Weekly Announcements 8/13

IM Mountain Challenge

Currently tied for 1st place: Tyler Etheridge and Dr. Gilbert of Cardiology 🤩

Get outside and hike with your friends!  Then help us post to Instagram to share our success and the beautiful Utah outdoors!

We have posted links for score board tracking and : link here  and AllTrails  list of hikes.

ACP clinical vignette competition.

Five abstracts will be selected for presentation at the ACP Utah Chapter Clinical Vignette Competition on Thursday, October 08, 2020 at 12:00 PM at Grand Rounds: Live Streamed from School of Medicine, Classroom A. All who present at the Vignette Competition will receive a CASH PRIZE. The grand prize winner will receive $600 travel stipend to attend and present their case at ACP IM 2021 in Orlando, FL. 

Deadline for submissions is Friday, September 18, 2020 at 11:59 PM

ITE

In training service exams are just around the corner.  Schedules to be sent out shortly. Practice exam available on their website if interested. 

CHANGES to ACLS

You should have gotten an email from the GME office about the new RQI program.  In short the UU will be changing to short quarterly requirements.  Stay tuned for more details.  PDF attached in case you missed the prior email.

Zoom etiquette reminders.  

Thank you again for all your participation!  We really want to encourage good Zoom etiquette with cameras on and all interns and residents participating.  This is your protected learning time!  Make the most of it.   

Noon conference and lectures 

Remember to tune in to noon conferences 12:30 - 1PM on Zoom!!  For Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday lectures  --- use UU link. (Grand Rounds will be a separate link)  Mondays and Fridays we will be using site specific case conferences via Zoom meetings below.  Make sure to tune in and participate.  Access will be password protected which will change on a monthly rotation. See the email for the password

Shout Outs!

Josh Epstein deserves a shout out after doing 7 cards admits on NF (he was only resident on)!  What a boss.  

Gitanjali Das and Katie Irby for helping a dying man's wishes come true by solving all his social work issues over the weekend at the VA! No small feat.  

CMR Line-Up: 

- VA Inpatient(on call/pull) : Catey Harwell

- VA Ambulatory: Matt Christensen

- VA Education:  Will Ladner 

- U Chief: Roxanne Weiss 

- IMC (+Scheduling): Scott Brewster