From the GME staff

We would like to extend to the entire GME community all best wishes for a happy and hopeful holiday season. Many thanks again for all your hard work and commitment to providing the best in patient care!  Associate Dean and DIO Anne Messman, Administrative Director Martha Jordan, Director of Education Brent Stansfield, and Research Coordinator Heidi Kenaga

GME's 2022-23 Academic Boot Camps comprise 2-hour webinars and shorter supplemental research workshops. The IRB workshop for Dec. 8 has been cancelled, but the materials for the IRB module can be accessed via the GME Canvas site. All events will be conducted by GME Director of Education Dr. Brent Stansfield. Full details about the DART (residents) program can be found here and the DEFT (faculty) program here, or contact Dr. Stansfield.

GME is accepting applications for the 2022-23 Peter Svider Memorial Resident Scholarship Award in honor of the scholarly achievements, clinical excellence, and exceptional collegiality of Dr. Peter Svider, a graduate of our Otolaryngology residency program in 2018. The Svider Award is given once annually to a graduating resident or fellow in any GME program in recognition of distinctive achievement in scholarly activities across the entire period of training. The deadline for applications is Monday, April 24, 2023.

Associate Dean Anne Messman and Brent Stansfield were co-authors of an article recently published in Cureus on "Identifying Positive and Negative Factors That Affect the Promotion of Clinical Faculty at the Wayne State University School of Medicine: Does Gender Matter?" 

GME is currently accepting applications for the 2022-23 Seed Grant funding cycle for both research and QI projects. Contact GME Research Coordinator Dr. Heidi Kenaga for more details.

Resident Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month from 6:30-7:30 pm as virtual events. Martha Jordan emails invites to all residents the week prior to each meeting. The next Resident Council meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 13, January 10, and February 14. All are welcome!

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

Dermatology resident Taylor Adlam and Associate Dermatology Program Director Geoff Potts are co-authors of an article on "Hyperhidrosis: A review of recent advances in treatment with topical anticholinergics," in Dermatology and Therapy.  The lead author is Nikita S. Wong, WSUSOM student, and Derm program alumnus Mehdi Farshchian, now faculty at UCLA, served as the fourth co-author.  Dr. Adlam and Dr. Potts are also co-authors of a manuscript "The impact of Hyperhidrosis on quality of life: A review of the literature," accepted for publication in the American Journal of Clinical Dermatology. The first author is Krishnan Parashar, WSUSOM student. Congratulations!        

Three IM residents -- Tripti Nagar, Vatsal Khanna, and Alaa Taha -- presented research posters at the American College of Gastroenterology National Conference held in Charlotte in Oct. 24-25. Dr. Nagar and Dr. Khanna each won an Outstanding Poster Presentation award, the former for "Jejunal gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) as a rare cause of lower GI bleed" and the latter for "Overutilization of amylase and lipase." Here's a list of all posters. Well done!

Need assistance with manuscript, poster, or conference presentation?

WSUGME is happy to offer any resident or faculty assistance in the preparation of a poster or abstracts for submission to academic conferences or review of a manuscript. Contact Research Coordinator Dr. Heidi Kenaga.

Marvin is a mental health resource developed specifically for medical residents. Marvin works with residents' insurance so there is no cost. It is also confidential and can be accessed at any time so it is convenient for residents to use.  Please see this video about the program, and here's a sign-up link.

The Employee Assistance Program provided by Ulliance is available to all residents, faculty, and staff at no cost. EAP is confidential and available to you, your partner, and your dependents. To reach an advisor immediately, call 1-800-448-8326. Click here for the 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 information about EAP services and how to access them. 

Warriors Strong Together is a program offered by the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences providing free assistance for all members of the WSU community who may be experiencing difficulties coping with the impacts of the pandemic. As an added convenience, the services are available by telephone or videoconferencing.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Dermatology program hosted a Michigan Dermatological Society educational meeting in Mazurek Medical Education Commons on the SOM campus. The 45th Annual Hermann Pinkus lecture was given by Lawrence Eichenfield, Distinguished Professor of Dermatology and Vice Chair, Dept. of Dermatology at the University of California-San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital. Photos here!

The next Karmanos Health Equity Book Club will discuss Why Are Health Disparities Everyone's Problem? by Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH. The webinar will be held on Dec. 15 from 4-5 pm via Zoom. Reading the book prior to the session is encouraged but not required.

Launched in 2020 by medical and graduate students in the Joint Medical Program at the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine and the UC-Berkeley School of Public Health, the Institute for Healing & Justice in Medicine is an interdisciplinary organization that publishes community-based scholarship about emerging medical and public health practices addressing social justice. The institute has engaged more than 3,000 individuals from hundreds of institutions around the world in their activities, which include research working group initiatives, a peer-reviewed publication, a justice resource hub, and community healing gatherings.