GME hosted its third annual DEI Symposium on Wed, Aug. 14, from 6-7 pm via Zoom. Program leadership and residents as well as GME staff provided an overview of recruitment activities, curricula, research initiatives, and more.  A recording can be found here.

GME concluded its annual OSCE/OSHE training in the Kado Center on the WSUSOM campus in late August, an annual activity designed to assess residents' clinical communication skills. Many thanks to program leadership and staff and Faculty Champions for their assistance in scheduling this event and to participating trainees for their preparation, engagement, and feedback. GME anticipates sending reports to programs later in the fall. For more information, contact GME Director of Education Molly Hepke or Dr. Heidi Kenaga.

At the Fall 2024 Promotion and Tenure ceremony in SOM, two of our Program Directors, Steve Daveluy (Dermatology) and Sandeep Krishnan (Anesthesiology) were promoted to full Professor; Internal Medicine Program Director Sarwan Kumar to Associate Professor; IM Associate Program Director Zain Kulairi to Clinical Associate Professor; Associate Program Director in Otolaryngology Eleanor Chan to Associate Professor and Dermatology faculty Meena Moossavi to Associate Professor. Congratulations!  

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, and the RC Vice President is Candis Jarbo.  All are welcome!

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

Family Medicine resident Yousif Slim has co-authored "Endoscopic guided dilations without intralesional corticosteroid injections: Pediatric Crohn's patients case series," which appeared in the journal Reports in September. Congratulations!

Associate Program Director Geoff Potts has had a manuscript accepted for Cutis, co-authored with Nikita Wong and Kirk Williams (both SOM graduates who are now residents at other institutions) and Derm program alumna Starling Tolliver, entitled "A short historical perspective on hair in those with African ancestry and review on current healthy Afro textured hair care practices." In addition, Dr. Potts recently co-authored a Letter to the Editor entitled "Sunscreen on screen: Cross-sectional study of TikTok content on sunscreen" in Skin Research and Technology, with WSUSOM students Shahrin Khan and Nawrin Khan and MSUCOM student Moaid Shaik. He is also co-author of "TikTok skincare trends and their clinical evidence" just accepted for SKINmed, with WSUSOM students Derya Turk and Rajaa Shoukfeh and Dilara Turk and Taylor Adlam, both alumna of our Dermatology residency program. 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.

In September, the Family Medicine residency began a new partnership with the Gary Burnstein Free Clinic in Pontiac. Founded in 1997, the clinic provides free medical care to the uninsured in Oakland County, primarily those living in Pontiac. FM Program Director Eleanor King and faculty members Tess McCready and Kathryn Cox accompany resident volunteers to host clinic hours at Burnstein once a month.  

At a recent SOM Medical Specialty session for medical students, faculty Kevin Ginsburg discussed his experiences as an urologist and shared advice about pursuing a career in urology to assist them in determining their specialty. Dr. Ginsburg received his medical degree from SOM, completed his residency in our Urology program, and is presently the J. Edson Pontes, MD, Chair in Men's Health in the Dept. of Urology.

Other GME faculty will be hosting WSUSOM Medical Specialty sessions: On October 28, Dermatology Program Director Steve Daveluy and faculty Meena Moossavi will be sharing insights regarding their specialty, and on October 30, Family Medicine Program Director Eleanor King will be talking with SOM students interested in FM. Both Daveluy and King are graduates of WSUSOM, and all three completed residencies in WSUGME.

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.