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Plan of the Week: Oct 23 - Oct 29

  • Oct 23, 2022
  • 2 min read

Plays of the Week:


Play of the week goes to Dr. Michelle Miller, the rotating anesthesia intern on the ward, who had a champagne tap!


Play of the week also goes to Dr. Lozada on his official military retirement! Our residents are lucky they can continue to look forward to working with him at the Inova Children’s Hospital NICU.

Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 10/24 Diwali 🪔

Ukraine Ground Rounds Massive Air Strike: Step by Step Presented by Hnat Herych MD, PhD Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University

Ukraine

0800 - 0900 Sanford Auditorium, B Bldg, 1st Fl USU Join with Google Meet:

meet.google.com/oua-ragy-vaw


All welcome; in-person attendance is highly encouraged

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Buy Buy Baby: Carr, Davis, Crutcher, Ben Jack, Wilson

Leave WR no later than 1225, meet at the north side of Congressional Plaza

Uniform or civilian business professional attire; view the module here

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Diwali Celebration


1700 - 1900 USU Cafeteria & Hall of Flags

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Tuesday, 10/25

MR: DRP Outreach Presentations


0745 - 0850

America 2525 B/C

All welcome; this session will be great preparation for the upcoming Case Report Hackathon and the NCR Research Competition

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Buy Buy Baby: Hawley, McNamara, Sukenaga, Caballero, Howard, Kondiles, Rahman

Leave WR no later than 1225, meet at the north side of Congressional Plaza

Uniform or civilian business professional attire; view the module here

Wednesday, 10/26

No MR

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Academic Half-Day: GI

1300: Allergy Conference Rm **3rd Deck Team report to the PICU for SIM**

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Thursday, 10/27

MR: Case and GI Lecture, Nylund

0745 - 0850

America 2525 B/C

All welcome

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Buy Buy Baby:Simmons, McGirt, Liggett, Ghersi, Hasler, Molter, Graziose

Leave WR no later than 1225, meet at the north side of Congressional Plaza

Uniform or civilian business professional attire; view the module here

Friday, 10/28

MR: Wellness

0745 - 0850

America 2525 B/C

Medical Students and Residents Only

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Buy Buy Baby: Myles, Hanciles, Westbrook, Meyers, Patel, Reddington, Zven

Leave WR no later than 1225, meet at the north side of Congressional Plaza

Uniform or civilian business professional attire; view the module here


Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

31OCT: Halloween

5NOV: Lauren Schroeder's Birthday

4NOV: Hanciles Journal Club

6NOV: Andrew Warren's Birthday

6NOV: Daylight Savings Time Ends

9NOV: Lisa Sukenaga's Birthday

10NOV: Minimal Manning Day

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11NOV: Veteran's Day

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Announcements:


Meet our Rotating Medical Students!

All Staff Updates


Flu Drive

  • Beneficiaries: Week of October 24th

  • 0700-1500, Mon-Fri

  • Arrowhead Zone, Bldg 9, COVID Vaccine Site


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

    • PRIME CLINIC:

      • 1. All personnel muster in your waiting area

      • 2. Senior Officer present sends 2 staff/attending providers, 1 RN and 1 HM/medic to the Radiology Lobby

      • 3. Arrange for coverage for remaining patients

    • SUBS CLINIC:

      • 1. All personnel muster in your waiting area

      • 2. Senior Officer present sends 1 staff/attending provider & 1 LPN to Surgery Clinic, and also 1 RN to Radiology Lobby

      • 3. Arrange for coverage for remaining patients

    • 3rd DECK:

      • 1. 3rd Deck Senior Resident notifies the team he/she is leaving, and reports to Radiology lobby

      • 2. Back-up coverage is called-in, if needed

    • 6th DECK: ***No longer expected to provide 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)


Pediatrics Obesity Education Survey

  • Help CAPT Emerick and her curriculum development team improve our Pediatrics Obesity Education. Please consider clicking on the link here to help gauge interest in further education on the care of pediatric obesity within the clinical setting.


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")

Resident-Specific Updates


MHS Genesis Updates:


PI/QI: Next Session is 1NOV

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

15th Annual Research & Innovations Month (May)

  • 15 different competitions will be offered by the Department of Research Programs (DRP) during the month of May

  • Submission for the following awards opens 30Nov and abstract deadline is midnight 29Jan2023

  • Bailey K. Ashford Awards (2): capstone projects in laboratory or clinical research

  • Robert A. Phillips Awards (4): clinical or lab research by staff and fellows, or by residents and interns

    • Winners go on to compete with other medical centers for four awards in the 38th Annual Navy-wide Academic Research Competition (ARC)

  • Other awards are offered for case reports in categories for staff and fellows, or residents and interns. Other competitions honor projects in quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and patient- and family-centered care.

  • Further details regarding applications and how to submit will be emailed out next month


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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