Plays of the Week:
Play of the week and a HUGE thank you goes to Ben Smith, Sarah Cole, Emily Parsons, Joel Toro, Elizabeth Schulz, Topher Stark, Min Hwang, and Jamie Lewis for covering the inpatient services for our residents during their Fall Retreat!
Play of the week also goes to Dr. Brian Graziose and the entire social committee for planning a great retreat, along with Dr. Sarah Reynolds and our military advisors for a very educational first MMOC session.
Play of the week to the Block 3 Under the Sea 3rd Deck Team, who received kudos and high praise from multiple people this week, strong work!
Schedule:
Date | Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes |
Sunday, 9/18 Air Force Birthday ✈️ | | | |
Monday, 9/19 Block 4 Start | MR: Case & Orient to Service | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Tuesday, 9/20 Bailey Howard's Birthday 🎉 | MR: CPC, Broughton | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
Wednesday, 9/21 | MR: EFMP Updates & Nutritional Anemia Lecture, Zanetti | 0745 - 0850 Heroes, Bldg 5, 4th Floor, Room 4008/4009 | All welcome |
Thursday, 9/22 | MR: M&M | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| Candidate Recruitment Day | 0900 - 1115 Canyon Conference Room 4th Floor America Bldg | Rotating MSIVs Only |
Friday, 9/23 | MR: ABA Updates & Surgery Lecture, Walk | 0745 - 0850 America 2525 B/C | All welcome |
| APPD Fall Regional Meeting | 0900 - 1230 Zoom | Residency Leadership and Invited Speakers |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
26SEP: Rosh Hashanah | 5OCT: Noelle Molter's Birthday |
5OCT: Yom Kippur | 6OCT: Elise Reddington's Birthday |
7-11OCT: AAP NCE | 18OCT: Rob Crutcher's Birthday |
10OCT: Indigenous People's Day | |
11OCT: Graziose CPC | |
Announcements:
Meet our Rotating Medical Students!
All Staff Updates
Army Ten Miler Shirts
A number of staff members from 3 West will be running the Army Ten Miler in Washington, DC, on the 9th of October. If you would like to support the runners, and for interested runners, please put in your shirt orders through this link: https://www.customink.com/g/zmq0-00cn-3z44. Options range from tank tops to long-sleeved shirts! Prices will depend on the number of orders placed. Orders close on 19 September to ensure early/on-time delivery.
ADM Compliance/Note Closures
ALL delinquent encounters (patient visits and t-cons) must be closed NLT 23SEP. Please go back in both your patient visit history and t-con history to ensure that all notes are closed by this deadline.
PI/QI Surveys
Survey for MICC Blood Glucose Protocol PI/QI Project
We ask for your help in improving the MICC blood glucose protocol here at Walter Reed. IF you have the time, please scan the QR code and fill out this < 5-minute survey regarding the MICC Blood Glucose Protocol: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1q7n4-Fs3HkgNkoWHszDhl4p8CjiJuqmaBU50acqtOl8/viewform?edit_requested=true
The Patient Education PI/QI Project
The team would greatly appreciate your response to this brief survey for all residents and faculty who see patients in the WR Pediatric PCMH: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QLX2S3P
Air Force's 75th Birthday Celebrations (18SEP)
USU Celebration:
Where: Rice Hall
When: 15 September 2022 @ 1000
Uniform: OCP's/NWU
MC: TSgt Brill-Araiza; Guest Speaker: Lt Col Zachary Groover
The Department of the Air Force Tattoo Celebration - Innovate, Accelerate, Thrive - The Air Force at 75
When: September 15, 2022 @ 1830
Where: Audi Field Washington, DC
Website: www.usairforce75.com
The Air & Space Expo
When: September 17 - 18, 2022 @ 0900 - 1700
Where: Joint Base Andrews
The Air Force Heritage Memorial to Memorial (M2M) Ride
When: September 15 - 18, 2022
Where: Wright Brothers Memorial (NC) to the Air Force Memorial (Washington DC) routes vary daily
Transition to NEW Email Domain: @mail.mil to @health.mil will occur no later than 30SEP
Back-up current mailbox and save desired files from MS Teams to local share drives and desktops.
WRNMMC users will be migrated to MED365 E-Mail on 18 September. There are a few things we recommend that you complete prior to your migration.
Once you have converted over to the new domain name, please make sure you update any accounts or subscription services that use your @mail.mil email address. Please make sure the following are updated:
Thrift Savings Plan, myPay at DFAS, milConnect, JKO, Citi Commercial Card - Government Travel Card, Defense Travel System, NRP platform
Resident-Specific Updates
Help Improve the Peds Endo Curriculum at WRNMMC and throughout the DoD
Do you know what U.S. President had a pheochromocytoma? Do you know the highest recorded blood glucose value? I know your time is valuable, but if you can spare 10-15 minutes of your time to complete this survey, the answers to these trivia questions will be revealed!
This anonymous survey is an important part of my Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship scholarly project and is meant to gather information regarding the curricula used during Pediatric Endocrinology rotations. The survey does not ask for identifiers and participation is completely voluntary.
PI/QI: Next Session is 4OCT (Countermeasures, Step 6)
Please notify your stakeholders prior to the next meeting
Please view your project-specific template and assign the resident team lead
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
USU Teaching Opportunities
Research Opportunities & Upcoming Conferences
Next SOCR meeting: October 18th
Upcoming Conferences:
APPD Mid-Atlantic Regional Fall Meeting (Virtual): September 23rd, 2022
Conference on Military Perinatal Research (COMPRA): November 4-6, 2022
AMSUS Annual Meeting 2023: February 13-16th at the Gaylord National Resort & Conference Center, National Harbor, MD
Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Conference 2023: April 27-May 1st in Washington, DC
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