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Join us for the Chiefs' Orientation where you’ll meet Dana Angelini, Hiloni Bhavsar, Brandon Kellie, Morgan Oberle, and Gigi Gaudiano - your Med-Peds Chief Residents. This session will cover essential topics about the roles and responsibilities of the chiefs, what to expect on the wards (both UH and VA), and how to navigate your residency with tips from your mentors. Get insights into a typical day, the pager system, and valuable advice tailored for your growth and well-being. Join us in June for an enriching experience!
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Chiefs’ Orientation Dana Angelini Hiloni Bhavsar Brandon Kellie Morgan Oberle Gigi Gaudiano (Med/Peds) June 14th, 2012
Topics: • Introductions….. • Who we are • Roles of Chiefs • UH Wards • VA Wards • A Typical Day on the Wards • Ambulatory • The Pager System • Advice
Dana Angelini • Undergraduate: University of Dayton • Med School: Wright State University • Home Town: Clinton Township, MI • Talent/Hobby: Baking
Hiloni Bhavsar • Undergraduate: Wright State University • Med School: Wright State University • Home Town: Dayton, Ohio • Really...born in India, moved to Dayton '94 • Talent/Hobbies: Throwing dinner parties & cooking!
Brandon Kellie • Undergraduate: University of Louisville (GO Cards!) • Med School: University of Louisville • Home Town: Murray, KY • Talent/Hobby: can BBQ and speak southern
Morgan Oberle • Undergraduate: University of Evansville • Med School: Indiana University • Home Town: Paoli, IN • Talent/Hobby: running/working out
Gigi Gaudiano • Undergraduate: University of Virginia • Med School: University of Virginia • Home Town: Great Falls, Virginia • Talent/Hobby: Cooking, chasing around Domenic
Roles of the Chiefs • Medicine Chief Residents: • Rotate every three months • UH Chief #31250 – Morgan Oberle • Office in Lakeside 3 • VA Chief #31533 – Brandon Kellie • Office on 4th floor VA • Ambulatory Chief #31529 – Hiloni Bhavsar • Office on 4th Floor VA • Quality & Pt. Safety Chief #36644 – Dana Angelini • Office on 4th Floor VA/Lakeside 3 • Med-Peds Chief #37297 – Gigi Gaudiano • Office in Lakeside 3
Roles of the Chiefs • We are the advocates for the residents • Call us with problems or issues that arise • Timely and specific please…we can’t help you if you don’t let us know. • We are your mentors • We provide support for your professional development, education, and your psycho-social well-being • We have candy! (Morgan may have granola bars or celery! )
UH Wards • 8 Medicine Teams Wearn – General Medicine Naff – General Medicine Dworkin – Gastroenterology Carpenter – Infectious Disease, General Medicine Eckel – Nephrology and HTN Hellerstein – Cardiology Ratnoff – Hematology and Oncology Weisman – Hematology and Oncology • 2 ICU's MICU & CICU
UH Wards – Sister Teams Sister teams alternate long call days; each team has 2 interns leading to Q4 “long” call
UH WARDS • Hellerstein • Eckel • Each team has 4 interns rotating on Q 4 “long” call • No “sister” team
UH WARDS • UH MICU • 2 teams with 2 attendings and 2 fellows; each team with 2 residents and 2 interns • Q 4 long call for interns and seniors (seniors take overnight call) • “Helper” day is your seniors post call day (will sign out to you around 10 AM • UH CICU • Act as “helper” can follow and admit patients • No formal call • Night Float • 3 interns scheduled; 2 present each night; cover the 8 inpatient UH teams
Other UH Rotations • Neurology • 2 week rotation on the Neurology consult service • GI-Jeopardy • Rotate on GI consult service but are on call for back up for any absence on UH or VA wards/clincs • MUST have pager on and answered 24/7
LOGISTICS of Calls... • Long call – 3 patients by 7pm • Only 1 patient after 6 pm • Medium call – 2 patients by 4pm • Short Call: • UH: 2 Patients (nightfloat admit or unit transfer) • VA: 2 Patients (nightfloat, transfer or NEW) Long Medium Short HAPPY!
LOGISTICS: No. of Patients • UH: • 10 patient cap on all UH ward rotations EXCEPT Ratnoff and Weisman which will cap at 8 (rolling cap) • Your short call day will also cap at 8 (based on number of patients you start with in AM; not rolling) • At VA: • Cap=8 all the time
cCall and continuity clinic • No Clinic on Long or Medium call. • No short call patients assigned on your clinic day.
Days OFF • Dworkin, Carpenter, Wearn, Naff, Ratnoff, Weisman, and VA Wards • Short or Happy days that fall on Saturday or Sunday • “Golden” = both weekend days off • “Black” = work both weekend days • Either Sat or Sun off • Eckel or Hellerstein • 1 day off per week: “Happy day” Friday through Monday
Days OFF • Night Floats • UH: 3 interns are scheduled but only 2 are on each night; work out days off with each other! • VA: Saturday night is off • UH MICU • Short call day off Friday through Monday
UH Team Pagers • Each team (Eckel, Wearn…) will have a pager held by the on call and nightfloat interns • Will mostly be paged by nursing regarding patient issues; not sure the answer???? Just ask your senior!! • Team pagers are also code pagers – on call interns should go to all codes (‘Code Blue’) • Team pager numbers are listed on the pager card in your bags.
Meet the DACR/NACR/MAN… • Day Acting Chief Resident/Night Acting Chief Resident/Medical Admitting Nurse • Role is to distribute admissions, run codes and overall monitor the daily flow of the internal medicine inpatient service • Available 24 hours/day at pager 30512 to answer questions or provide assistance!
Conferences - UH Intern Morning Reports – Residents hold the pagers!! • Tuesday AM report from 10:30 – 11am! ** NEW ** • Thursday 10:30am-11:30am • Grand Rounds • Tuesday 12-1pm • Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) • Friday 12-1pm • AgreSoceity • Monthly, Wednesday evenings – more info to come • Noon Conference • Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 12-1pm (with food)
UH Miscellaneous • Dictating – Interns must dictate discharge summary for each patient discharged on the DAY OF DISCHARGE • Day of Discharge note = progress note + discharge summary • Dictation number must be written in the chart on the day of discharge • Do them as soon as you write the discharge order • Residents must do Discharge summaries when Intern has the day off
UH Miscellaneous • GME Housestaff Lounge!! • Located on Lakeside 6th floor, next to GME office • Has coffee, bathrooms, T.V., foosball table, computers, food on Sunday nights • THE P.I.T. Fitness Center • Basement of Lakeside • Free card entry, TV's, towel service, open 24/7!
Duty Hours etc. • 16: 80: 4 Rule! • 16 hours per long call • 80 hours per week • 4 days off every month • Long call every fourth day • 3 admissions by 7 PM, out by 9 PM, must be out by 11PM • Medium Call – 2 admissions by 4 pm, stay and signout team to intern nightfloat at 7pm
UH Resources • The Chief Resident • Your Senior Resident • The DACR/NACR • Other Residents • The Night Floats
VA Wards • Four General Medicine Teams • Blue, White, Green & Orange • 1 resident + 2 interns per team – may have acting interns/medical students • Ward 4A: Orange/White (sisters) • Ward 4B: Blue/Green (sisters) • PCU: telemetry 2nd floor
VA Lounge and Call Rooms • Located on the 2nd floor • Four call rooms (bunk bed room for AIs) • Fridge: frozen dinners, ice cream, sorbet, string cheese, muffins, fruit, yogurt, milk, PBJ un-crustables • Coffee machine • Cabinets have: Trail mix, gold fish, peanut butter crackers, pretzels!
The VA MICU • 2 resident (day and night), 3 intern team • Q3 call • Admit from 7am to 8pm • Leave by 10 pm • No overnight here either! • Day off is “pre call” day Friday through Sunday
Urgent Care Center (UCC) • The VA “Emergency Room” • Staffed by at least 5 residents • One or two attending physicians • Hours are 9-6 with “on-call” resident to arrive at 0800 (you will not be the “on-call” resident this year) • Fast track: sees low acuity issues, med refills….
Intern Saturday Coverage • One or 2 Saturday Nights when on ambulatory, UCC, or elective, you will be asked to cover from Saturday 7pm to Sunday 8am for the VA intern nightfloat to get a night off.
VA Conferences • Monday: Noon conference • Tuesday: Grand Rounds televised from UH at noon • Wednesday: M&M at noon • Thursday: Intern Morning Report @ 10am-11am! • Your resident will take your pager • Be on time!! • Friday: Noon-conference
VA Miscellaneous • Garage parking is free! Just need to get a parking pass from VA police dept • VPN access for home CPRS access • Codes at VA are called ‘Dr. Heart’
A typical day on the wards • 7am to 7:45am: • Pick up signouts in KACR (at UH – Tower 5) or from intern nightfloat team (at VA you will meet up with VA nightloat intern) • Pre-round • 7:45-8am: Be in your team room to discuss changes overnight and the day’s plan with your senior • 8am to 10:00am (VA) or 10:30am (UH): Rounds with attending • New patients – present H&P • Present the pertinent data, remember you only have 2 hrs for rounds • Old patients – present new data, events overnight and then your assessment and plan • Your A/P may be right or wrong but the best way to learn is to take a shot – don’t just present the data and then look at your attending and resident and wait for them to tell you what to do • Be organized—”have a system”
10:00-12:00: Time to get C.O.L.D. • C: Call your consults • The later you call, the more angry the consultant will be • O: Order Entry • Enter any orders that were not entered on rounds • L: Labs • Run your labs! • D: Discharges • Get them out! • At UH, dictate your day of discharge note in your discharge summary • At the VA, type the discharge summary on the day of discharge
A typical day on the wards (cont) • 10:30 - 11:30 (UH) or 10:00 - 11:00 (VA) • Resident AM report (M/W/F at UH, T/W/F at VA) • Thursday morning: Intern AM report • Noon-1PM: conference • Afternoon reserved for notes, procedures, teaching rounds, contacting families, following up studies • short call should sign out to their co-intern who is long at 5pm • medium call signs out to nightfloat at 7pm • Long call signs out to nightfloat at 9pm
Ambulatory Medicine • Continuity Clinic • Urgent Care Center/Firm Urgent • Primary Care Block • Clinical Skills Block (CSB)
Continuity Clinic • One afternoon per week at either the VA or the Douglas Moore Center at UH. • During ambulatory or elective, up to 2 clinics per week • Always the same day each week and with the same attending preceptors • You will develop a set of patients that you follow over 3 years • Clinic cannot be canceled by anyone except the Ambulatory Chief Resident
Continuity Clinic Rules • No clinic when • Medium call or on long call days • Vacation • Holidays • ICU’s • Night Float • You DO have clinic when on Elective!!! • Cannot switch clinics amongst yourselves; all schedule changes need to be approved by ambulatory chief resident
Primary Care Block • Introduction to Outpatient Primary Care • Introduction to DMC and the Firm Continuity Clinics • Morning Clinical Conferences: 8am Daily • 8:45-12:00: Clinics VA Firm A & B Mon – Thurs • Rheumatology • Diabetes, Renal, HTN • Endocrinology • Dermatology • Women’s Health • Friday AM – Introduction to Quality & Pt. Safety Curriculum
Primary Care Block (cont.) • Afternoon Didactic Sessions • Quality and Systems • Cardiovascular Health • Obesity • Managing Difficult Patients • Patient Safety • Professionalism and Writing • Physical Diagnosis • Common Ambulatory Disease Presentations
Clinical Skills Block • 2-week outpatient rotation • Hands on activities • Simulation models at the simulation skill center • Humanities in Medicine • End of life care • Cultural Competencies
NACR Nightfloat Resident Nightfloat Resident Nightfloat Intern Nightfloat Intern NIGHTFLOAT TEAM The NIGHTFLOAT TEAM
The Nightfloat intern • The Nightfloat Intern comes in at 7pm receives the pagers from the non-call teams • The Nightfloat Intern can receive the pagers from the on-call intern at 9pm and must receive the pager by 11:00 pm
Night Float Duties • Follow up on unfinished tasks Answer pages • See patients when necessary (must document brief note in chart when you see a patient) • Admit up to 2 patients from 8 pm – 5:30 am • If you have questions – please please ask your nightfloat resident or NACR!!! • Call senior for every CODE WHITE
Electives • You have continuity clinic during elective • Your should be answering your pager from 8 to 6 (M-F), no exceptions (unless on approved away elective) • Must attend all conferences (GR, M&M, noon conferences at the VA) • Otherwise, you can choose to do research, a clinical elective on a consult service, or even an ICU rotation. • You have to inform Barb before starting what you will be doing on your elective time . • If you do research or away elective, you need to identify a faculty mentor and should present your work at the Department of Medicine Research Day at the end of the year.