Plan of the Week: Sep 1- Sep 5
- Nicole Martin
- Aug 29
- 5 min read
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week this week goes to Team 1 (pictured above) for winning Dr. Brenda Zhang's Family Feud game during her wonderful Allergy Lecture!
Schedule:
Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes | |
Monday, 9/1 | No Morning Report | Happy Labor Day! | |
Tuesday, 9/2 | Education/ Reverse Education Meeting | 0745-0850 Residents: America 2525 ----- Staff: Canyon Conference Room | Residents Only ---- Rotation Supervisors and Advisors Only |
Wednesday, 9/3 | Grand Rounds: "What Doesn’t Kill You Doesn’t Always Make You Stronger: Understanding Long COVID in Children" by Dr. Alexandra Yonts | 0745-0845 USU Building A, Room A3 | All Welcome Outpatient residents must attend in person Virtual link for inpatient residents/staff: https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom |
Thursday, 9/4 | MR: Case followed by Neonatal Glucose Metabolism by Dr. Pierluissi | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 9/5 | MR: Journal Club Dr. Lianna Morales (No case) | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome Journal Club article found here: |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
13 SEP: Teddy Bear Clinic | 1 SEP: Nicole Saporito |
19 SEP: Resident Retreat | 7 SEP: Victoria Smith |
24 SEP: Obesity Academic Half Day | 14 SEP: Rebecca Morgis |
15 SEP: Daniel Rochford | |
15 SEP: Paul McQuillen |
Meet our Rotating 4th Year Applicants!
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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)
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!
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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 Oct (Behavioral Health), 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
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: 27AUG2025 (1300-1700 at USU)
Sessions run from 1300-1700 (report NLT 1245)
All teaching materials and PPTs are provided to instructor prior to events
Please email Dr. Katie Jones (katherine.jones@usuhs.edu) if interseted
USUHS Adolescent day
USUHS is in need of preceptors for Adolescent Day at USUHS on Friday, September 12 from 1030-1230. Sign up here if you're interested after receiving approval from your rotation supervisors to attend. It is a great opportunity! Reach out to Nicole or Dr. Hepps for more information.
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.
Congratulations to Karina, Brandon, Brenda, McKenzie, Genesis, Erin, and Keenan on their acceptance to AAP National Conference 2025!
Congratulations to Karina, Erin, and Keenan on their acceptance to the Child Neurology Society conference 2025!
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
Teddy Bear Clinic: Teddy bear clinic is back and will again take place at the National Museum of Health and Medicine with many fun activities on 13 Sep from 0930-1130. Thank you to everyone who signed up- sign ups are now full!
NEW:
Pathway to Pediatrics: The next Pathway to Pediatrics event will take place in the afternoon of 5 November (official time TBD). 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 and sign the attached checklist when submitting leave.
Put Maj Jean as first approver and Lt Col Reynolds 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.
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