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The GME Office will close on Friday, May 25 at noon and reopen on Tuesday, May 29 at 8 am in observance of Memorial Day.
As the ACGME works to become more responsive in its provision of timely and complete data, there will be an increasing focus on annual data collection and outcomes. Over the next several months, our data systems will change to accommodate these new data collection needs. As we integrate our data collection systems and move to the Next Accreditation System (NAS), there will be extended times when our systems will be unavailable. ADS will be unavailable from June 9-12 to switch over to the 2012-2013 academic year. If you are preparing for a site visit, please be cognizant of the downtime and complete all necessary documentation prior to June 9. Beginning June 13 our data systems will reflect the 2012-2013 academic year, and all residents will have an unconfirmed status (...
Housestaff are given an allotment of uniforms each year. You may visit the Medical Center Bookstore in May or July to order/pick up your uniforms.
Please not that you are responsible for purchasing any additional uniforms outside of the quota/style allowed by the hospital.
Construction Update
Database of the Month: UpToDate
Expore JANE and GTR
Research Wednesdays Series
New Engel Titles
Free Document Delivery Service to Continue
Library Services for Alumni
New Exhibit: What Does Your Physician Know?
This Month in Duke Medicine History
Improve Your Research Skills
The new stop will be added to the AM and PM routes, and the express bus will now stay on Trent Drive (crossing Erwin Road) before turning onto Flowers Drive. The change has no effect on the schedule or other stops served.
Brian Williams, Duke's transportation demand management coordinator, said the added stops make it easier for Duke community members, especially staff and faculty working in or near Duke Clinics, to use an alternative commute.
Categorization of the Common Program Requirements for July 2013 Implementation of the ACGME’s Next Accreditation System
The phased implementation of the ACGME’s Next Accreditation System (NAS) will begin in July 2013 for seven accredited specialties (emergency medicine, internal medicine, neurological surgery, orthopaedic surgery, pediatrics, diagnostic radiology, and urology) and related subspecialties. The NAS requires categorization of the ACGME’s Common Program Requirements to clearly identify Core Requirements and Detail Requirements pertaining to structure, resources, and educational processes, as well as Outcome Requirements. Categorizing Core and Detail Requirements for structure, resources, and processes will allow the ACGME to...
As the end of the academic year approaches, the ACGME encourages programs not only to review data for graduating residents and fellows, but to ensure their data has been migrated to the appropriate program in the event of a resident transfer. To verify whether a data transfer was performed, log into the Case Log System, proceed to the program setup tab, and choose “Resident” – “Resident Transfer Request.” You will be provided with a history of all residents who have had data transferred into your program. If a transfer resident is not listed, you may initiate the transfer by clicking “Request Resident Transfer” and following the prompts. Please Note: for general surgery – if a transfer in question was a preliminary resident, that data can only be transferred if he...
The Review Committee for Urology is accepting nominations for its next resident member. The qualifications needed for the position, the resident member’s responsibilities, and the details of the application process are posted here.
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Neurological Surgery
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Otolaryngology
Surgery
Whether you are teaching EBM, orienting new trainees, or planning a clinical conference, the library is available to help your residents find the information they need to take care of patients. Librarians teach sessions on searching for the best evidence, EBM resources, advanced PubMed tips, staying current, and getting organized for writing. Sessions can be held at your location or in the library’s computer classroom.
Librarians can also help identify teaching articles, provide worksheets, and assist with special projects involving finding and using information.
To get started, contact Megan von Isenburg, GME Liaison Librarian, at megan.vonisenburg@duke.edu or 660-1131.
Free online instructional module on giving feedback to medical students when teaching in the clinic that includes video examples, both good and bad. Review it at:
http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/fm/precept/module4/index.htm
This is part of a larger online educational module designed for improving clinical teaching. Produced with HRSA funding, U VA distributes to other teaching institutions via a Creative Commons license, which allows duplication and customization...
The qualifications needed for the position, the resident member’s responsibilities, and the details of the application process are posted here.
Nominations are Due August 1, 2012 for a term that begins July 1, 2013.
In preparation for integrating our data collection systems and moving to the next accreditation system, ADS and the Case Log System will be unavailable in mid-June for approximately one week, tentatively scheduled for June 9-15. We will provide updates as details are finalized. If your program or institution is preparing for a site visit, please be aware of the downtime and complete all necessary documentation prior to mid-June.
When ADS and the Case Log System become available after the downtime, the data systems will reflect the 2012-2013 academic year, and all residents will have an unconfirmed status (similar to previous academic year rollovers).
Specialties that utilize the Case Log System: You will not be able to...
Now available on the Clinical Tools Page
The new QuickSearch feature searches across multiple clinical resources, including:
- UpToDate
- Cochrane Library
- ACP Journal Club
- PubMed
- DynaMed
- MD Consult
- Nursing Consult
- MedlinePlus
This means you can easily look across multiple resources to find the best evidence and articles on your topic.
Selection Process
The John A. Feagin Jr., MD, Leadership Program and Endowment have been created to honor John A. Feagin, Jr., MD. Duke University Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Feagin’s dedication to developing ethical leaders of character is the inspiration for this effort. This program benefits leadership development education at Duke University.
Duke Sports Medicine is leading this initiative in partnership with the Duke University Athletic Association, the Fuqua School of Business, and Duke Corporate Education, as well as other leadership-oriented organizations. The program consists of four leadership sessions; attendance at the Feagin Leadership Forum; personal leadership coaching and the development of a team leadership project....
- A shortage of everything except errors: Harm associated with drug shortages
- IV acetaminophen and overdoses in kids
- ISMP's IV Compounding Summit Proceedings Available for Comment
- Safety Briefs
Later this month the ACGME will formally notify accredited programs in emergency medicine, internal medicine, neurological surgery, orthopaedic surgery, pediatrics, diagnostic radiology, and urology, about site visit changes due to implementation of the next accreditation system in July 2013.
The next accreditation system will result in significant changes in the accreditation process. For most core and subspecialty programs in these specialties, the next regularly scheduled accreditation site visit will be postponed, rescheduled, and replaced with the first Self Study Site Visit under the next accreditation system. After a program’s first Self Study Site Visit has occurred, these Self Study Site Visits will occur at intervals up to 10 years.
For programs in the seven...
Dr. Darrell G. Kirch addresses GIA group on the direction of change in academic medicine.
In this leadership plenary address delivered to attendees of the 2012 Group on Institutional Advancement (GIA) National Professional Development Conference, AAMC President and CEO Dr. Darrell G. Kirch makes the case for the transformation of academic medicine. Our current economic and political realities suggest a burning platform ripe for change. He discusses the current image of academic medicine—are we the problem or the solution? And he explores our role in creating a better future and the approaches to leadership that can get us there.
Is your birthday coming up? Renew your medical license
Each year on or before your birthday your license must be renewed. You may renew online http://www.ncmedboard.org as early as 60 days BEFORE your birthday The GME Office must have a hard copy of the license certificate BEFORE it expires (not a print out or receipt from the on line training registration process at the NC Board site). Failure to provide this documentation results in automatic corrective action. If you have a full license, you are responsible for providing the GME office with a hard copy of this certificate; if you have a resident training license, the NC Medical Board automatically sends the GME Office your renewal.
Drop-In Sessions
Tuesday evenings
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Duke Integrative Medicine
The R E F U G E
A Mindfulness-Based Stress Management & Practice
Enrichment Service for Duke Healthcare Providers
Dear Colleagues:
Duke Integrative Medicine invites you to join us for one of our R E F U G E sessions, designed to help you manage the delicate balance of your academic and clinical demands and to...
For the first time, a new policy of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), effective on January 1, 2012, establishes limits to the time that can elapse between a physician’s completion of residency training and achievement of Board Certification. The policy establishes a window of no fewer than three years and no more than seven years between training and certification. Within that timeframe, the maximum time allowed will depend on the specialty.
The flexibility in the time limit recognizes that 24 ABMS Member Boards, each certifying physicians in a specialty, have different requirements for Board Certification and offer their certification exams at different intervals. Each of the 24 ABMS Member Boards must choose the time limit by April 16,...
Due to a N.C. Utilities Commission change to accommodate a growing population, the Triangle area will be required to use 10-digit dialing (area code, plus telephone number) beginning April 1.
The utilities commission approved the addition of the new area code – 984 – to accommodate the need for additional telephone numbers in the geographic area currently served by area code 919.
Because of the new area code, callers will be required to dial 10 digits (area code, plus seven-digit phone number) on landline and cellular phones. If callers do not use the new dialing procedure, their call will not be completed, and they will get a recording to try again.
The change does not affect...
2012-2013 Global Health Fellows
Application Announcement
Announcing a new, one-year NIH-funded opportunity
for early-career investigators
interested in working in low-resource settings
Application Deadline: April 16, 2012
The Fogarty International Center has awarded a new Global Health Fellows and Scholars Program to a Consortium of Vanderbilt University, Emory University,...
Student Loan Repayment Workshop Presented by Paul Garrard, nationally known expert in student loans and educational debt management.
A recording is available of the 2/29/12 workshop, which included information on:
- Recent legislative changes and the impact on the cost of your student loans in repayment
- Consolidation: the pros and cons, why so many medical residents are consolidating, and how consolidation may adversely impact an aggressive repayment strategy
- Income Based Repayment (IBR), recent changes, and why so many medical residents use this plan as part of their repayment strategy
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness and the recently released...
The March 2012 issue of JGME is now available to program directors and deisgnated instituional officials (DIOs) online through the "Tools/Reference" section of the ACGME's Accreditation Data System (ADS).
Qualitative Research Part II: Participants, Analysis, and Quality Assurance
Joan Sargeant Full Text
Shift-to-Shift Handoff Research: Where Do We Go From Here?
Lee Ann Riesenberg Full Text
Serious Play in the Virtual World: Can We Use Games to Train Young Doctors?
Cor J. Kalkman ...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) elected (Drexel University College of Medicine) together with PENN to become a “Center of Excellence for Physician Information” on substance abuse to use for residency and fellowship training. See (Free resource) at: http://www.mededportal.org/publication/9110
A large number of new summaries on articles of interest to program directors and DIOs have been added to the GME Focus web page on the ACGME website.
Articles summarized address knowledge areas tested in the orthopaedic surgery in-service exam, use of the annual program review to facilitate improvement in a university-based family medicine program, and a perspective on resident duty hour limits in the Netherlands. GME Focus is the ACGME’s web-based compendium to assist program and institution leaders in keeping up with the current graduate medical education literature. The web page has also been reorganized to show the most recent articles at the top of each section or the overall collection. Visit the GME Focus web page by clicking on “Bulletin & Lit...
- Results of our survey on drug storage, stability, compatibility, and beyond use dating
- WorthRepeating... Prevention of eye drop-related infections
- Safety Briefs:
Thanks to everyone for your valuable feedback in the housestaff cafeteria survey. We received an overwhelming response rate and presented the survey results to the cafeteria leadership last month. In response your insightful feedback and comments, Aramark will be making some exciting changes to our menu selections in the Atrium Cafe during the Night-Owl shift (late night, i.e. while we are on overnight call) over the next few months. Many thanks to Aramark leadership Edmund Chan, Deron Day, and Cy Gropper. Here are a few upcoming changes that were mentioned to us (remember, these changes are only for the Night-Owl Menu for now):
1. Expand current options that work well:
- Organize one Breakfast program to be offered on Tuesday, Thursday,...
The Center for Documentary Studies’ pilot Documenting Medicine Program is currently accepting applications from Duke Physician Residents and Fellows for the 2012/2013 academic year.
Started in Fall 2010, this pilot program funded partially by a GME Innovation Fund Grant, provides equipment and training for Duke residents in order to produce projects that focus on the patient story. The program is based on the experience and successes of Duke Pediatrician/ Photographer John Moses, who has been using documentary photography for the past 20 years to better understand his patients, educate medical trainees and advocate for policy change. (Dr. Moses is currently completing a book featuring the photography and writings of young cancer patients on the bone marrow...
The Winter 2012 edition of the ACGME’s newsletter for residents has been posted on the Review Committee web page, and can be viewed here.
The ACGME is currently in the process of designing an iPhone app for its Resident Case Log System. Until this becomes available, a mobile website has been created and is available for use.
Due to their unique data collection features, the mobile site is not available for anesthesia, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology. Please use the following URL to locate the mobile Case Log website: http://www.acgme.org/mobilercl and pass this information and link onto your program’s residents. (Note: a WiFi connection is required for use.)
Look for an email from the GME Office regarding voting for the 2012-2013 Housestaff Representative.
The two nominees have submitted the following biographical statements:
Listed in alphabetical order.
Pippa Evans
Pippa is a rising third-year resident in the Department of Community and Family Medicine. This proud Texan and mother of four has effectively learned to balance home and work and is eager to put her skills to use as a listener, mediator, advocate, and friend. Pippa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy with a concentration in Ethics, and is currently completing her second year serving on the GME Ethics Committee. Prior to medical school, she engaged in research through Texas Heart Institute resulting in...
Those of you interested in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program may want to check out the Web site below, which includes updated information from the Department of Education on
PSLF:http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/PSF.jsp
You may want to pay special attention to the Dear Borrower letter and the Employment Certification form.
Curious about how the iPad could be used in medicine? Following the successful completion of a study to look at iPads in the clinical setting, the Medical Center Library has four iPads available for focused exploration.
Medical Center faculty and house staff can apply to borrow an iPad to explore its usefulness in medicine and in teaching and learning. Loans are typically for one month, and in return, we ask you to complete an evaluation form to let us know your thoughts on using the device in health care settings.
Learn more and apply online at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/services/ipad
The RRC for Family Medicine (in partnership with the American Board of Family Physicians) has submitted and received approval from the ACGME Board of Directors for a pilot project that will examine the length of residency education in family medicine.
Specifically, the purpose of the pilot is to examine whether extending the length of family medicine residency education to four years through the development of innovative education paradigms further prepares family physicians to serve as highly effective personal physicians in a high performance health care system.
Additional details of the pilot, including the application process, will be posted to the RRC for Family Medicine web page within the coming weeks. Once the details are posted, the links will be included in an...
Diagnostic Radiology
- The deadline for entering current graduating residents’ case log data has been extended from August 1 to September 15. It is extremely important that the RRC for Diagnostic Radiology has accurate data for all current residents. Please review the existing data for current residents and make any updates by March 31. Final data for graduating residents must be entered no later than September 15 each year.
Resident Survey
- The ACGME Resident Survey resumed in January and continues through June 2012. The second reporting period is now open and programs in this period have been contacted. Beginning this year, all core specialty and subspecialty programs, regardless of size, will be surveyed.
- Unlike previous years, more than one version of the survey will be administered, so a sample general survey is unavailable. The Resident Survey is composed of questions selected from a bank of survey questions and, depending on resident responses and education level, residents and fellows may not see the same questions. The survey continues to focus on general content areas (duty hours, faculty,...
An In-depth Experiential Training To Transform Your Patients, Your Practice and Your Life
Mindfulness experts at Duke Integrative Medicine offer an extensive training in this core concept, designed to help optimize the health and well-being of clients and patients. Mindfulness is recognized as an increasingly important element in healing, and in the helping relationship between professionals and their clients and patients.
CEUs Available: By completing the Mindfulness Training for Professionals program you can earn 5.7 CEUs. More
Newsletters
- RRC News for Diagnostic Radiology―February 2012 issue
http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/RRC_420_News/DR_Feb12.pdf
- RRC News for Nuclear Medicine―February 2012 issue
http://www.acgme.org/acWebsite/RRC_200_News/Nuclear_Medicine_Feb12.pdf
ACGME e-Communication: Feb 13 2012
Case Logs―Procedural Dermatology
- The RRC for Dermatology has made important changes regarding its use of the ACGME Case Log System to evaluate procedural dermatology fellowship programs. A memo with more detailed information about these changes and how they will improve and clarify documentation for fellows can be found here.
Duke Graduate Medical Education and the Duke School of Medicine Offer
In-Person Consultations on Your Student Loans
Wednesday, February 29, 2:00p until 5:00p
Thursday, March 1, 9:00a until 11:30a and 2:00p until 5:00p
GME Conference Room, M147 Green Zone
Consultations Provided by Paul S. Garrard, Founder and President, PGPresents, LLC
Mr. Garrard, a nationally known expert in educational debt management for medical students and medical residents, and a frequent presenter at Duke, will be available for private, in-person...
Wednesday, February 29 at 5:30pm, Location: Duke North, Room 2001
Sponsored by: Duke Office of Graduate Medical Education and Duke University School of Medicine Office of Financial Aid
Presented by Paul S. Garrard, Founder and President, PGPresents, LLC
You will not want to miss this interactive workshop with Mr. Garrard, a nationally known expert in student loans and educational debt management. Mr. Garrard will discuss how to choose a repayment strategy for your student loans that best meets your own personalfinancial and career goals, regardless of your specialty and regardless of fellowship and other career choices. Mr. Garrard will be covering the following topics...
Effective April 2012 you will no longer be able to annotate and cut and paste tables for patients to view in portal.
It will be pasted as the items themselves but "lose" the function of having them placed in a table and neatly lined up. This will not impact text. This is necessary to prepare for epic conversion
Question? Contact Dr Brian Griffith
Please remember that all Housestaff are required to maintain their BLS certification. All certifications must be through the American Heart Association. Duke offers two sessions per year for renewal. These session occur in April and November. If your certification expires prior to November 1st, you should plan to participate in the April Blitz. Click here for more information. Registration instructions
Satisfy ACGME requirement for team training with your programs TeamSTEPPS essentials Feb 24 and March 30. Contact Kelli Anderson 919 668-3749 or Kelli.Anderson@duke.edu
Satisfy ACGME requirement for patient safety training: GME Physician Leadership in Patient Safety and Quality Feb 17 Thomas Center 8-5. Free to residents and program faculty Contact Kelli.Anderson@duke.edu or Dr. Karen Frush Karen.Frush@duke.edu
The AAMC is now accepting online applications for the Executive Development Seminar for Interim and Aspiring Leaders (EDS-IAL), a seminar targeting emerging leaders in academic medicine scheduled for May 3-5, 2012.
The need is growing for well-qualified, future-oriented leaders in academic medicine. This intensive seminar will advance leadership and managerial capacity for individuals appointed in interim/acting leadership roles who are expected to occupy that role indefinitely or for a specific term of service while a search is conducted. Individuals with aspirations for leadership who have not yet been appointed to a permanent leadership position are also invited to attend this seminar. Participants will gain valuable skills that will enhance their success as new...
- Don't let the "tobacco stain" on pharmacies that sell cigarettes be a barrier to advanced pharmacy practice
- Does the CMS standard to store medications according to manufacturer's directions impact drug shortages and increase waste?
- Quarterly Action Agenda (October - December 2011)
- Safety Briefs
The Grand Prize is $50,000 and there will be an additional $30,000 in prizes. Last year we had over 100 Duke student teams, and 50 Duke alumni teams compete.
All Duke students (as well as postdocs and medical residents) are eligible for the prize money. Alumni, Faculty, and Staff are also welcome to participate, but will not be eligible for the prize money. They will, however, receive feedback and support.
Student Prizes:
- $50,000 Grand Prize (thanks to Rich Lee of Hosted Solutions)
- $10,000 Prize for best Women-led Startup
- $10,000 Prize for best Undergraduate-led Startup
- $10,000 Prize for best Products & Services Startup
Want to compete? All it takes is a startup idea, and some time to put your idea...