22-23 at the Omni Hotel in Charlottesville, VA

  • Dr. Lopreiato is hoping for a strong military showing-get your abstacts ready!

  • Submission guidance can be found here: https://regionabstract.academicpeds.org/ 


2025 AMOPS Conference (Association for Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons)




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


Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:


NEW Scholarship Application Now Open for the 2025 AAP Advocacy Conference! 

  • Registration is open for the 2025 AAP Advocacy Conference, which will take place March 2 - 4 in Arlington, VA!

  • Click this link for registration and scholarship application information


CATCH Grant Applications NOW OPEN!

  • CATCH stands for Community Access to Child Health and offers funding for pediatricians and pediatric residents to perform projects addressing healthcare disparities in their communities

  • The application portal will be open November 1, 2024 to January 21, 2025

  • See attachment for more details



ARMY-NEW! PAI 04-08NOV

Army Personnel Asset Inventory (PAI)

  • Company PAIs scheduled for 04-08NOV (during HT/WT)

  • See emails from your assigned company for specific timing, location and instructions

  • Will need your CAC Cards and Dog Tags


Army ACFT will be held this week! OCT 28-NOV 2!


Army PGY-1s: LTC Williams is back! Please direct all leave requests in IPPS-A to LTC Williams


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

Leave:

  • Dr. Ferrara will approve leave in NSIPS

  • When submitting leave, please email Dr. Ferrara and 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)


2024 Training Schedule:

All Trainings are assigned to each Sailor and tracked via the Relias LMS at https://dha20433.training.reliaslearning.com/

Play of the Week:


Play of the Week: Goes to the NICU team Dr. McKenzie Bowling, Dr. Deborah Kolade and 2d Lt Alyssa Tamburo for managing a bustling NICU and providing exceptional patient care. An extra shout-out to Dr. McKenzie Bowling for orchestrating a fantastic halloween wellness event!



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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