Schedule:
Emily will be on leave from Monday, 17FEB through Thursday, 20FEB. Please contact Dr. Nicole Martin for urgent in-person issues!
Event | Time and Location | Audience/Notes | |
Monday, 2/17 | President's Day! No Morning Report | ||
Tuesday, 2/18 | MR: Case, Disorders of Sodium and Potassium-Dr. Jones | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome. |
Wednesday, 2/19 | USUHS Grand Rounds: Asthma in 2025: Breathing SMARTER, Not Harder- Dr. Lindsey Moore | 0745-0850 Virtual Event Only https://meet.google.com/abn-tkfw-xom | All Welcome |
Thursday, 2/20 | MR: CPC-Dr. Nicole Martin | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Friday, 2/21 | MR: Case, Mild TBIs (Sports Concussions)-Dr. Williams | 0745-0850 America 2525 | All Welcome |
Save the Date 🗓 | Upcoming Birthdays 🎉 |
26FEB: Endo Academic Half-Day | 07MAR: Grace Manno's Birthday! |
28FEB: Thank a Resident Day! | |
02-04MAY: Spring Resident Retreat | |
20 JUN: Hail and Farewell |
Resident Announcements
NEW Thank a Resident Week Calendar of Events (24FEB-28FEB)
Check out the flyer below for a list of events (and lots of free food!)
Child Background Checks
If you receive an email from the security team requesting renewal of your background checks-please complete ASAP
Blue Team Clinic Messaging
When requesting contintuity clinic changes, appointment scheduling, or other adminstrative requests, please message to "Blue Team Scheduling" only.
Rotation Supervisors
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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Transition to Practice (PGY-3s Only)
The Pre-Graduation Handbook is linked here. Please review the table of contents in the next 1-2 to get a road map for resources available in this document .
Current Tasks:
Register for the ABP General Pediatrics Certifying Exam. Registration will open next week and close on 4/1.
Read the End of Tour Awards section of the Pre-Graduation Handbook
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All Staff Updates
Library Update
Due to budget cuts, we no longer have access to Isabel differential diagnosis tool or Dynamed through the Darnell library
NCR Well-Being Program
Check-out the NCCPeds Wellness Page linked here for information about wellness courses available to all staff and residents
Inpatient/Outpatient Updates
Check-out the Chief Corner linked here for updates and resources!
PI/QI Reminders
Upcoming Sessions/Due-Outs:
February 26th- Academic Half Day working session
Link to PI/QI Google Doc: Google Doc
Educational/Teaching Opportunities
USU Teaching Opportunities
Longitudinal Clinical Skills for MD/PhD students
Volunteers will help lead hour long case-based discussion to a small group of students in USU's combined MD/PhD program. These students have completed their pre-clerkship phase of medical school and are doing research for their PhD before moving on to clerkships.
Upcoming sessions: Headache 3/6/25, Neonatal Fever 04/10/25, Lumbar Puncture 5/08/25. All sessions are from 0900-1000.
- Email Dr. Parsons (emily.parsons@usuhs.edu) if interested
Clerkship Round Robin (recurring throughout the year)
ICR Module Small Group Teaching Opportunities at USU
NEW POET Round Robin Teaching at USU (Next Session 30APR)
Faculty Development
Register for all courses at this website: http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/
Research & Upcoming Conferences
Publication Announcement-Dr. Keenan Caswell and Dr. Arora
Wearable Neurotechnology for the Treatment of Insomnia: The Study Protocol of a Prospective, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Crossover Clinical Trial of a Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Device
AAP SOUS Scientific Awards Competition Call for Submissions!
AAP Section on Uniform Services (SOUS) Scientific Awards Competition (SAC) will begin accepting abstract submissions on February 2 through April 4.
See flyer below for details
2025 Partnership for Military Child and Family Health Research Symposium
This annual event host by USU Department of Pediatrics will be held April 2, 2025 and includes a poster session, which is an opportunity to feature recent research focused on the health and well-being of military children.
Previously submitted/presented research is eligible for consideration. In person attendance is not required to have a poster displayed. If you submitted to the Pediatric Academic Societies conference, please consider submitting to this event.
Call for Research: Open now - February 10, 2025
Email binny.chokshi@usuhs.edu with any questions.
If you were recently published, send a copy of your paper Emily to be included in the POW!
Community Pediatrics/Advocacy Updates:
ARMY
AIR FORCE
NAVY-NEW Meet the Detailer!
Play of the Week:
Play of the Week: Goes to NCC Peds Alumna, Dr. Alex Mauro, for returning to give us an excellent presentation on her experiences as a pediatrician in Japan!
Please reach out to Emily at emily.ferraro@nccpeds.com or emily.m.ferraro2.mil@health.mil with any questions or concerns.
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