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Plan of the Week: Oct 7th-Oct 13th



Schedule:

Date

Event

Time and Location

Audience/Notes

Monday, 10/7

MR: Case, Tropical Medicine and Honduras Mission (+Bonus Beyfortus Review)-Dr. Helfrich

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Tuesday, 10/8

MR: Journal Club #3-Dr. Zhang

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Wednesday, 10/9

Sim & Skills: Foreign Body, Airway Management, Needle Decompression

0745-0850, Sim Center, 4th Floor, Heroes Building

Residents and Medical Students Only

Thursday, 10/10

MR: Case, Operational Medicine: Southwest Border Mission

0745-0850 America 2525

All Welcome

Friday, 10/11

MR: Board Review!

0745-0850 America 2525

Residents and Medical Students Only

Save the Date 🗓

Upcoming Birthdays 🎉

23 OCT: AHD and SOCR Meetings #2

07OCT: Andrew Koury's Birthday

 06 NOV: Chief Resident Interviews

16OCT: Keegan Paulson's Birthday

20 NOV: Hackathon!

06NOV: Andrew Warren's Birthday

06 DEC: NCC Peds Holiday Party

09NOV: Lisa Sukenaga's Birthday

Continuity Clinic: - Coding Boot Camp


THIS WEEK!Journal Club #3 (Oct 8-Dr. Brenda Zhang): Clinical Question:In preterm neonates admitted to the NICU, does having an inguinal hernia repair done prior to discharge from the NICU decrease the likelihood of serious adverse events?



Resident Announcements


Survey Assessing Barriers to Dental Care- DUE 09OCT

 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!



Meet our Interviewing 4th Year Medical Students!


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All Staff Updates


NEW Palliative Care Referral Guidelines

  • Bookmark this document to serve as a reference for palliative care referrals!



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


Due-Outs:

  • October 23rd (Next Academic Half Day)- Problem statements due

  • October 25th (Morning Report)- Problem Statement Presentations- Each group will share their problem statements with the group (residents and faculty).  Team leads will send me one slide containing their summary statement NLT 24OCT. 

  • 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

  • Sept 23rd 1300-1630: Pediatric Issues ICR

  • Sept 24th 1030-1200: Adolescent Day - HEADSS exam debrief

  • Sept 24th 1300-1430: Pediatric Integrated Cases

  • Please use the link to sign up

  • Questions? Email Dr. Wido (meaghan.wido@usuhs.edu)

POET Round Robin Teaching at USU

  • 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 Resident Publication: Dr. Keenan Caswell


NEW Faculty Publication: Dr. Stark, Dr. Nylund and Dr. Royall


NEW Annual Walter Reed 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!


WRNMMC Healthcare Ethics Symposium

  • Thursday 24 OCT, 0800-1600, NICOE Auditorium

  • Earn up to 5.5 CME Credits!

  • Registration: Email requests and questions to: vincent.a.bain.mil@health.mil

  • Topics:

    • Organ Donations: Safety, Ethics, & Trust

    • The Trials of Labor: Embracing Informed Consent and Patient Autonomy

    • The Epidemic of Antimicrobial Resistance and Health Inequity

    • The Ethics of Fertility Preservation for the Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Patient

    • Nursing and Compassion Fatigue


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


Community Pediatrics Updates:


Volunteer Opportunity-Walter Reed Trunk Or Treat: DUE 10OCT

  • The advocacy and outreach committee will be setting up a table at the base-wide Trunk or Treat

  • Volunteer shifts will be 1700-1900 and 1900-2100

  • Click this link to sign up NLT 07OCT. Email MJ Spirnak (marianjoy.spirnak@gmail.com) with questions!



ARMY- ACFT Sign-Ups Live!

Army ACFT will be held OCT 28-NOV 2!


Army PGY-1s: MAJ Saira Ahmed will be covering down as PGY-1 Advisor during the absence of LTC Williams. Please direct all leave requests in IPPS-A to MAJ Ahmed.


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 Dr. Maddie Mascitti and her husband Tom and Dr. Leanne Perez and her husband JD who got married this weekend! Congratulations!



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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