UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - December 12, 2023/EDUCATION | |
Welcome to the FMCH Tuesday Talk. Please continue to send us your announcements, celebrations, and accomplishments to FMCHtuesdaytalk@umassmed.edu. | |
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Table of Contents
Upcoming Events
Focus of the Week – Education
Announcements
Department Member Recognition
Frankly Speaking Podcast
Clinical Services Spotlight
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Upcoming Events
FMCH Grand Rounds
Tuesday,December 12th, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Lee Mancini, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP, CSCS*D, CSN and Nicholas Martin, MD, present, "New Updates in Concussion Management".
Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/191986273?pwd=NEtlZmNkdWlSUGwyeTJQU3dCeUs1QT09
Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Thursday,December 14th, 12:00 - 1:00pm, Sunita Puri, MD, presents, "The Words We Use and Why They Matter: Palliative Medicine Perspectives on Discussions of Suffering, Goals of Care, and Life's End for Patients With Mental Illness".
Meeting ID: 818 349 233 Passcode: PsychGR1
https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/818349233?pwd=VVRDNUxZZmF4K3NqNXppTHJiVmNSUT09
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Focus of the Week - Education
Mary Lindholm, MD and Frank Domino, MD, interim leaders
| We are a little over 3 months from the start of the Vista Curriculum for the third-year clerkship students. While this is exciting, change is always challenging! Please reach out to Mary Lindholm with any questions. Some of the changes to expect in your offices include: | |
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1. Students will spend a week in the office with you, and then return 12 weeks later for their second week. This will repeat for 4 weeks in total.
2. Students will become more and more experienced each time they return to your office, as they will have experienced other clerkships since they last worked with you.
3. The clerkship’s administrative support team (Karen Rayla, Maryanne Adams, Pam Tero) will help keep you organized! They will remind you when a student is returning, and when it is time to submit evaluations and feedback on the students.
4. In addition to the time students spend during their core clerkship weeks, they will also spend a week that includes 2 days in one of our subspecialty clinics/sites (sports medicine, MCH, HIV/Hep C, palliative care, etc.) in addition to several days of didactics.
5. The school has created WBA’s- workplace based assessments, an on-the-go tool to give students in time formative feedback easily, while documenting it. You will learn more about this tool in the coming months.
6. One of the huge advantages to this craziness is our ability to showcase how important continuity and our relationships with our patients are in helping us provide the best care for them!
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Announcements
We want to remind department members that if you wish to send a Letter of condolence to Jeff Satnick's family, it can be sent to his wife Jessica Satnick and his young adult children, Sam and Sophia, at 183 Sterling Rd., Princeton, MA 01541. The family welcomes donations in memory of Dr. Jeffrey Satnick to support education in integrative medicine through the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School using the following link:
https://p2p.onecause.com/umassfundraising/drjeffreysatnick
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UMass Memorial Health received grant funding to upskill providers in Central MA with respect to Suboxone access. We are offering a free one-day CME course on December 14th. Any provider from Central MA is welcome. We will be focused on the why behind Suboxone prescribing as well as its nuts and bolts. There is a registration link and more information here: https://www.rizema.org/foundations-support-umass-memorial-health-prescriber-training-to-expand-opioid-use-disorder-treatment/
Inaugural Volunteer Event in Memory of Judy Savageau
The Research and Evaluation Unit at ForHealth Consulting will be hosting an annual volunteer event in memory of our colleague of many years, Judy Savageau, who passed away unexpectedly in July. We are pleased to announce we have partnered with Project New Hope in Worcester for our inaugural event, which will take place on December 15th, 2023. Those who wish to participate can use Volunteer Hours (VSL); as a reminder UMass Chan employees are able to use up to 16 hours of PTO annually for volunteer activities: UMass Chan Cares Volunteer Initiative (sharepoint.com) We welcome all who would like to join and appreciate your consideration in advance! Please spread the word. For more information and if you would like to participate, please contact
Kate Sullivan: kate.sullivan@umassmed.edu thank you!
Date: Friday, December 15, 2023
Time: 9:00am-11:00am
Location: Project New Hope, 70 James Street, Suite 129A, Worcester MA
Advanced MA LTBI ECHO
Open to Massachusetts primary care team members including clinicians, nurses, care managers, community health workers, peer navigators, pharmacists, social workers! Course starts January 11, 2024!!
Interested in being able to test and treat your patients for latent TB infection within primary care and manage some of the more nuanced scenarios? Beginners and more advanced participants welcome! All participants will receive introductory material prior to the start of the seven-session virtual and interactive course. You can receive up to 7 CME credits and the course is free. Find the details in the attached brochure. Register here.
Restoring Balance: Increasing Clinician Connection and Care -
A Program to Enhance Flourishing
Join our 5-hour conline course starting January 26th, 2024. The purpose of this educational program is to train clinicians in the skills to address burnout and flourish in their work life. Our learners will improve their ability to have compassionate conversations with peers and patients and learn how their values can reconnect them to being excellent clinicians and address their burnout. Course instructors, Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH and Shahida Fareed, PsyD, will lead participants over the course of 5-weeks in a training that aims to improve wellbeing and personal resilience in healthcare professionals by teaching mindful self-compassion skills to deal with distressing emotional situations, and difficult patient interactions as they occur at work. All healthcare professionals interested in enhancing patient connections, improving communication skills, or promoting well-being in the healthcare field are welcome to join. The course is $180, and payment can be made by credit card, UMass internal transfer, or UMass CME funds. CEUs are available. Learn more here.
HOLD THE DATE FOR BOOK EVENT - March 6th
Lucy Candib has authored/edited a book entitled Family Doctors Say Goodbye with her co-author/editor Will Miller. The Department, in partnership with the medical school library, will host an event on March 6th at 6:00pm live on campus for a discussion of the book and about transitions in general as a medical clinician. Please plan to attend.
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Ethics Corner
Philip Day, PhD
Topic: Community-Based Participatory Research
Question 1: What is Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)?
Answer 1: CBPR is an approach to conducting research that strives to involve community members, stakeholders, and organizations in all phases of the research process: developing the research question, study design, recruitment strategies, data interpretation, and dissemination of results. Given this equity-based approach to research, CBPR poses ethical challenges distinct from traditional bench or investigator-driven research (1).
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Question 2: What ethical considerations are unique to CBPR?
Answer 2: There are many ethical considerations unique to CBPR, but in general, the needs, priorities, and values of the community are considered co-equal or preferential to those of the research team. Generally, CBPR strives to meet a community-defined need, provide education, and to produce a positive social change. As an example, outcomes and results should be directly shared with members of the community and not only via academic venues such as conferences and scientific journals (2).
Question 3: What are the benefits of a CBPR-approach?
Answer 3: Directly responding to a community or society need with the resources and expertise of academia can be a powerful tool for building community trust, advocating for social justice through campus-community partnerships, and addressing health inequities.
References: 1) AHRQ Activities Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address Health Care Disparities. Content last reviewed April 2020. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/factsheets/minority/cbprbrief/index.htm 2) Jamshidi E, Morasae EK, Shahandeh K, et al. Ethical Considerations of Community-based Participatory Research: Contextual Underpinnings for Developing Countries. Int J Prev Med. 2014;5(10):1328-1336.
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Department Member Recognition
Congratulations to Hugh Silk who has received funding from the Massachusetts RIZE Foundation to address the oral health of persons seeking substance abuse treatment. The grant is for one year.
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Frankly Speaking Podcast
A weekly Podcast series covering newsworthy topics in primary care medicine.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine/id1194659367.
Please join us for an overview: In this episode, we explore new data that could reshape how we approach sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention in clinical practice. Discover how doxycycline can serve as prophylaxis for bacterial STIs in populations who are at high risk and come away with practical strategies for counseling patients on STI prevention. Tune in to enhance your clinical expertise and provide superior care to your patients. Guest: Alan M. Ehrlich, MD, FAAFP, presents: "Prophylactic Power: Doxycycline's Role in STI Prevention" - Frankly Speaking Ep 358.
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Clinical Services Spotlight:
Josephine Fowler, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Clinical Services
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COVID-19 UMMMC
- The 7-day average percent positivity is 9.8%.
- In-house COVID positive cases on December 11th was 38 (none fully vaccinated; 6 in ICU). The prior 7-day average was 33.
COVID-19 MA
- In the last week, there were confirmed 2,908 COVID cases and 1,071 probable cases.
- There have been 41,669 cases and 19 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 reported this season in MA.
- Of the 67,267 emergency room visits during the past 7 days, 14.8% are due to respiratory symptoms. Of these 2% are due to COVID-19 and 1.0% are due to RSV and 0.8% are due to flu.
Masking Required in all Patient Interactions
Due to a current rolling average of 14 employees/day testing positive, and a sustained trend of increasing COVID-19 transmission rates, caregivers must mask during all patient interactions effective immediately. This will be in place for about a month when it will be reevaluated.
Coding and Billing for the Family Physician- Medicare Wellness
If you are a member of the AAFP, check out the coding and billing information on the AAFP website for the Annual Wellness Visit for Medicare. It is free to members of the AAFP. https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/practice-and-career/getting-paid/coding/annual-wellnessvisits/webcast/watch-now.mem.html
Other topics available with links from this site include coding for newborn care, coding for group visits, and more.
COVID-19 Patient Information
COVID-19 antigen test is available. Share this link with your patients. The site has information that will help them to locate a testing site. https://testinglocator.cdc.gov/
Need help finding a place to get medication? Call 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 888-720-7489).
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Wellness Resources
The Caring for the Caregiver Program provides resources such as the Caregiver Support Line (508-334-HELP) and The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which offers a variety of services and supports (including virtual peer support and wellness tips. EAP can be accessed at 866-263-3525, or www.LiveandWorkWell.com,
[company code: UmassMemorial].
More information is available on the Caring for the Caregiver page.
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