See these important announcements concerning revised ERAS residency timeline and NRMP schedule changes. USMLE Step 2 CS testing has been delayed for 12-18 months.

All of the GME CV Update emails (with links) are archived on the New Innovations Notice Board.

GME completes virtual OSCE/OSHEs for 2020

The OSCE/OSHE training traditionally held following the New Resident Orientation was conducted this summer by the School of Medicine's Kado Clinical Skills Center as a virtual activity for all programs during July and August. GME will be sending residents and faculty the assessment reports and videos of all online simulated encounters in the coming weeks. Contact the GME Director of Education Dr. Brent Stansfield at rbstansfield@wayne.edu for more information.

Please click here for Dean Mark Schweitzer's letter to residents regarding guidelines for coming to campus.

A coalition of medical schools including the WSUSOM has secured a highly competitive Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grant from the American Medical Association (AMA). This initiative will develop best practices and guidelines for easing medical students' passage through four key transitions during their training. GME Senior Associate Dean and DIO Tsveti Markova is a member of the team that won this grant. For details, click here.

Both aspiring physicians and medical school administrators have expressed concern that being arrested for lawful protesting may impact admission to medical school or residency. In response, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has developed guidance in support of applicant participation in demonstrations and other forms of peaceful public protest against police brutality and systemic racism. Achieving the AAMC’s goal of fostering a more diverse and equitable health care workforce requires the critical examination of how we recruit, select, and educate the next generation of physicians, including how we evaluate and consider the lived experiences and external circumstances encountered by applicants. This guidance is intended for residency program directors and others in the admissions community as they review and refine their processes for the upcoming selection cycles. For the full statement, click here.      

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in partnership with StoryCorps and the National Endowment for the Arts, is seeking oral and 55-word stories for collaborative listening and story-sharing that explore the lived experiences of the healthcare workforce. Through a mix of media and forms, the AAMC is seeking a diverse range of voices and perspectives from the entire academic medicine community - from pre-meds to faculty, clinicians, and educators - to honor and chronicle this community during this unprecedented time. Submissions will be accepted on an ongoing basis. For more information, click here.  

At the Resident Council meeting held via Zoom on Tuesday, June 9 from 6:30-7:30 pm, new RC President Ben Maynard (Family Medicine) presented a slate of goals for the upcoming year. Click here for a message from Ben Maynard. Going foward, the RC will meet monthly on the second Tuesday of each month via Zoom.

The Resident Council would like to remind all incoming and current residents that GME hosts a page for confidential concern reporting. 

In July, Anesthesiology program faculty and residents had their research on "Clinical Comorbidities, Characteristics, and Outcomes of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the State of Michigan with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia" published as correspondence in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. Program director Sandeep Krishnan was first author, with resident co-authors Peter Paik, Ashley Miller, Alicia Barclay, Adam Cassella, Jon Lucaj, and faculty co-authors Zulfiqar Ahmed, Director of Education, Joffer Hakim, and Farhad Ghoddoussi. Click here for a copy. Congratulations!

Dermatology faculty and resident have article accepted by the American Journal of Transplantation

Geoffrey Potts, the Dermatology associate program director, is senior author of "An Eruption of Numerous Spiny Papule in a Pediatric Transplant Patient," an article recently accepted for publication in the American Journal of Transplantation. The first  author is Luke Horton, a fourth-year student in WSUSOM; the second author is Fatima Fahs, a 2020 graduate of the Dermatology program; and the third author is Amrish Jain, of the pediatric nephrology unit at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Well done!  

Internal Medicine residents present at CHEST National, Oct 2020

IM resident Verisha Khanam has had a research project entitled "Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score in Patients Infected with SARS-CoV-2" accepted for presentation at the Chest Annual Meeting, to be held as a virtual event in Oct. 2020. Co-authors include residents Jurgena Tusha, Danny Taheri, and Laith Al-Janabi, with faculty mentors Vesna Tegeljita and Sarwan Kumar. Congratulations!    

IM resident Mishita Goel was co-author of an article entitled "Successful Triplet Pregnancy Post-Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant in a Patient with Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy," published in JACC: Case Reports in June 2020. For a copy of the article, click here. Mishita Goel, Victoria Gonzalez, Reina Badran, and faculty mentor Vesna Tegeljita have had a case report on "Clinical Course of COVID-19 in Identical Twins" accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Cases. Kudos to all!

Internal Medicine residents have posters accepted for ACG, CHEST Italy conferences

A poster on "Treatment of Severe Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Pancreatitis with Insulin Drip" co-authored by IM residents Raashi Chawla, Zachary Johnson, Mishita Goel, Michael Meehan, and faculty mentor Zain Kulairi was accepted for the upcoming American College of Gastroenterology conference. Tanaz Salimnia, Fred Bittner, and Mishita Goel had a poster accepted for the 2020 CHEST Italy conference (now postponed until 2021). Well done!

Internal Medicine resident co-authors chapter in gastroenterologic handbook published by Wolters Kluwer

IM resident Mishita Goel has co-authored a chapter on "Basic Colonoscopy" with Rajesh Keswani, Medical Director of Quality at the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center, for the Handbook of Gastroenterologic Procedures (5th edition), published by Wolters Kluwer Health. Congrats! 

Need assistance with your manuscript, conference presentation, or poster?

Just a reminder that WSUGME is happy to offer any faculty or resident assistance in the preparation of a poster or abstracts for submission to academic conferences or review of a manuscript. Contact Research Coordinator Heidi Kenaga at 313 577 0671 or email hkenaga@med.wayne.edu

The Dept. of Dermatology kicked off the new residency year with a resident wellness and team-building activity on June 24 at Tree Runner Adventure Park, a high-ropes course in West Bloomfield. For a photo, click here.  

The WSU Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provided by Ulliance is available to all residents, faculty, and staff at no cost. It's confidential and available to you, your partner, and your dependents. To reach an advisor immediately, you may call 1-800-448-8326. Click here for the link to the Ulliance Life Advisor Resource Center website log-in page. To log in, enter "Wayne State University" as the name of your employer and "Detroit" as the City of Employment. The website provides more detailed information about the services included in EAP and how to access them. 

Click here for more information on Warriors Strong Together, a program offered by the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences that provides free assistance for all members of the WSU community who may be experiencing difficulties coping with the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic. As an added convenience, the services are available by telephone or videoconferencing per the caller’s preference.

Dr. David Mehregan, distinguished faculty (retired) in the Dept. of Dermatology, hosted a celebration at his home on June 20 for the Derm residents graduating in 2020: Thomas Chu, Fatima Fahs, Taryn Huizenga, Greg Messenger, and Cynthia Nicholson. Click here for photos.  

The Internal Medicine program held a ceremony for its 2020 graduates in the auditorium of Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital on June 24. Click here for photos and here for a memorable YouTube video, created by Padmini Giri and Bernadette Schmidt, depicting the year's events.

FM-Urban Track residents Alicia Garcia Steele, Danny Garcia, and Frances Osaigbovo attended a protest march held in Royal Oak in June, representing White Coats for Black Lives. Click here for a story and photos submitted by Dr. Steele.

In 2020, WSUGME graduated 39 physicians from its residency programs. For a list of their career plans, click here. Congratulations to all!