Later in August, GME will be completing the OSCE/OSHE training in the Kado Center on the WSUSOM campus, an annual activity designed to assess residents' communication skills. All incoming interns (who will begin residency at WSU in July 2024) and current second-year residents (who began residency at WSU in July 2023) are required to participate in this training. GME emails documents about the OSCE/OSHEs to all participants in advance of their scheduled training date. For more information, contact your Program Director, Program Coordinator, or Dr. Heidi Kenaga.

Starting September 2, GME will begin accepting applications for the 2024-25 Seed Grant funding cycle for both research and QI projects. We're happy to review drafts of applications for preliminary feedback. Contact Dr. Heidi Kenaga for more details.

RC meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month from 6:30-7:30 pm as virtual events. Martha Jordan sends an invite to all residents in advance of each meeting. RC President Allene Fonseca Katz hosts each meeting. An incoming PGY1 in Family Medicine, Candis Jarbo, will be serving as Vice President of the RC for 2024-25. Welcome aboard!

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

Dermatology Program Director Steve Daveluy is now an associate editor for JAAD Case Reports, published by the American Academy of Dermatology.  Congrats! 

Earlier this summer, Internal Medicine residents presented a number of research posters at national conferences, including the SGIM Annual Meeting, the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, and the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology. Well done! 

Internal Medicine Program Director Sarwan Kumar, Associate Program Director Vesna Tegeltija, and resident Jai Kumar co-authored an article recently published in Future Cardiology entitled "Efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors for anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: A meta-analysis in cancer patients."  In addition, Dr. Kumar has published another blog entry with Deepak Gupta for KevinMD.com on "Paper vs. electronic records: Why a blend is essential for modern health care." Kudos!

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.

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.

Residents in the Family Medicine program visited the Detroit Institute of Arts on April 30, as part of FM and GME's AIAMC [Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers] National Initiative IX project on narrative medicine and the role of reflection in resident wellness and well-being. FM Program Director Eleanor King shared Donald Johnson's moving response to the Matisse painting The Window, held by the DIA.

The Internal Medicine program held its 2024 graduation ceremonies, with banquet, at the Cherry Creek Golf Club in Shelby Township on June 12.  Program Director Sarwan Kumar acted as host for the 3-hour event, during which 11 residents and family members, APRH Chief Medical Officer Sheryl Wissman, IM program faculty and staff, and GME staff celebrated their accomplishments and exciting careers to come. Here's a summary of residents' future plans, awards, and a photo.  Congratulations to all! 

For a great overview of the Dermatology program's many ongoing and recent achievements, see the second edition of their annual newsletter!

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.