Outpatient Didactics

We've started the outpatient didactics in continuity clinic on Thurseday April 24th, 2014. All residents are encouraged to arrive at clinic before 1:10 for a 10-20 minute discussion of an outpatient topic.

Some of the topics presented:

• 4/24/14 - Dr. Ratnayake: hyper and hypothyroidism; approach to diagnosis, management, and Differential
• 4/28/14 - Dr. Petersen: when to screen the patient for obesity, hypertension, depression, dyslipidemia

On Wednesday 4/30/14 Dr. Petersen will be discussing pap smears, mammogram, colon cancer screening as well as immunizations in the adult and elderly. Please prepare when time permits.

Let us know what other topics you'd like to discuss in the comments below

Resident Meeting Update

Today's session was constructive. We were able to discuss any issues that we can work on for next year.

Some proposed ideas that we will try to implement:

• Increase morning reports to 45 minutes. 30 minutes of presentation/discussion with 15 minutes of teaching point. Additionally, morning report presentations should not be restricted to call admission cases, they may include cases from the past.
• Raffles and incentives to increase attendance. By increasing resident attendance then more staff will be willing to moderate the morning reports
• Outpatient clinic:10 mins of teaching by attending physicians until patients are checked into their room.
• MKSAP Mondays at noon run by residents
• Friday noon conferences are difficult to attend, possibly switch to another day
• Avoid noon conferences presented by residents that are on the wards and ICU. Have only residents on electives present noon conferences.

Retreat

We plan on having the retreat during rotation #3. Interns are required to attend, seniors encourage to attend and if they opt out, they are required to cover the wards and ICU. 

Among San Diego and Catalina Island, it appears that Pismo Beach was the most popular. Staying at a large rented house with multiple rooms, BBQ on the beach, horseback riding, ATV riding were some of the activities you guys proposed.

Comment or e-mail us if you are interested in leading the planning of the retreat.

Schedule

The PGY2 and 3 schedules are completed. The intern deadline to submit vacation dates is Friday, April 25th. The link to submit your preference is here: http://goo.gl/buchSU. If you fail to submit by the deadline we will pick vacation dates that best suite the scheduling.

Once the PGY-1 scheduling is completed, the schedule will be reviewed by Dr. Ragland and sent out. If there are any issues or requests to change the schedule, please come to us with a proposed solution.

For those of you who did not attend the meeting, you are welcome to post in the comments with your suggestions.

Attention Please! Code Blue - ICU 2407

Many of the residents have indicated that they do not feel comfortable leading a code. Here's your chance to practice. On Monday 4/21/14 there will be a simulation code at 12:00pm in the ICU SimLab (2407).

The simulation dummy will be used to educate residents/students on the following:

• Lab Interpretations
• Cardioversion shock delivery
• Airway management
• Cardiac Resuscitation
• Medication Administration
• EKG and Rhythm analysis

Space is limited to 6-8 people. Please sign up at the comments. Students are welcome.

Be advised there is no conference scheduled on Monday.

2014-2015 Schedule

We have been working diligently on the 2014-2015 schedule. On April 17th there will be a meeting with the other departments to determine how many off-service interns will rotate with us. Once the PGY-1 schedule is completed we can finalize the schedule. Stay tuned!

Also, In order to minimize scheduling conflicts, Amion will be used to implement the schedules. Get your Android/iOS apps ahead of time so you can quickly glance at your schedules once it's live.

Chief Resident Blog Launched

Sarah and I realize the importance of communication with the chief residents and the house staff. We are excited to announce the launch of the chief resident blog.

What is this going to be used for?

• Announcements
• Weekly Updates
• Educational points
• Changes in schedules
• Medical Student communications
• And more things as the site evolves...

Features

There are a few things you should know. There is a search bar to help you find older posts. The poll will change on a regular basis to present ideas and see how everyone responds. You can comment on posts to help us along. If you still prefer e-mail announcements, you can subscribe to e-mail updates too!