GME and APRH residency programs will hold the 13th Annual Quality Improvement Research Day on April 23 as a virtual event. Eight teams of residents in Internal Medicine and 6 teams in Family Medicine/Transitional Year will present their their research via narrated PPTs and then take questions "live" from a panel of judges. Visit the QI Day webpage for more details, register here to receive the Zoom meeting link, or contact GME Research Coordinator Dr. Heidi Kenaga.

The 9th Annual SEMCME Michigan Summit on Quality Improvement & Patient Safety will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, as a combined daylong event together with the 46th Annual Research Forum, in Lovett Hall at The Henry Ford. For details, visit SEMCME or contact GME Research Coordinator Dr. Heidi Kenaga.    

Associate Dean and DIO Anne Messman has created an archive itemizing the fitness-to-work guidelines at our clinical learning sites in the Detroit metropolitan area, now available on a new GME webpage devoted to Program Director resources (under "For Faculty" in the GME main menu). Take a look!

RC meetings are usually held every second Tuesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm. However, the April 9 meeting was cancelled in view of the upcoming Professional Development Symposium, to be held on April 16 from 7:30-8:30 pm EST. This event will be moderated by 2023-24 RC President Tripti Nagar. Residents, fellows, faculty and staff, medical students and other members of the SOM community are welcome to attend. Register here to receive the Zoom link.

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

Dermatology residents and faculty in collaboration with medical students have had an paper entitled "Dermatology resident comfort level treating hair conditions related to patients with skin of color," accepted for the International Journal of Women's Dermatology. Co-authors include Starling Tolliver (Chief Resident), Camilla Cascardo (former OUWB student), Nikita Wong (former WSUSOM student), Yasmine Abushukur (former OUWB student), and Geoffrey Potts (Associate Program Director). Another collaborative article has been published in the Journal of Cosmetologic Dermatology entitled "Eyelash serums: A comprehensive review." Co-authors include Maya Baiyasi (MS-4, WSUSOM), Kayla St. Claire (2023 Derm program graduate), Meredith Hengy (incoming Derm resident), Komal Tur (2023 WSUSOM graduate), Fatima Fahs (2020 Derm program graduate), and Geoffrey Potts. Congratulations to all!

Internal Medicine resident Jai Kumar and Program Director Sarwan Kumar are co-authors of a publication recently accepted for Future Cardiology entitled "Long term clinical outcomes of intravascular imaging-guided PCI vs. angiography-guided PCI in complex coronary lesion." Kudos!      

Program Director Sarwan Kumar co-authored another KevinMD blog post (with Deepak Gupta) on "Why Immigrant Physicians Struggle to Bring Their Aging Parents to the US." Well done!

IM residents and faculty have had 11 projects (research, QI, and case reports) accepted for the 2024 ACP-Michigan Chapter's Resident & Medical Student Day, to be held on Friday, May 3, in downtown Detroit. Congrats!

Marvin is a mental health resource developed specifically for medical residents. Marvin works with residents' insurance so there is minimal cost. It is also confidential and can be accessed at any time. Please see this video about the program, and here's a sign-up link. Contact Dr. Brent Stansfield for details.

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, 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.

ACGME offers a suite of on-demand wellbeing resources called AWARE, designed to promote wellbeing among residents and faculty. AWARE primarily focuses on individual strategies for cognitive skill-building and includes a video workshop, podcasts, and the ACGME AWARE app. These resources may be downloaded for integration into existing curricula or used with other efforts to mitigate the effects of stress and foster wellbeing.

GME offers its congratulations to Dermatology Program Director Steven Daveluy, Associate Program Director Geoffrey Potts, Chief Resident Starling Tolliver, and Chief Resident Audrey Fotouhi for being inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society at the WSUSOM.  Well done!    

On March 12, Family Medicine residents Steve Nguyen, Wayte DaVill, and Oladipupo Dehinbo gave a talk on "Brain health and healthy aging" to more than 115 attendees at the Golden Opportunity Club in Pontiac. They addressed how nutrition, mental health, physical activity, and socialization can impact how the brain ages and functions later in life. There was a very active Q&A session!  

Dermatology resident Starling Tolliver is quoted in an NBC News article on a proposed resolution to end DEI initiatives in the field, presented at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting in early March. Not only was the resolution defeated, the AAD resolved to "expand the academy’s mission to prioritize diversity and address inclusion issues within the field."

The second annual Lawrence Lackey Jr., M.D. African American History Symposium began on January 31. Presented by the WSUSOM's Black Medical Association/Student National Medical Association and Black Men In White Coats, the weekly Zoom lectures focus on facets of Black Americans in medicine. Presentations can be accessed from noon to 1 p.m. each Wednesday through May 4. 

The Center for Health Equity and Community Knowledge in Urban Populations (CHECK-UP) promotes collaborations between WSU faculty and community organizations to advance health equity in Detroit. The Center Director is Hayley S. Thompson, PhD, a clinical psychologist whose research addresses racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care and outcomes. She is a professor in the WSU Dept. of Oncology and the Associate Center Director for Community Outreach and Engagement at Karmanos.