UMass FMCH Tuesday Talk - October 24, 2023/RESEARCH | |
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 – Research
Announcements
Department Member Recognition
Presentations and Publications
Frankly Speaking Podcast
Clinical Services Spotlight
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Message From the Chair
M. Diane McKee, MD, MS
Congratulations to all (faculty, residents, and students!) who participated in the 2023 FMEC Annual Meeting in Rhode Island (and apologies if anyone was missed):
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Kristina Gracey and Lee Mancini, Annual Meeting Host Committee
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Jim Ledwith’s recognition as a Family Physician who is Changing the World
Presentations/Workshops:
- Management of Wounds with Suturing: Jillian Joseph MPAS, PA-C, Cynthia Jeremiah MD, Sandra Augusto MD, MPH, Stacy Potts MD, MEd, Kristina Gracey MD, MPH
- Functional Movement Workshop: Lee Mancini MD, CSCS*D, CSN, Emily Eshleman DO, Nick Martin MD, Sam Cohen DO, Grant Pierre MD
- Performance Enhancing Substance Use in Young Athletes: Alec Tributino DO, Lee Mancini MD, CSCS*D, CSN
- MSK POCUS Workshop: Michael Maddaleni MD, Nicholas Martin MD, Sam Cohen DO, Angela Rufo DO, Emily Eshleman DO
- Preventative Medicine - Evidence Based Nutrition and Exercise Advice for Patients and Education for Providers: Emily Eshleman DO, Lee Mancini MD, CSCS*D, CSN, Sam Cohen DO, Nicholas Martin MD, Adam Ridley MD
- Opioid Dependence Management in Pregnancy: Eric Rosenthal DO
- Cardiac Diagnostics: Take the Stress Out of Stress Testing, presented by Cynthia Jeremiah MD and Brittany Reid MD
- Colposcopy Workshop: Kristina Gracey MD, MPH, Stacy Potts MD, MEd, Jillian Joseph PA, Cynthia Jeremiah MD, Brittany Reid MD
- Beyond PTSD: Challenges for IPV Survivors Seeking Safety Through Legal Means: Elizabeth Irvin MS1, Lucy M. Candib MD (Huppert Scholars Awardees)
Breakfast Table:
- Health Equity and Advocacy in Practice: A Skills Based Elective: Sabine Shaughnessy BA, Read Allen BA, Julia Small BS
Posters:
- High School Athlete Nutrition Assessment and Intervention: Brennan Dagle MD, Ivan Lazar DO, Lee Mancini MD, CAQSM, FAAFP, CSCS*D, CSN
- Oral Health Topics and Articles in Primary Care Journals: A Bibliometric Review: Sumayyah Akhtar BS, Judith Savageau MPH, Gregg Stevens MSLS, MST, Hugh Silk MD, MPH
- Life After 80: Grace Mascha BA, Priscilla Lee, Koffi Paul, Connor Moriarty, Lela Walter
- Striving Towards Everyday Physical Activity (STEP): Taylor McClennen BA, Stacy Potts MD, MEd, Kristina Gracey MD, MPH
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Focus of the Week - Research
Suzanne Mitchell, MD, MS, Director, Research
Research Highlights
- Congratulations to Dr. Sonal Singh whose project “Developing the Algorithm Certainty Tool Kit (ACE IT) for Pregnancy) was recently funded by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration. The goal of ACE IT is to assess whether real-world algorithms are fit for regulatory surveillance purposes, with a focus on pregnancy outcomes.
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Important Meeting Dates
The FMCH research forum has officially resumed. The FMCH forum meetings, formerly led by Judy Savageau, are scheduled on the 3rd Friday of each month at 12:00pm noon. All are welcome.
- Save the date for next month’s research forum (both in person and on Zoom) on Friday, November 17th from 12:00-1:00pm. Our featured speaker will be Dr. Jennifer Carroll.
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Have a suggestion for a future speaker? Contact Dr. Suzanne Mitchell at Suzanne.Mitchell2@umassmed.edu.
Research-in-progress meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Friday of each month at 10:00am. These small group meetings are designed for research faculty to discuss any part of their research (final results not required) and gather feedback from colleagues.
- Note: the November 10th research-in-progress meeting is cancelled due to Veteran’s Day.
- Our next research-in-progress meeting will be on Friday, December 8th. This will be an extended in-person gathering from 9:00am-12:00pm. Please save the date!
- Additionally, we are still looking for volunteer presenters in 2024. Please sign up if you haven’t already.
For scheduling questions, contact Sandra.GirouardTodd@umassmed.edu
and Barbara.DeLaCruz@umassmed.edu.
For additional information about the above meetings or to highlight any funding news in a future newsletter, please reach out to Suzanne.Mitchell2@umassmed.edu.
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The FMCH Community Health Committee has reviewed and narrowed nominations for the inaugural Warren J. Ferguson Community Health Visiting Professorship to four inspiring leaders in our field. Please review the bios, then use the link to rank, by October 27th, the person you would most like to present Grand Rounds during National Public Health Week, April 2024, with time planned for discussion with learners, faculty and leadership at the department and institutional level.
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Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc, is Director of the Center for Health Equity Research at the University of North Carolina, and co-lead for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Advancing Change Leadership Clinical Scholars Program. https://www.med.unc.edu/socialmed/directory/giselle-corbie-smith/
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Michael Curry, Esq., serves as President & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which represents 52 health centers across the state, and is on the National Board of Directors for the NAACP.
https://naacp.org/people/michael-curry
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Kiame Mahaniah, MD, MBA, is the Undersecretary for Health in the Healy administration. Dr. Mahaniah is a practicing physician in the field of addiction and primary care and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. https://www.mass.gov/news/dr-kiame-mahaniah-and-mary-mcgeown-appointed-executive-office-of-health-and-human-services-undersecretaries
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Loretta Ross, is a professor at Smith College in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender where she teaches courses on white supremacy, human rights, and Calling In the Call Out culture. She co-created the theory of Reproductive Justice, launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW), and was the national program director of the National Black Women’s Health Project. https://lorettajross.com/mediakit
Please rank the four nominees for the 2024 Warren J. Ferguson Visiting Professorship. https://umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cY10O0Xp8or7OYe
Give Family Medicine a powerful voice! Participate in the medical school interview process to select the next generation. Multiple-Mini Interviews are 90 minute sessions done remotely using zoom. Each interviewer is assigned a brief “scenario” with a few follow-up questions and spends 8 minutes with 8 applicants. There is no preparation and a quick, 5 question, on-line form is completed about each encounter. Sessions are timed to have limited impact upon our daily schedules starting at 8:00 AM or 4:30 PM). You sign up for whatever number of sessions works for you. The training is at your convenience using a 30-minute, online module. This is a wonderful way to perform academic service. To participate, reach out to Brenda.Fusaro@umassmed.edu. For any questions or comments email me at Tracy.Kedian@umassmed.edu
Simulation-Based Training
Are you passionate about patients and caregivers feeling seen and heard, especially when they are living with serious illnesses? Do you enjoy teaching medical students the fundamental skills of communication and compassionate presence to form therapeutic relationships? If so, we have a great opportunity for you! We are recruiting faculty facilitators for a required simulation-based training for all 3rd-year students during their family medicine and internal medicine clerkships. During the 3-hour session, students work in small groups with a patient actor and faculty facilitator to take turns leading a discussion about the patient as a person, their prognosis, goals of care and treatment options. Experienced faculty from palliative care have designed the curriculum and will prepare new facilitators via formal faculty development and coaching. The time commitment is variable, depending on level of interest, but at a minimum includes 2 hours of faculty development and participation in two 4-hour sessions per year at iCELS. For background on this curriculum and teaching method, please see our MedEd Portal publication on our resident curriculum which was adapted for students:
https://www.mededportal.org/doi/full/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11122
If you're interested in participating, and/or for more information, please contact Jennifer Reidy, MD (jennifer.reidy@umassmemorial.org), Vandana Nagpal, MD (vandana.nagpal@umassmemorial.org), Mary Lindholm, MD (mary.lindholm@umassmemorial.org) and Nancy Skehan, MD (nancy.skehan@umassmemorial.org)
The Worcester Free Care Collaborative (WFCC) programs are seeing a rising number of people seeking care due to the settlement of new refugees. They need the help of additional physicians and APPs. Their faculty advisor, Jim Ledwith, is happy to share about how the free care programs work with anyone interested. The work is generally relaxed, and it is a real pleasure to see our students developing their clinical skills and connecting their studies to real patient care in their 1st and 2nd years. Please don't feel a need to commit to weekly volunteering – a single evening or once every 1-2 months would be greatly appreciated! Programs run from Monday to Thursday from 6:00 - 8:00pm. If you are interested in getting involved, even if just for one shift, let student Gil Avramovich know when you can attend.
(james.ledwith@umassmemorial.org; gil.avramovich@umassmed.edu)
Teaching of Tomorrow (TOT) is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed faculty development program that focuses on building and refining foundational skills for effective clinical teaching in inpatient and ambulatory settings. Preceptors from any specialty and discipline will enhance their clinical teaching skills through discourse and practice. Workshop dates are November 17-18, 2023, and March 8-9, 2024, and will be held at the Hotel Northampton. Participants must attend all four days. Registration Deadline is October 25th! See the brochure for details and register at
https://umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0GUbJ2w3HifJC8S.
UMass Memorial Health received grant funding to upskill providers in Central MA with respect to Suboxone access. We are offering a free one-day CME course on December 14th. Any provider from Central MA is welcome. We will be focused on the why behind Suboxone prescribing as well as its nuts and bolts. There is a registration link and more information here: https://www.rizema.org/foundations-support-umass-memorial-health-prescriber-training-to-expand-opioid-use-disorder-treatment/
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Department Member Recognition
Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, was an invited panelist at the 2023 World Dental & Oral Health Congress meeting in Boston on Saturday October 21st on the topics of interprofessional health and diversity and equity in medical dental care.
FMEC presented the “FMEC Family Physicians Who Are Changing Our World Award” to James Ledwith, MD, FAAFP, at the annual meeting on Friday, October 13th. The nomination provided by Dr. McKee was read at the presentation.
FMEC program 2023_for online FINAL 9-29-2023.pdf
Shahida Fareed, PsyD, MPH, served as a Patient Centered Behavioral Health Special Interest Group mentor at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association conference in Arizona on October 20th; this group meets quarterly as well.
The New England AIDS Education and Training Center was highlighted in the HRSA 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlight report: Harnessing the Power of Community Engagement and Innovation to End the HIV Epidemic: 2023 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Highlights. (pages 22-25).
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Presentations and Publications
Hugh Silk, MD, MPH, presented at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association annual meeting in Phoenix last week on Nurturing Resilience and Self-Reflection: Letter Writing for Wellness. He also hosted the 2nd Annual Poetry and Prose Reading event for the conference.
Drs. Pivovarova and Ferguson featured their research work at the Addiction Health Services Research conference held in New York, NY, between October 18th and 20th.
Dr. Pivovarova presented findings from her K23 award about MOUD providers’ experiences in working with Treatment Courts. Dr. Pivovarova and Ferguson presented their findings from the MA JCOIN study.
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Pivovarova, E., Taxman, F., Boland, A., Friedmann, P.D. Medications for Opioid Use Disorders in Problem-Solving Courts: Using implementation science to improve access to treatment.
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Planas-Garcia, B.Y., Pivovarova, E., Friedmann, P.D., Stopka, T., Santelices, C., & Evans, E.A. Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Community Providers’ Perspectives on their collaborations with jails.
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Evans, E., Senthilkumar, R., Pivovarova, E., Rottapel, R., Stopka, T., Santelices, C., Ferguson, W., Friedmann, P.D. Diversion of medications to treat opioid use disorder: Reports from formerly incarcerated adults.
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Ferguson, W., Santelices, C., Pivovarova, E., Evans, E.A., Rottapel, R., Stopka, T., Friedmann, P.D. Patient perspectives of jail based MOUD treatment: Views of individuals who have returned to the community following incarceration.
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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: Live at Pri-Med East! In this episode, we will examine the association of developmental delays with amount of screen time in children. Guest: Jillian Joseph, MSPAS, PA-C, presents: "Screen Time and Developmental Delays in Children" - Frankly Speaking Ep 351.
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Clinical Services Spotlight:
Josephine Fowler, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Clinical Services
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Open Enrollment
Don't forget to complete open enrollment!
This year’s open enrollment period runs through Friday, October 27th.
Action Required: Everyone Must Enroll! During this year’s open enrollment period, UMass Memorial benefits-eligible employees must enroll in benefits between Monday, October 16, and Friday, October 27.
No Enrollment = No Coverage. If caregivers do not enroll, they will not be covered in 2024 for medical, dental, and vision plans, flexible spending accounts (FSA), or voluntary benefits (such as legal assistance, supplemental life, disability insurance, etc.).
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To enroll, caregivers must visit mybenefits.umassmemorial.org. If they’re logging in from home or from outside the network, they will need to log in with their UMass Memorial username and password, and then provide the multifactor RSA token.
Telehealth MA
Effective May 12th, 2023, per the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, MassHealth will continue to allow telehealth services for face-to-face visits through December 31st, 2024. The face-to-face visit may only be conducted via two-way audio-video telecommunications technology that allows for real-time interaction.
COVID-19 MA
- There were 1,928 confirmed cases in the last 7 days.
- There were 20 COVID deaths in the previous 7 days.
COVID-19 US
- The percentage of all deaths due to COVID, 2.5%. This equates to a 4.5% increase from the previous 7 days.
- The trend in hospitalizations due to COVID down 5%.
COVID-19 UMMMC
- The 7-day positivity rate is 5.4%.
- In-house confirmed positive, 22.
- Of the 22, 82% 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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