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ACMS HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICALS Come join us for the Ada County Medical Society Foundation's High School Physical program, which has been running for 35+ years and allows for a very complete pre-participation physical required by West Ada County and Boise school districts. This event takes place on Thursday, June 4th from 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. at the Caven-- Williams Sports Facility at Boise State. The $20 fee (waivable for kids on free lunch program) goes back to the high schools to put towards their athletic training programs, with last year's donation total being more than $10,000.
The screening uses physicians in various stations (heart/lung, abdomen, orthopedic, back/spine, final checkout) so that the students are thoroughly screened, in many cases by specialists within that station. The screening has helped connect students and their families with no medical home to health care resources, provide physicals for kids who otherwise might not be able to participate because of costs, and flagged students with heart murmurs, depression, eating disorders, and other issues for appropriate physician referral. It has also built a valuable relationship bridge between the athletic trainers at these schools and the medical community. Immunization screening and injections are also provided on-site by Central District Health.
You do not need to be an ACMS member to volunteer. Food will be served for volunteers all day long and parking is free next to the stadium. Participating medical providers are eligible for a $100 drawing for (one entry for each one hour shift filled).
If you are interested in learning more about the event or in signing up to volunteer, go to www.adamedicalsociety.org/high-school-physicals.html.
UPCOMING GRAND ROUNDS On June 10th, Dr. Keith Ayoob, Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Nutrition Clinic, Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, will present Childhood Obesity: Preventing Generation XXL. Dr. Ayoob is a pediatric nutritionist and registered dietician who works on obesity, heart health, and family dynamics, and provides motivational counseling for parents and caregivers. Dr. Ayoob helped develop the Overall Nutrition Quality Index, a nutrition-scoring system and consumer tool now known as NuVal, which is present in over 800 supermarkets around the country. Special thanks to the Idaho Dairy Council for their support for this talk.
On June 12th, Dr. Tom Chauncey, Director of the Marrow Transplant Unit at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will present Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders. As part of his talk, Dr. Chauncey will discuss how he uses serum free light chain analysis in his practice and present some interesting case studies.
SAINT ALPHONSUS GRAND ROUNDS LOCATIONS FOR JUNE Please be advised that the room location of Friday morning Grand Rounds at Saint Alphonsus for the month of June will vary, and are as follows:
- June 6 North McCleary (regular Grand Rounds room)
- June 12 Management Conference Room (follow signs down the main conference hallway)
- June 19 Management Conference Room (follow signs down the main conference hallway)
- June 26 McCleary Front (main McCleary room, around the corner from regular Grand Rounds room)
All rooms are on the first floor of the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
SUMMER BREAK As a reminder, Grand Rounds on Wednesday mornings at St. Luke's, Thursday mornings at the VA Medical Center, and Friday mornings at Saint Alphonsus will be on summer break during the months of July and August. Grand Rounds will resume on September 2nd, 3rd and 4th, respectively. Have a great summer!
UPCOMING CONFERENCES July 17 - 19, 2015: IMA Annual Meeting
For information, go to: www.idmed.orgAugust 23 - 28, 2015: ISERF Shoulder Surgery Update
For information and to register, go to: www.idahoshoulder.orgAugust 28 - 29, 2015: International Conference on Advances of Hematology and Oncology
For information and to register, go to: http://oncology.binayfoundation.org
St. Luke's Boise Medical Center
General Tumor Board
G.I. Tumor Board
Pediatric Tumor Board
Thoracic Tumor Board
Children's Pediatric Professional Education
Pancreas Care Conference
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Conference
St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center
Breast Care Panel
Stroke Case Review
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa
Breast Care Panel
West Valley Medical Center
New Members:
June 4, 2015: Annual High School Physicals Event
June 24, 2015: New Residents Welcome
September 22, 2015: Go Wild at Zoo Boise
Questions? Please email [email protected] or call 208-336-2930.
July 2015
August 2015
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
The Skills Doctors and Nurses Need to Be Effective Executives
In this article, Sachin H. Jain, MD, CMO of the CareMore Health System, and a lecturer in health care policy at Harvard Medical School, notes the increasing demand for physicians and nurses in healthcare leadership roles. He contends that success in these roles will require skills different than those developed during their clinical training. Dr. Jain posits that skills critical to success include operations management and execution, people leadership, and setting and defining strategy. Dr. Jain closes by saying that, "As they transition to careers in the business of health care, clinicians must hold on to the heart and practice of medicine as they continuously develop the core executive skills required to effectively lead and shape their organizations. Health care will be markedly better for it."
Personal Best
In this article by Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a professor in the department of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health and in the department of surgery at Harvard Medical School, physicians are asked to consider coaching as a tool for professional improvement and medical progress. While the concept of coaching may be hard for physicians to embrace, Dr. Gawande writes that for doctors, "Expertise is thought to be not a static condition but one that doctors build and sustain for themselves." Therefore, elite performers such as doctors, "�must engage in 'deliberate practice' - sustained, mindful efforts to develop the full range of abilities that success requires." While, in theory, physicians can do this for themselves, there is an added benefit to getting external input from an effective coach. Dr. Gawande concludes that, "Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance."
IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
The Tangle of Coordinated Health Care
This article takes a look at the growing care coordination efforts, working to help patients manage their health and avoid preventable hospital visits, but faced with a system challenged by inability to maintain coordination among all the care providers. The author, Paula Span, writes that the Affordable Care Act and other attempts to achieve the Triple Aim have created incentives and penalties that should encourage coordinated care. However, patients and care-givers may feel overwhelmed by these efforts. "Everybody's trying to help�But is everyone doing it in the most efficient and effective way for the consumer and the family? Or are we just confusing the issue?" Several experts the author spoke with "described these issues as growing pains, the inevitable disorder that accompanies substantial change in a complex system. It will get better�"
Efforts to Instill Empathy Among Doctors Are Paying Dividends
In this article, Sandra G. Boodman discusses the implications of teaching clinical empathy to physicians. The author writes that, "Increasingly, empathy is considered essential to establishing trust, the foundation of a good doctor-patient relationship." Citing various studies that have linked empathy to greater patient satisfaction, better outcomes, decreased physician burnout and a lower risk of malpractice suits and errors, the article highlights programs like Oncotalk and Empathetics, currently in place to teach clinical empathy. Although many would assume empathy adds time to a patient visit, the article notes the contrary as it can help doctors zero in on the real source of a patient's concern, reducing repeat visits. The author also notes that studies show that empathy is positively correlated with patient satisfaction, which is now being used to calculate Medicare reimbursement and in some physician compensation decisions.Furthermore, quoting a physician referring to the positive feedback empathic doctors receive from their patients, the author concludes, "Empathy training is naturally self-rewarding�It gives [doctors] the love back."
St. Luke�s Boise Medical Center, Anderson Center, Wednesday 8:00 a.m.
10 Childhood Obesity: Preventing Generation XXL
17 St. Luke's Children's Hospital Grand Rounds - Abnormalities of Puberty: Delayed Adolescence and Sexual Precocity
24 Hypogonadism: When and How to Treat
11 Resident Curriculum of Inquiry Presentations
18 Resident Curriculum of Inquiry Presentations
25 NO CONFERENCE
12 Diagnosis and Management of Multiple Myeloma and Related Disorders
19 Overview of the Gut Microbiome and Developing Evidence Behind Probiotics
26 Mitral Valve Disease: A Surgeon�s Perspective
To view Grand Rounds remotely via WebEx:
Breast Tumor Board
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
Tuesday, 12 noon
2nd Thursday, 7:00 a.m.
2nd & 4th Wednesday, 12 noon
1st & 3rd Thursday, 7:00 a.m.
For tumor board information, contact Barbara Kissee: [email protected]
2nd & 4th Thursday, 8:00 a.m., Anderson Center
For more information, contact Karla Dickson: [email protected]
1st, 3rd & 4th Thursday, 7:00 a.m.
For information, contact Linda Kauffman: [email protected]
2nd & 4th Thursday, 12:00 p.m.
For information, contact Lisa Barsohn: [email protected]
Combined Pediatric Topic Review & Family Medicine Lecture Series
2nd Thursday, 8:00 a.m.
For information, contact Stacy Miller: [email protected]
Tumor Board
Tuesday, 12 noon
For more information, contact Heather Jones: [email protected]
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
For more information, contact Jayne Freeman: [email protected]
3rd Wednesday, 7:00 a.m.
For more information, contact Nichole Whitener: [email protected]
Tumor Board
Tuesday, 12 noon
Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.
For more information, contact Patty Davis: [email protected]
Tumor Board
Monday, 12:30 p.m.
www.adamedicalsociety.org
Joseph Berglund, MD
Jason Bronner, MD
Tina Bronner, MD
Steven Daines, MD
Amos Haley, NP
Jeffrey Scott, DO
Richard Trump, PA-C
Mark Weinrobe, MD
Activities
Activities are for ACMS members only.
BSU Caven-Williams Sports Complex
NO CONFERENCES - SUMMER BREAK
NO CONFERENCES - SUMMER BREAK
By Mayra Ruiz
Director, Ada Canyon Medical Education Consortium
Below is a quick look as some recent and complimentary articles that will hopefully provide some food for thought.
Harvard Business Review
https://hbr.org/2015/04/the-skills-doctors-need-to-be-effective-executives
The New Yorker
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/14/health/the-tangle-of-coordinated-health-care.html?ref=health&_r=1
Kaiser Health News
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/efforts-to-instill-empathy-among-doctors-is-paying-dividends/
3 Literature Update in the Management of Alcohol Withdrawal
Stephanie McCullough, MD
Keith Ayoob, Ed.D, RD
Lisa Taylor, MD
Robert Jackson, MD
Boise VA Medical Center, AW Horsley Learning Center, Thursday 8:00 a.m.
4 Resident Curriculum of Inquiry Presentations
ON BREAK FOR SUMMER
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, McCleary Auditorium, Friday 8:00 a.m.
5 The Difficult Asthmatic
Neetu Talreja, MD
Thomas R. Chauncey, MD, PhD
Caroline Schoo, MD
Stephen Jones, MD
Should you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
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