UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - February 20, 2024/COMMUNITY | |
Welcome to the FMCH Tuesday Talk. Please continue to send us your announcements, celebrations, and accomplishments to FMCHtuesdaytalk@umassmed.edu. | |
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Table of Contents
Message From the Chair
Upcoming Events
Focus of the Week – Community
Announcements
Presentations and Publications
Frankly Speaking Podcast
Clinical Services Spotlight
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Message From the Chair
Diane McKee, MD, MS
Please mark your calendars and plan to join us on March 6th at 6:00pm as we celebrate Lucy Candib’s latest book, Family Doctors Say Goodbye. We are pleased that both Lucy and her co-author/editor, Will Miller, Chair Emeritus of Family Medicine at Lehigh Valley, will host a discussion about transitions across the careers of clinicians. The event is being held in partnership with the medical school library, on campus in the Lazarre Conference room (next to the med school library). Snacks and drinks will be included. Please RSVP for the event HERE. See flyer for additional information.
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Focus of the Week - Community
Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, Vice Chair of Community Health
Heather-Lyn Haley, PhD, Program Director
Last call to request a student to work with you over the summer through the UMass Chan OUME Summer Assistantship. Reach out to Heather-Lyn Haley immediately for more information. Faculty-student matches must be submitted to OUME by February 29th.
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Susan Hogan and HeatherLyn Haley were highlighted in a UMass Newsletter about their community work for 1st year medical students in the Early Clinical Learning Social Determinants of Health Longitudinal Project in the new VISTA curriculum:
https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2024/02/community-service-added-to-first-year-medical-student-curriculum/?utm_campaign=news_med_students_volunteer_hours_022024&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=text
The first-year class of medical students will hold a health fair at the Worcester Public Library on March 13th from 10:00am-2:00pm. As part of their new curriculum, MS1 were paired with community partners to develop patient education and service offerings for the tables at the fair.
February is National Children’s Dental Health Month! Family medicine providers can screen patients for oral health conditions as part of prenatal care, educate on the importance of oral health, and refer patients to dental professionals. The Protect Tiny Teeth Implementation Guide and Overview & Results Reports from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics provide a roadmap for clinics interested in improving maternal and child oral health.
The New England AIDS Education and Training Center (NEAETC) under the leadership of Phil Bolduc and Vanessa Carson-Sasso collaborated with the expertise of Jess Baer in the Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) to produce a 2.2 minute video to dispel the myth that people actively using cannot be treated for Hep C: HEP-C Treatment Myths #1 on Vimeo.
Register now for the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester Annual Meeting, Thursday, March 21st, 4:00-6:00pm. In person at Worcester Community Action Council, 18 Chestnut Street, or via zoom.
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Announcements
Clinician burnout is an epidemic in healthcare, CIPC is proud to announce two initiatives: a free webinar and a 5-session CME risk management course.
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Restoring Balance Webinar: March 1st at 12:00pm (ET), is a free webinar as we delve into revisiting core values and exploring practical strategies to reduce burnout. Save me a seat!
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Restoring Balance Course: Learn more about our five-session course and the experts that will provide an in-depth exploration. Learn more!
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Presentations and Publications
Hugh Silk had an article published last week with Judy Savageau (posthumously) in Maternal Child health Journal based on a capstone project they did with Ashwin Panda ('23). Citation here: Panda A., Silk H., Hayes C., Savageau JA. An Assessment of Oral Health Training in Obstetrical Care in Massachusetts. Maternal and Child Health J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-024-03905-7.
Sonal Singh had an article published in PLOS ONE, titled "Developing a PRogram to Educate and Sensitize Caregivers to Reduce the Inappropriate Burden in the Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease (D-PRESCRIBE-AD). https://journals.plos.org/plosone/articleid=10.1371/journal.pone.0297562
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Frankly Speaking Podcast
A weekly Podcast series covering newsworthy topics in primary care medicine.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine/id1194659367.
Please join us for an overview: In this insightful episode, we explore compelling data comparing inappropriate prescribing practices among physicians and nonphysician prescribers. This discussion covers the nuances and restrictive scope of prescribing authority and aims to take an evidence-based approach to encouraging collaboration between clinicians and expanding patients' access to care. Guest: Jill M. Terrien, PhD, ANP-BC, presents: "Data-Driven Perspectives on Prescriptive Authority and the Quality Quandary" - Frankly Speaking Ep 368.
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Clinical Services Spotlight:
Josephine Fowler, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Clinical Services
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Henrietta Lacks is an African American woman whose cancer cells have been used to perform research to improve medical care.
- Cells were used without her permission or the permission of the family.
- She died of cervical cancer.
- The cell line developed from Mrs. Lacks’ cancer cells, sometimes known as HeLa Cells, reproduce indefinitely under specific conditions.
- I had the honor of working with these cells during the early days of research.
- It is an honor to see her noted as the mother of modern medicine.
- Read a small bio of Henrietta Lacks below. https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/10/04/henrietta-lacks-dead-her-cells-are-immortal-so-why-do-her-kids-want-sue-15844
COVID-19 US
- Over the last 14 days, 5,261 patients were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19.
COVID-19 MA
- From February 4 to February 20, 2024, there were 2,353 confirmed COVID cases in MA.
- There were 29 confirmed deaths.
- There are 774 confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 in MA this season.
COVID-19 UMMMC
- The current 7-day positivity rate is 6.1%.
- The 7-day average of patients with COVID in house is 23 (78% fully vaccinated).
- Of the 3 in the ICU, all are fully vaccinated.
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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.
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