MUSC Psychiatry Chair Update
Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Institute of Psychiatry
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ONGOING STUDIES & PUBLICATIONS |
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Did you know that the College of Charleston and Clemson University
are joining forces with MUSC to provide enhanced student health care, including psychiatric services, to students?
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The students now have 24/7 access to a health care provider through MUSC Health’s virtual urgent care. Clemson students have had scheduled access to telepsychiatry for the past academic year, and that service will now be provided at the College of Charleston as well.
Both universities have student health centers, and the doctors and nurses at those centers will continue to provide care. But, as Eugene Hong, M.D., chief physician executive at MUSC Health, pointed out, health care isn’t central to the mission of most universities.
“A university without a medical school is not in the business of delivering health care,” he said. “I think Clemson and the College of Charleston are being smart to look for a health care partner to deliver student health services.”
MUSC Health will supplement the care already provided by student health services by offering care when it wouldn’t otherwise be available – such as after-hours urgent care – and by offering more mental health services, an area of concern at colleges across the nation. An American College Health Association survey in 2019, for example, found that almost 28% of students reported that anxiety affected their academic performance, and 20% reported that depression affected their academic performance.
“It's a huge challenge for universities to deliver on mental health services. Already we’re doing telemental health services, and it’s going very well,” Hong said.
In addition, at the College of Charleston, MUSC Health will offer on-site psychiatry services, improved availability to clinical care, integrated imaging and lab and pharmacy services.
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Dr. Wendy Balliet contributed to an article in the APA Monitor regarding pre-surgical psychosocial evaluations. The full article can be accessed here.
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Psychiatry Administration
ICCE Chief (UNIV, Full-Time): The Chief of the Mental Health Integrated Center for Clinical Excellence reports to the Chief Physician Executive of MUSC Health and works in close collaboration with other MUSC Health leaders including the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer. As Vice Chair, this position also reports to the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. The ICCE Chief is expected to provide at least 75 percent administrative time in the role devoted to strategic leadership and administrative activities.
Addiction Sciences Division
Open Rank/Assistant Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The successful applicant for this position will have either an MD or a PhD degree and will be expected to have an established and independent research program that will interface with the multidisciplinary NIAAA P50 Charleston Alcohol Research Center at MUSC.
Open Rank/Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The successful applicant for this position will have either an MD or a PhD degree and will be expected to have an established and independent research program that will interface with the multidisciplinary NIAAA P50 Charleston Alcohol Research Center at MUSC.
Psychiatry Hospitalist Division
Open Rank - Psychiatry - ECT (UNIV, Full-Time): Candidate must be a psychiatrist with the ability to hold an unrestricted license to practice in South Carolina. The candidate must be board-eligible or board-certified if having completed residency training greater than five years ago. Candidate will be a member of the Psychiatry Hospitalist Division and provide inpatient care on a general adult psychiatry unit and provide coverage across other inpatient areas as needed. Candidate will provide care as a Consult Liaison, and have research coverage.
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UNIVERSITY DIRECTIVES REMINDER |
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FACULTY ANNUAL LEAVE
CUTBACK EXTENSION
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Effective June 30, the President's Council approved a one-time extension to the Faculty Annual Leave cutback date which was to take place July 1, 2020. Due to the COVID impacts to travel and the inability to take time off in recent months, the cutback date was extended so faculty members would have an opportunity to use accrued annual leave for an additional 90 days. The Faculty Annual Leave cutback date was extended to October 1, 2020. Based on this October 1 faculty cut back extension, any unused annual leave in excess of 360 hours (45 days) will be automatically reduced to the maximum allowed on October 1, 2020, excluding the July, August and September 2020, accruals.
Note that the accruals for July, August and September 2020, will remain in place, so that faculty members have an opportunity to use this accrued leave, along with other accruals in the coming months, through the end of the fiscal year, by June 30, 2021.
Effective June 1, 2019, Faculty members became eligible to donate annual leave to the Catastrophic Leave Program per HRM Policy 48: Catastrophic Leave. Due to the extension, Annual leave donations must be submitted by September 15 completing the Leave Donation Form. Department Business Administrators must ensure the donated leave is recorded in the payroll system prior to the October cutbacks.
Please note sick leave balances for Faculty members are not affected at this time as sick leave cutbacks occur on a calendar year basis (January 1 – December 31).
If you have questions concerning annual leave cutbacks or accruals, please contact Monique Robinson at robinsmo@musc.edu or 843-792-7225.
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FACULTY SENATE NOMINATIONS |
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Dear Faculty,
We are seeking senator nominations for the MUSC Faculty Senate. All MUSC faculty are able to nominate faculty members (including self-nominations). There is no limit to how many nominations you submit. Here are a few commonly asked questions about the senate and the role of faculty senator.
What is the Faculty Senate?
The Faculty Senate consists of officers, senators, and alternate senators from the seven colleges across campus. The goal of our group is to represent faculty concerns to leadership on campus and to serve as a resource for faculty.
What is a Faculty Senator?
A Faculty Senator is a voting member of the Senate. They serve two-year terms and are eligible to serve a maximum of three consecutive terms. Faculty Senators represent their electoral units (e.g., College of Medicine clinical sciences, College of Nursing, College of Health Professions, etc.) and provide information back to their departments regarding information gathered during Faculty Senate meetings.
What is the responsibility of a Faculty Senator?
Senators are expected to attend monthly meetings. They should also be prepared to provide updates to colleagues within their electoral units from the Faculty Senate.
Who is eligible to serve as a Faculty Senator?
Any faculty member at MUSC with at least 50% effort (FTE) is eligible to serve as a senator.
Nominations: To nominate someone for the Faculty Senate, please submit their name using the following link: https://phpweb.musc.edu/faculty_senate.The deadline for submitting nominations for the Faculty Senate is midnight on Friday, September 11, 2020.
Regards,
Edward Thomas Lewis III, M.D.
Faculty Senate Governance Chair
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WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
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MUSC’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is home to the Women’s Reproductive Behavioral Health (WRBH) Division. The overarching mission of this division is to improve the lives of women, children, and families by increasing the identification and amelioration of maternal mental health and substance use disorders. The WRBH division provides direct clinical services to pregnant and postpartum women, educational training opportunities for clinicians and clinical researchers, and conducts clinical research that aims to improve the identification and treatment of peripartum mental health and substance use disorders.
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A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW
OF CBD IN PATIENT CARE
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WOMEN AND PD: CLOSING THE GENDER GAP |
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20th ANNUAL FALL SOCIAL WORK CONFERENCE |
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UNDERSTANDING LEGAL ISSUES CONFERENCE |
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37th ANNUAL JUDGES AND ATTORNEYS CONFERENCE |
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SC SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
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COVID-19 TESTING RESOURCES |
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The following resource provides MUSC Health lab and testing options pertaining to COVID-19. Included on this page is information regarding drive-thru and “pop-up” mobile COVID testing locations, antibody or serology tests, drive-in lab and nurse visits, and original/classic lab testing.
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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATES |
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VOLUNTEER BAN
Given the COVID-19 pandemic and until further notice, all volunteers and observers are barred from participation in departmental and MH-ICCE based activities. If there are circumstances wherein this policy causes a significant and critical issue, it should be brought to my attention for consideration of a written waiver (on an individual basis) of this policy. Thank you.
Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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MANDATORY SELF-MONITORING |
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Due to the activity of COVID-19 within the hospital and community, all employees, residents, fellows and students within all MUSC entities are directed to begin daily self-monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms. This applies regardless of whether you have been working remotely on a full-time or intermittent basis. You need to continue daily self-monitoring, even if symptoms are not present.
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COVID-19 RESILIENCY CLINIC |
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NAMI CONNECTION & NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT |
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NAMI Connection and NAMI Family Support Offered Online
Social distancing does not mean that you have to go through difficult times alone. NAMI is here to help! We are offering NAMI Family Support and NAMI Connection online.
NAMI Connection Support is offered every Monday at 6PM until further notice.
NAMI Family Support Group is offered the 2nd and 4th Thursdays
of the month at 6PM until further notice.
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UPDATED MOONLIGHTING POLICY |
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MANAGING ANXIETY RELATED TO COVID-19 |
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ANNUAL MANDATORY
MYQUEST MODULES
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UPDATE: Due to COVID-19, executive leadership has extended
the completion date for mandatory training modules to September 30, 2020.
Starting January 17, 2020, MUSC will begin assigning the annual mandatory online lessons in MyQuest. New this year, will be the opportunity to provide feedback via survey for each lesson. This will be the only official announcement regarding mandatory assignments from the University. Reminder emails will be sent to employees by MyQuest beginning in April. Listed below is the breakdown of the mandatory assignments:
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2020 MUSC
General Mandatories
(Enterprise-wide)
- Crime Prevention and Jeanne Clery Act Training
- Code of Conduct and HIPAA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment
- Tuberculosis (Charleston only)
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2020 MUSC Health
Mandatory Training
(Chas., Florence, & Lancaster)
- MUSC Health General Compliance (includes Billing)
- Emergency Management Campus Security
- Infection Control for Healthcare Workers
- Stroke and Heart Early Recognition
- Meeting the Unique Needs of Patients
- MR Safety for Healthcare Workers
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2020 Annual Clinical Education (MUSC Health Clinical Care Teams Only)
- Varies depending on your clinical role
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2020 MSO Mandatories (Credentialed Providers Only)
- To be assigned dependent upon Medical Executive Committee approval.
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2020 Conflict of Interest Training (Hourly Care Team Members and University Staff Only)
- Hourly employees are excluded from the annual COI disclosure process. To ensure they continue to receive conflict of interest policy training, a COI module has been developed and assigned to those employees in MyQuest.
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Salaried employees of the MUSC enterprise receive annual COI training every April, in combination with their annual COI disclosure form; training modules precede the mandatory disclosure.
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Overview of Research at MUSC (Research Role-Based Only)
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Leadership Diversity Requirement
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Designated leaders are responsible for completing a minimum of 4 hours of Diversity and Inclusion training by June 30, 2020. Education is available in the MyQuest Diversity catalog.
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All the annual mandatory training modules must be completed no later than June 30, 2020 September 30, 2020. University employees who fail to complete annual mandatory training requirements will be subject to disciplinary action. If you have any questions, please email the MyQuest Administrators at myquesthelp@musc.edu.
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COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC
CARE SPECIALISTS (CPCS)
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THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS |
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If you would like to submit content to include in next week's
by 12:00 pm on Monday. Thank you.
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