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Table of Contents
Message From The Chair
Upcoming Events
Focus of the Week - Education
Announcements
Department Member Recognition
Faculty Presentations/Publications
Frankly Speaking Podcast
Clinical Services Spotlight
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Message From The Chair
Our first FMCH faculty retreat since October of 2019 will be held on Friday, May 20, at the South Street campus. We are looking forward to the opportunity to regroup and reconnect, and to work together toward our 2030 vision. We are watching current Covid-19 numbers and policies and are mindful of the need to have a safe retreat - to this end we will of course mask and social distance. Additionally, we will request that everyone do a Covid-19 self-test before attending. More information will follow over the coming week.
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Upcoming Events
FMCH Grand Rounds
Tuesday, May 10th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Robert Klugman, MD, FACP, FACMQ, and Benjamin Eovaldi, DO, present: "Primary Care Guidance for Firefighter Health Exams".
Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH
Psychiatry Grand Rounds/Annual Briscoli Lecture
Thursday, May 12th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Erick Hung, MD, presents: "Caregivers, Allies, and Advocates: Advancing Transgender Mental Health".
Meeting ID: 818349233 Password: PsychGR1
FMCH Grand Rounds
Tuesday, May 17th, 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Laurel Banach, MD, and Maegan Pollard, MD, present: "Post-ICU Care in the Inpatient Setting and Post Discharge".
Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH
Spring Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Faculty Retreat:
Vision 2030 - The Next Chapter for FMCH
Save the Date: Friday - May 20, 2022
8:00am-6:00pm
Plan for in-person retreat at South Street Campus, Shrewsbury
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Focus of the Week - Education
The Annual Spring Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine again had a strong showing of UMass Faculty and Resident presentations along with a great opportunity to catch up with UMass Graduates. Congratulations to all!
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conference 2022
Scholarly Roundtable Discussions
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Andrea Wendling, Christy Ledford, Arch Mainous, Sara Shields, John Saultz, Valerie Gilchrist, Julie Phillips, William Cayley: Breakfast With the Family Medicine Editorial Team: "Reflections on Our Past and Visions for the Future".
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Jennifer Somers, Sarah Pearson, Elizabeth Dykhouse, Zoe Gordon: "The Role of Well-Being Curricula in Family Medicine Residency Education".
Completed Research Project Posters
Corey Costanzo, DO, MPH, MS, (Barre Faculty to begin this Fall): "Identification of Barriers in Providing Medical Termination of Pregnancy Services in the Ambulatory Setting".
Conference Presentations
Andrea Wendling, Christy Ledford, Arch Mainous, Sara Shields, Valerie Gilchrist, Julie Phillips, William Cayley: "The Future of Family Medicine: a Discussion With the Editorial Team".
Philip Day, Reid Evans: "Improving Resident-Led Teaching Through Evidence-Based Reflection".
Grant Hoekzema, Stacy Potts: "Shaping GME: The New Revised ACGME FM Program Requirements and the Future of Family Medicine".
Fareedat Oluyadi, MD, Matthew Meunier, MD, Claire Thomson, MD, MPH, Morgan McEachern, MD, Montgomery Douglas, MD, Sara Shields, MD, MS, Narges Farahi, MD,
Sara Shields, MD, MS: "Implementing and Sustaining Meaningful Mentorship in the Family Medicine Maternity Care Workforce".
Hugh Silk, Judy Savageau: "100 Million Mouths — Creating Family Medicine State Champions to Address Oral Health and Overall Health".
Judy Savageau, Jessica Eskander, Hugh Silk: "Assessing the Oral Health of the Homeless Population in Central Massachusetts".
Tracy Kedian, Christine Woolf: "Jumpstart—Interactive Technology Promotes Student Success at Day One".
VISTA Updates
Our new undergraduate medical education curriculum will start to roll out this summer. Please visit the VISTA website for updates regarding the curricular elements, leadership opportunities, and innovative approaches. There are a great list of podcasts to teach us more about the new curriculum. Check out this podcast with our own Trish Seymour and Susan Hogan exploring the Societal Forces in Health and Disease Longitudinal Focus Topic.
Upcoming Events of Interest:
FMEC Webinar Series on Social Determinants of Health
"Connecting with the Community: Food Insecurity and Hunger"
Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 5:30pm-6:30pm Eastern
Read the description here.
FMEC Annual Conference - Opportunity for Students
Student Scholarships are available for the FMEC annual conference in Arlington Virginia September 16-18th. Please encourage students with interest in Family Medicine to attend. There is a call for student poster presentations open until July 30th if they have an interesting project to present this is a great opportunity.
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Announcements
Mike Ennis is accepting nominations for the annual Ann Nemitz Award, given to a student in the graduating class who emulates Ann’s values and is going into Family Medicine. The spirit of this award emanates from the way Ann Nemitz practiced medicine. Her guiding principle, from which all of her behavior followed, was that it was truly "a privilege to serve" others. Ann was humble, self-forgetting, and compassionate. A staunch patient and student/resident advocate, Ann naturally put others first and approached everyone with kindness and respect. She laughed at herself. She was a passionate activist for family medicine, particularly women's health and family-centered maternity care. Contact Mike at Michael.Ennis@umassmemorial.org.
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Department Member Recognition
Paula Gardiner is leading the 2nd Conference on Medical Group Visits. This year’s theme, “Cultivating Community and Connection”, will focus on harnessing the power of group visits to facilitate health and will be a two day event taking place virtually on September 16th and 17th, 2022. The first day will focus on innovative presentations and novel research related to group visits while the second day will consist of experiential workshops for building and improving a variety of skills. We are currently accepting proposals for main sessions, workshops, poster presentations, and exhibit hall materials and just extended the deadline until June 15th. Should you wish to submit a proposal, more information about session types, submission details, and guidelines are available in the call for proposals packet.
Congratulations to Josephine Fowler who has been elected as an at-large representative to the AMA 2022-23 Minority Affairs Section (MAS) Governing Council. Elections were held April 4-15.
Congratulations to Jim Ledwith, who has been elected by the UMMS student chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) as 1 of 4 UMass faculty to be inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society this year. Faculty are chosen for their commitment to teaching and their kind and compassionate treatment of patients, families, students, and colleagues. Being elected to GHHS from the large pool of faculty at UMass/Baystate is a major achievement and an acknowledgement of Jim’s service as an exemplar of humanism to the students.
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Faculty Presentations/Publications
On behalf of our oral health work funded by HRSA, Hugh Silk is presenting this week on our collaborative project with the American Academy of Pediatrics: Jiang T, Savageau JA, Russinof H, Riedy CA, Silk H. Evaluation of Oral Health Knowledge Network. Oral Health Learning Cafe Monthly Learning Session. May 12, 2022. Virtual Presentation.
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Frankly Speaking Podcast
A weekly Podcast series covering newsworthy topics in primary care medicine.
Please join us for an overview: The multitude of benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and baby are well documented. However, we've seen mixed evidence for the relationship between breastfeeding and certain childhood lung conditions, with some studies suggesting an increase in risk. A recent study found that exclusive breastfeeding was associated with decreased lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI), asthma, and allergic rhinitis. A potential connection between these conditions, breastfeeding, and the infant's gut microbiome was also found. Join us as we discuss these findings and how to incorporate them into your practice to improve the health of women and infants. Guest: Susan Feeney, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, presents: "Breastfeeding Really Is Best-New Evidence for Improved Health in Infants". - Frankly Speaking Ep 275.
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COVID-19 UPDATES
COVID US
- Omicron BA.2 now makes up 86% of COVID cases.
- Approximately 60% of people in the US have had COVID-19.
- The US death toll secondary to COVID is the highest death toll in the world at over 1 million.
- 80,938,552 people have recovered from COVID-19.
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Four options for COVID treatment are listed below:
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Paxlovid (must take within 5 days of initial symptoms)
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Molnupiravir (must take within 5 days of initial symptoms)
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Remdesivir (must start within 7 days of initial symptoms)
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Bebtelovimab, monoclonal antibody (must be administered within 7 days of the first symptom)
COVID MA
- MA had 4,376 cases reported on Thursday.
- Total confirmed COVID cases in MA, 1,638,144.
- The 7-day average percent positivity is 6.63%
- Hospitalizations: 567 with 47 in the ICU. Of the 47, 22 are intubated
- In MA, there are 19,198 confirmed deaths from COVID.
COVID UMMMC
- The 7-day average percent positivity was 18.8% (asymptomatic has ticked up to 3.7%).
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There are 39 patients in-house (63% fully vaccinated). Of the 39 patients, 5 are in the ICU.
- Employees out due to COVID has increased to a 7 day average of 32.
- Worcester stop-the-spread positivity is up to 10.8%.
Bird Flu in US
- One human case was identified in Colorado on April 28, 2022.
- There have been 37 million animal deaths in the US due to the Bird flu.
- According to the CDC, the current risk is low.
- Transmission: Through eyes, nose, mouth, or inhaled. Droplet transmission.
- Symptoms are mild to severe. (eye infections, mild respiratory symptoms to pneumonia)
- Protective gear: Gloves, respiratory protection, eye protection.
Medication recalls
- Accupril (Quinapril HCl) tablets 10mg, 20mg, 40 mg ( Pfizer)
- Recall for Aaccuretic, (quinapril HCL/ HCTZ) March 2022. (Pfizer)
- Magnesia Oral Suspension 2400 mg/30 mL, Magnesium Hydroxide 1200mg/Aluminum Hydroxide 1200mg/Simethicone 120mg per 30 mL, and Acetaminophen 650mg/ 20.3mL due to microbil contamination.
- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that dental problems have been reported with medicines containing buprenorphine that are dissolved in the mouth. The dental problems, including tooth decay, cavities, oral infections, and loss of teeth, can be serious and have been reported even in patients with no history of dental issues.
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Wellness Resources
The Caring for the Caregiver Program provides resources such as the Caregiver Support Line (508-334-HELP) and The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which offers a variety of services and supports (including virtual peer support and wellness tips. EAP can be accessed at 866-263-3525, or www.LiveandWorkWell.com, [company code UmassMemorial]. More information is available on the Caring for the Caregiver page.
Wellness
You are invited to become a member of the Department Wellness Committee. Key goals for this year include improving the efficiency of use with the Electronic Health Record. Watch your email for future training sessions.
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Yoga Classes with Dr. Liz Erban
Classes have resumed on May 4th, 2022.
Great time to join!
This is a great time to join, new members always welcome. Start your mid week with some relaxing yoga!
Please join for early morning gentle yoga, Wednesday mornings 6:30am via Zoom.
Join Zoom Meeting ID: 923 9393 3653 Passcode: 764113
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Zumba with Dr. Anna Zheng
All classes both in-person and over ZOOM are on hold until week of Thursday, June 23rd
Much appreciation to Dr. Anna Zheng for hosting these outstanding classes. New to the class? Please email Dr. Zheng at ZumbawithAnnaZheng@gmail.com to register, complete brief health screen if it's your first class and the ZOOM link.
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