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Announcements
All UMass Memorial clinical caregivers must report whether they have received or are declining to receive the fall 2024 COVID-19 and flu vaccines by December 15th.
Reporting is an online process using the Qyk Vaccine Reporting Tool.* To log in to the Qyk tool, use your standard UMass Memorial Health network ID and password. This is the same method you use to log on to the UMass Clinical network each day with your 15-digit (or longer) password. Remember, your Network ID is not the same as your email address.
Important links below - please act today:
*IMPORTANT: Individuals who do not have access to the Qyk tool must send their vaccine documentation directly to their organization or school for proper filing. Thank you for helping us ensure we meet this critical reporting deadline.
Annual Longest Night of the Year Homeless Person's Memorial Event
December 19th at 5:30 pm. Worcester Commons behind City Hall.
An event to honor all of our homeless neighbors who have died in 2024.
All are welcome. Road to Care and Worcester Health Care for the Homeless (including faculty from our department) are members of the hosting group.
The next POCUS Lunch and Learn Session will be December 19th, 12:15-12:55pm via Zoom. These monthly sessions are an informal opportunity to share cases and ask questions. Sessions are open to all FM residents and clinicians. https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/95507559422pwd=Z1lWbnQyTUpTdVI1UXZCUnh1a2wvdz09
Email erin.cathcart@umassmemorial.org or rebecca.gwaltney@umassmemorial.org with any questions and for outlook calendar invitation so you never miss a session!
Call for Submissions: The Interstitium
Submission Deadline: December 20th, 2024 by 11:59 PM.
The Interstitium, UMass Medical School’s journal of medical humanities, is now accepting submissions for our upcoming issue, ‘Our Neighborhood.’ This issue hopes to highlight the voices of the people we care for, especially individuals in our community who have previously felt overlooked in medical settings. In addition to patient testimonials, we hope to receive stories and artwork that showcase the importance of the patient’s point of view.
How to Submit: Please email submissions to theinterstitiumumassmed.@gmail.com
with the subject line “Submission: [Your Name].”
Med Moth is looking for speakers at its winter event Wednesday January 8th, 2025 at 5:30 pm in the Albert Sherman Center Multi-Purpose Room (Cafeteria). Med Moth is an event based on The Moth Story Hour where 6-8 members of the UMass Community (SOM, GSN, GSBS, GME, and Baystate) share stories for 5-10 minutes each. Past talks have been about the speaker's journey into medicine, meaningful patient encounters, or other experiences that have shaped one's personal or professional identity in health care. Some have been humorous (a horrible first day of internship) and others have been more serious (coping with the guilt of making a medical error) but the topic is up to the speaker. We seek to highlight a diverse collection of voices and capture the richness of experiences of the members of our UMass-Chan community.
Those interested in sharing a story can contact the event organizers, Aly Wayne (alysandria.wayne@umassmed.edu) or Mariam Tolba (mariam.tolba@umassmed.edu). Talks do not need to be scripted or pre-approved.
The Advanced MA Tuberculosis Infection ECHO-Open to Massachusetts primary care team members including clinicians, nurses, care managers, community health workers, peer navigators, pharmacists, social workers! Course starts January 9th, 2025!! Interested in being able to test and treat your patients for TB infection within primary care and manage some of the more nuanced scenarios? Beginners and more advanced participants welcome! All participants will receive introductory material prior to the start of the eight-session virtual and interactive course. You can receive up to 8 CME credits and the course is free. Find the details in the attached brochure. Register here.
Mass AFP is offering a FREE 1 hour virtual CME program.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2024 at 7:00pm.
Topic: What is Integrative Medicine and what can it offer for (you and your patients') mental health?
Speaker: Andrea Gordon, MD
Register here: https://massafp.org/event-5939342
Sign up for the next POCUS Faculty Development Session is OPEN!
Topic: Cardiopulm basics.
Session dates: January 17th, 9a-12p; January 23rd, 530p-830p.
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/p21hVzpzpY4oJ1zU8
Please contact erin.cathcart@umassmemorial.org or rebecca.gwaltney@umassmemorial.org with questions.
The 2025 Faculty for Tomorrow Workshop for Residents will be held on May 3rd, 2025 as part of the STFM Annual Spring Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. See link for additional information.
https://www.stfm.org/awardsscholarships/scholarships/facultyfortomorrowresidentscholarship/overview/
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