UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk Newsletter-January 14, 2025/EDUCATION

UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - January 14, 2025/EDUCATION

Welcome to the FMCH Tuesday Talk. Please continue to send us your announcements, celebrations, and accomplishments to FMCHtuesdaytalk@umassmed.edu.

Table of Contents

Message From the Chair

Upcoming Events

Focus of the Week - Education

Ethics Corner

Announcements

Department Member Recognition

Frankly Speaking Podcast

Resources

Message From the Chair

Don’t forget to register for our 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion on March 15th in collaboration with the MAFP spring refresher. Register here! Saturday afternoon will kick off with a casual networking lunch followed by a program that explores the role of family medicine in health and health justice and culminate with a networking reception.

We have received corporate sponsorship to defray some of the costs of the event, so the ticket price is just $75. You can also make a charitable donation to fund the attendance of

a medical student or resident supporting our focus on the next 50 years of family medicine. Registrations must be received by February 24th.

Upcoming Events

FMCH Grand Rounds

Tuesday, January 14th, 12:00 - 1:00pm, "The Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet for a Healthy Microbiome", presented by Joseph DiFranza, MD.

Meeting ID: 191 986 273 Passcode: FMCH

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/191986273?pwd=NEtlZmNkdWlSUGwyeTJQU3dCeUs1QT09

Focus of the Week - Education

Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, MD, Vice Chair of Education

Save the date! The faculty retreat will be the afternoon of Thursday, May 15th. Keep your eye out for a call for proposals for retreat sessions; all sessions should make good use of in-person interaction.

The morning of May 15th, we will host a new faculty series for any faculty who have joined in the past two years. We will cover various aspects of transitioning to a job in academic family medicine. If you are a new faculty member, please save the whole day! We will reach out to you directly with more information.

Shout out to Family Medicine teamwork for saving the Medical Spanish MS4 elective! When the prior course chair (outside of our department) was unable to continue on short notice, imperiling an elective for almost 60 graduating students, Frank Domino caught wind of the problem, Kristina Gracey agreed to assume leadership of the course for the remaining academic year, and Heather Garron will administer it. Thank you all for putting learners first!

The Office of Admissions is seeking mentors for the Admissions Outreach Program. Participation will include being connected to a team of UMass Chan medical students who will facilitate informal Zoom meetings with 10-14 applicants 1-2 times per month, starting in December through April. The students on your team will coordinate everything, and you will simply need to show up, chat for 20-30 minutes, and leave the students to mingle (unless you wish to stay for longer). Depending on interest, it is likely you will be paired with another faculty member to share coverage of a group. If you are interested in connecting with applicants in this manner, please fill out this survey. Feel free to reach out to bradley.colarusso@umassmed.edu with any questions.

Ethics Corner

Philip Day, PhD

Topic: Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare Ethics

Part 1: An AI Bill of Rights

In what is likely to be a multi-part series, I want to focus on an issue that is top of mind for most of us in both our professional and personal lives: the proliferation of artificial intelligence. I welcome any feedback or suggestions for future Ethics Corners on this topic.

Question 1: Are there any federal guardrails or guidelines for the development and use of AI?

Answer 1: Sort of. There is currently no federal legislation or set of regulations that restrict, dictate, or delimit the development, use, or design of artificial intelligence. However, the White House Office of Science and Technology did issue a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (AIBoR) in October 2022.

Question 2: What’s in this AIBoR?

Answer 2: Billed as a “sector-agnostic…framework [that] provides a national values statement and toolkit,” it should be used in the absence of “existing law or policy…to inform policy decisions.” It contains 5 principles to guide “AI use, design, and deployment.” They are: Safe and Effective Systems; Algorithmic Discrimination Protections; Data Privacy; Human Alternatives, Considerations, and Fallback; and Notice and Explanation.

Question 3: How does this apply to healthcare?

Answer 3: All the above principles are relevant for healthcare education, practice, and policy. (I will cover them in subsequent editions of this series.) However, in summary, they can be combined in this way: “Patients have a right to unbiased, transparent, confidential AI systems that are monitored by humans, and they have the right to know when and how they are used in their care.” In terms of clinical practice, the final principle – Notice and Explanation – is perhaps the most ethically salient in patient care.

Announcements

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

Topic: Cardiopulm basics.

Session dates: January 17th, 9a-12p; January 23rd, 5:30p-8:30p.

Please contact erin.cathcart@umassmemorial.org or rebecca.gwaltney@umassmemorial.org with questions.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Research Training, Diversity, and Disparities (ORTDD) 2025 NIDA Diversity Scholars Network (NDSN) program application period is open! NIDA is seeking applications from scholars interested in conducting substance use and addiction research. While the program is open to all, the NDSN program is a grant-writing program aimed at enhancing the funding success of early-stage investigators. We strongly encourage applications from investigators whose research goals and background align with the Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity. The program consists of three workshops and culminates in a mock review meeting experience. Please share this opportunity with anyone you think might be interested. The deadline to apply is January 31st, 2025. A Pre-Application Webinar along with FAQs and other important information about the program can be found on the NDSN website. Please contact us if you have any questions about eligibility or the application process.

The Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) invites family physicians, residents and medical students throughout the northeastern U.S. to submit presentations for its 2025 Annual Meeting, September 18th-20th. Submissions are welcome from faculty/fellows/residents and full-time medical students that address any and all topics related to family medicine, primary care, and the teaching of family medicine.

Deadline: February 3rd, 2025. For more information on the types of presentations, review the FMEC 2025 Annual Meeting Session Overview. Submission form is available here.

2025 Thomas Zand Refugee Health Scholarship

The Department of FMCH invites applications for the annual Thomas Zand Refugee Health Scholarships. These scholarships support medical students passionate about refugee health by funding their attendance at the North American Refugee Health Conference (NARHC). This year’s conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, from June 27–29, 2025. To apply, submit your application to maria.barluenga@umassmed.edu by February 15th, 2025. (guidelines here).

More details about the conference can be found here and at refugeesociety.org/narhc-conference.

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/

Department Member Recognition

Congratulations to Susan Hogan and the Preventive Medicine Residency for a successful ACGME review.

Congratulations to the Sports Medicine Fellowship on an extremely successful 2025 match. After receiving a record number of applicants, they matched three of their top five applicants:

Audrey DeFusco, MD, MS
Corey Costanzo, DO, MPH (a current Barre Family Health Center faculty!)
Patrick Teebagy, DO, MS

Daniel H. Lasser Family Medicine Education Innovation Fund

You can contribute by credit card to this link or QR code:

https://alumni.umassmed.edu/lasserinnovationfund.

Or send a check payable to UMass Chan Medical School with “Lasser Fund” in the memo to: UMass Chan Medical School Office of Advancement, 333 South Street, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. If you want to make a multi-year pledge, gift of securities or a wire transfer, contact

giving@umassmed.edu for information. Donations from your IRA:

https://plannedgiving.umassmed.edu/give-from-your-ira.

Frankly Speaking Podcast

Please join us for a weekly Podcast series for an overview: Join us as we discuss the role of postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in reducing the incidence and adverse outcomes of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Discover when, why, and how to prescribe PEP to better provide your patients with effective prevention options to help reduce rising STI rates and disproportionate impacts on women. Guest: Mariyan L. Montaque, DNP, FNP-BC, presents: "It's Time to Equip Patients with PEP". - Frankly Speaking Ep 415. Listen on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frankly-speaking-about-family-medicine/id1194659367

Resources

Resources to promote Family Medicine Proud and celebrate our 50th Anniversary:

a PowerPoint template, Zoom backgrounds, logo etc:

https://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/faculty-resources/department-logos/

Past editions of the Tuesday Talk are available at

https://www.umassmed.edu/fmch/ under Resources.

The UMass Memorial Caring for Caregivers Program is available at 508-334-HELP,

EAP at 866-263-3525, and the UMass Chan EAP at 800-322-5327.

www.LiveandWorkWell.com

Yoga Classes with Dr. Liz Erban.

New members always welcome.

Please join us on Wednesday(s), 6:30-7:30am, for a gentle awakening yoga session led by the talented Liz Erban.

https://umassmed.zoom.us/j/91343267992?pwd=ZHF3NHVrVlR1MVdMV09HSE5lTzdsQT09