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Plan of the Week: Oct 16 - Oct 22

  • Oct 16, 2022
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Plays of the Week:


Play of the week goes to all of the NCE Awardees from last weekend:


Play of the week also goes to Dr. Emily Ferraro, who graciously stepped in on backup on an incredibly busy ward day.


Play of the week also goes to Drs. Colin McNamara and Nicole Martin on their impressive MR case presentations last week.


Play of the week also goes to Drs. Colin McNamara, Brian Graziose, Sidney Zven, and Kristen Smith on their poster presentation acceptance, “Combatting Food Insecurity in the Military: A Standardized Approach to Screening at Risk Families for WIC Eligibility” to the 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting


Play of the week also goes to Dr. Jack Goetzman for his two abstract submissions, "Early Management of Afghani Evacuees" and "Humanitarian Mission at Home: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Experience in Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome" (co-authored with Dr. Leela Patel). One of his articles was also featured here.

Play of the week goes to Dr. Rob Crutcher, who recently did a primary care evaluation of a grade school age child with concern for Autism. He utilized a sub-specialty level tool (CARS-2) in his primary care clinic to aid his evaluation AND he communicated his assessment and clinical question in a succinct and organized referral. Way to make your Devo faculty proud!


Additionally, Play of the week goes to Dr. Hepps! …because she knows the secret to a 1-day resident pass from morning report! Ask Schulz, Groomes, or Hepps for more details on YOUR 1-day morning report freebie pass!


Last but not least, a huge thank you to Drs. Jack Goetzman and Sidney Zven for stepping in as acting Chief Residents during my absence.

Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 10/17 Block 5 Starts

MR: Case & Orient to Service

0745 - 0810

America 2525 B/C

All welcome

Tuesday, 10/18 Rob Crutcher's Birthday🎉

MR: MMOC (Tri-Service Break-Out Groups)

0745 - 0850

ARMY: America 2525 B/C

AF: America 2525 A

NAVY: Audiology Conf Rm 5406 (Bldg 19)

All welcome

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SOCR Meetings

Pre-Scheduled Appointments

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Wednesday, 10/19

Grand Rounds Gender Identity in 2022:

What Military Pediatricians Need to Know, Dr. Noelle Larson

0745 - 0845 Room A3, Bldg A, USUHS and Virtual Zoom Platform

All welcome; in-person audience preferred

Thursday, 10/20

MR: Case and Pulmonology Lecture, Mulreany

0745 - 0850

America 2525 B/C

All welcome

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AF Consultant Meetings

1300 - 1600 Virtual Meetings

Select PGY-2/3s and AF Leadership

Friday, 10/21

MR: Board Review, Bumgardner

0745 - 0850

America 2525 B/C

Medical Students and Residents Only

I will be on emergency leave from 15-18OCT. For any acute call/morning report issues, please reach out to Capt Sidney Zven.

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

24OCT: Diwali

5NOV: Lauren Schroeder's Birthday

31OCT: Halloween

6NOV: Andrew Warren's Birthday

4NOV: Hanciles Journal Club

9NOV: Lisa Sukenaga's Birthday

6NOV: Daylight Savings Time Ends

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Announcements:


Meet our Rotating Medical Students!

All Staff Updates


Flu Drive

  • Staff: October 11-21st (Mon-Fri from 0700-1500) in the COVID Vaccine Site (Arrowhead Zone, Bldg 9)

  • Patients: October 24th


CODE GREEN/MASCAL Event

  • Emergency Management briefed the plan for the upcoming MASCAL event on Thursday, 3NOV

  • Anticipated duration is 2 hours; will include approximately 400 personnel


Allyship Journal Club

  • Journal Club will be held at 1200EST on 24Oct.

  • The materials are: 1. Sabin JA. Tackling implicit bias in health care. New England Journal of Medicine. 2022 Jul 14;387(2):105-7. (below)

2. Implicit Bias in Higher Ed , Russell McClain


Pediatrics Obesity Education Survey

  • Help CAPT Emerick and her curriculum development team improve our Pediatrics Obesity Education. Your answers will directly impact the educational content we plan to deliver this Spring!

  • Please consider clicking on the link here and sharing 2-3 minutes of your time in order to help gauge interest in further education on the care of pediatric obesity within the clinical setting. Your participation is greatly appreciated!


Aiding Families through Deployment

  • We are looking to create a set of resources that can be used to support active-duty families before, during, and after deployments, particularly related to the psychosocial effects of parental separation on children.

  • Please complete the following survey: https://forms.gle/3qG3GdkYUU6RA7Mc9 (if staff, choose "other")

  • In our two-pronged approach, we hope to further educate and prepare pediatricians for assisting families during these times, as well as create a resource for families. We hope that by familiarizing pediatricians with, and educating parents on, the known effects of deployment we will be able to provide an extra layer of support for these children.


AAP SOUS Newsletter

  • Call for submissions: interested in essays on personal experiences, pediatric or operational expertise, description of innovative programs, and artistic endeavors, including visual or written art!

  • The newsletter is a great way to showcase the wonderful work going on within the section as well as assist others in creative problem-solving as they work in the military pediatrics setting.

  • Send all submissions to candace.s.percival.mil@health.mil at your earliest convenience (NLT October 21).

Resident-Specific Updates


Annual Regulatory Training


MHS Genesis Updates:

PI/QI: Next Session is 1NOV

  • Please notify your stakeholders prior to the next meeting

  • Please view your project-specific template and assign the resident team lead for each future session

  • Emails

    • BG Protocol: glucoseprotocol@nccpeds.com

    • Discharge Appts: discharge@nccpeds.com

    • Patient Education: patienteducation@nccpeds.com

    • WIC: wic@nccpeds.com

Educational/Teaching Opportunities

APPD AIMS (Advancing Inclusiveness in Medical Education Scholars) Program Application Opening

Program Highlights:

  • AIM Scholars programming on Monday, March 27th before the APPD Annual Spring Meeting, including

  • Overview of careers in medical education

  • Panel discussions

  • Speed mentoring

  • Networking with APPD leadership and members

  • Paired with a faculty mentor outside of your institution who is a member of the URiM in Peds GME learning community

  • Attend the URiM in Peds GME learning community meeting during the conference

Eligibility:

  • 2nd year categorical pediatric resident or child neurology resident or 3rd year resident in a combined pediatrics program in good standing at a residency program that is a member of APPD

  • Underrepresented in medicine: as defined by the AAMC, "those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population"

  • Have an interest in pursuing a career in pediatric medical education leadership

  • Required to attend the pre-conference and spring APPD meeting

  • Complete online application

Application Requirements:

  • Demographic information

  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Short essay questions,

  • Why are you interested in applying for this program? How does it align with your future career goals in medical education leadership?

  • What specific goals or skill sets would you like to gain from this program?

  • What skill sets and/or perspectives do you bring to this program?

  • Letter of recommendation from your Residency Program Director

  • Letter of recommendation from another Pediatric Faculty Member at your institution

To learn more about the program, past cohorts, and complete application, click here. Applications are due by Wednesday, November 9th (11:59p Eastern). Notifications will be sent out by early December.

USU Teaching Opportunities (NEW OPPORTUNITY)

  • Clerkship Round Robin

    • Contact Dr. Sebastian Lara (sebastian.lara@usuhs.edu) if interested

    • Tentative Dates and Times:

      • 5Jan2023 1300-1700*

      • 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.

  • Introduction to Clinical Reasoning (ICR) “Neonatal Transitions”: January 18th, 2023 (1300-1700)

    • The two cases that will be discussed in this ICR session involve an infant with respiratory distress.

    • Please sign up via the sign-up genius link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CA9A729A3FBC43-neonatal

    • Contact Dr. Brian Hughes (brian.hughes@usuhs.edu) if interested

    • 3 consecutive 70-minute ICR sessions with approximately 7-10 students in each group focused on discussing common clinical presentations in the neonate transitioning from the intrauterine to extrauterine environments.

  • Humanities Week

    • Contact Dr. Sebastian Lara (sebastian.lara@usuhs.edu) if interested

    • Co-facilitate a variety of multi-disciplinary health humanities activities. Past sessions include painting, comics design, dance, art of observation with National Gallery of Art, improv in medicine, narrative writing.

    • Dates: 6MAR (0800-1300), 8MAR (0800-1300), 10MAR(0800-1300)

Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences

Upcoming Conferences:

Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA): November 4-6, 2022

The 41st Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA) will be held from November 4-6, 2022 in San Antonio, with the theme of "Periviability: Ethics and Outcomes."


AMSUS Annual Meeting 2023: February 13-16th at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, National Harbor, MD

  • Poster Presentations

    • AMSUS is currently accepting poster abstracts at https://www.amsus.org/2023-poster-submission-information/

    • The first 100 approved submissions will be invited to present at the in-person Poster Session on Wednesday 15 February. Space is limited; early submissions have the greatest chance of acceptance. The submissions portal will be disabled as soon as the first 100 submissions have been approved—long before the 15 October hard deadline. REMINDER: Before submitting your abstract to AMSUS, be sure to get USU presentation approval through ServiceNow

  • Awards

    • AMSUS honors the contributions of outstanding federal healthcare professionals each year through the Awards Program. Fifteen awards are available. The AMSUS Awards portal is now open! Visit https://www.amsus.org/professional-development/amsus-awards-program/ to learn more about the AMSUS Awards and begin the nomination process. The Awards portal closes on October 15.

  • Registration

    • Registration rates for the 2023 AMSUS Annual Meeting will be posted on the AMSUS website by mid-August. The registration portal will open in mid-September. If you have any questions, please contact the USU POC for AMSUS, Ms. Tiffany Helling tiffany.helling.ctr@usuhs.edu

Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 2023: April 27-May 1st in Washington, DC

  • Open call for scholarly sessions, workshops, SIGs, ancillary events, and volunteers

ARMY

- Planning on going on leave? There is a new DA31 form. You can find the most updated leave forms here: https://www.nccpeds.com/army-leave

AIR FORCE

  • PT Tests:

  • Leave

    • Complete an updated Travel Assessment for any leave requests and send to Brittany Bumgardner or Dr. Zanetti for signature.

    • Upload the signed TRA to your LeaveWeb request, and designate Brittany Bumgardner and Dr. Zanetti 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: Fill out TRA, send to fellowship director/specialty chief for signing, submit leave to Maj Mary Hoffman and backup is AF personnel within specialty

NAVY

Operational Trainings POCs:

- For BLS/ALS/PALS/ATLS/TNCC Training Credits contact: HM1 Ogboru at onojakpor.g.ogboru.mil@mail.milonojakpor.g.ogboru.mil@mail.mil

- For HMSB/TCCC Registration and Training Credits contact: HM2 Borst (TCCC) and HM2 Roman (HMSB) at dha.bethesda.j-11.mbx.tacmed@mail.mil

- For TNCC registration contact: Dr. Richards, HEAT Dept, wanda.c.richards.civ@mail.milwanda.c.richards.civ@mail.mil

- For ATLS registration contact: Mr. Duggan, SIM Dept, at richard.w.duggan.ctr@mail.milrichard.w.duggan.ctr@mail.mil

- For BLS/ALS/PALS Registration contact: dha.bethesda.wrnmmc.mbx.resmed@mail.mil

- For GMT inquiries or certificate approvals, please contact your Directorate Training LPO and state your Directorate at dha.bethesda.j-11.list.nmrtc-training@mail.mil


GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

- All trainings are assigned to each Sailor via the Relias Learning Management System which will allow for timely and early completion of all trainings.

- You can access the Relias LMS here: https://dha20433.training.reliaslearning.com/

- If you do not see assigned trainings in your profile, please email your name and Directorate to: LT Talab at hosameddine.b.talab.mil@mail.mil

- In the event that you do not have a Relias account email LT Talab, NMRTC Relias Administrator: hosameddine.b.talab.mil@mail.mil


-Sailors are individually responsible for completion of all GMT requirements per the attached command and BUMED instructions. Assigned GMTs are due each month to allow for timely completion by the end of the Fiscal Year.

-Separate to GMTs, all Sailors are required to maintain current readiness certifications and reflected in FLTMPS in accordance with their rate, corps, and specialty codes to include:

BLS, TCCC, HMSB, ALS, ATLS, PALS, TNCC. Please see the attached applicable Instructions for further guidance. Identified personnel have been assigned through Relias LMS.


 
 
 

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