Academic Affairs October 2024 newsletter

 

Note from... Doug Sawyer, MD, PhD, Chief Academic Officer Hi all,  "A pessimist see the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every threat" - Winston S. Churchill Looking over the many great things going on at MaineHealth these days as outlined below, I am excited by all the optimists in our midst, creating opportunities to advance the practice of medicine and health of our community.   One particularly exciting area of threat, where our researchers, educators, and clinicians are finding opportunity is in the battle our bodies face every day with the many bacteria, viruses, and other microbes in our world. This month's news highlights several that I hope you can find the time to check out.  The first annual conference on antimicrobial resistance symposium is a fantastic opportunity to engage with leading experts including Adriana Rosato, Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine, Dan Diekema, Division Director for Infectious Diseases, and Helen Boucher, Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine.   The longstanding success of the Vector-Borne Disease Laboratory continues, with work newly funded under Rob Smith's leadership in partnership with Tufts University School of Medicine. Thanks to Rob, MaineHealth is on the frontier of making breakthroughs in our understanding of the persistent and growing threat of chronic Lyme disease. Meanwhile, Rebecca Robich is making discoveries over a more recently recognized tick-borne threat, the Powasson virus. I hope you can take a moment to check out some of their great work that has recently been featured in the news. With thanks for all you do, Doug

IN THIS ISSUE

Upcoming Events & Opportunities MaineHealth Office of Faculty Affairs Medical Education

Library & Knowledge Services Research Innovation

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

1st Annual Antimicrobial Resistance - Infectious Diseases Symposium    Join us for the 1st Annual Antimicrobial Resistance - Infectious Diseases Symposium, a two-day event organized by Dr. Adriana Rosato, Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine at the MaineHealth Institute for Research and Dr. Daniel Diekema, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Medicine. This symposium will bring together leading experts in the field of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), infectious diseases, and antibiotic stewardship. Hosted by Maine Medical Center, MaineHealth, MaineHealth Institute for Research, and the Levy Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance at Tufts School of Medicine, this event offers a unique opportunity to connect with researchers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers committed to tackling the global challenge of AMR.    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Helen Boucher, Dean of Tufts University School of Medicine and Chief Academic Officer of Tufts Medicine.    Location: MaineHealth Institute for Research, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough; certain sessions will be offered in hybrid format    Time: Tuesday, 11/12 1-4 pm and Wednesday, 11/13 9am – 5 pm  You can view the agenda here.   Register here    Questions? Contact Beth Pearce  Call for Nominations: Blue Star Investigator Training Program  The Blue Star - Maine Investigator Training Program is an in-person 2-day condensed Principal Investigator (PI) training adapted from the Tufts CTSI Blue Star Program and offered at MaineHealth. The focus of this program will be to prepare clinicians to serve as site PIs for sponsored studies by providing local, onsite, targeted training in clinical trial operations.  Nominations Due November 30th. Questions? Contact Dr. Irwin Brodsky  Learn more here

Medical Education

Advanced Practice Providers Education

The social event hosted by the APP Education Office and the APP Center of Excellence held on September 26th at Après in Portland was a success with over 60 APPs from across the health system in attendance.

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Please consider signing up to precept a student Sign Up to precept a student or share the link with someone that might be interested. Do you have questions about what being a preceptor entails? Feel free to reach out to us via email or visit our SharePoint site to learn more.  The APP Student Referral Form is available for preceptors who are looking to connect APP students with the MH Provider Recruitment Team.  As a preceptor, once you submit this form, the recruitment team will connect directly with the student to advise them on the job search and hiring process.

Simulation

Notable Events

10/2 First Interprofessional In-Situ Critical Care event at MMC Portland (Led by Dr. Brittany LaChance) – This first of a regularly occurring in situ simulation experience in the ICU allows for multidisciplinary training in management of acute airway and acute cardiac arrhythmia scenarios. A total of 27 interprofessional clinicians attended the in-situ simulation held on CFT 6. The scenario involved a challenging airway scenario that required the difficult airway cart as well as a cardiac component requiring synchronized cardioversion. The IP team had a rich discussion following the simulation and used system’s testing to identify opportunities for improvement. The team is looking forward to the next scheduled session targeted for March of 2025.

10/4 Critical Care APP Skills Bootcamp – With the growth of our Advance Practice Provider workforce, the Sim Center seeks to increase specialized training opportunities for this group. A multitude of skills are explored in this bootcamp for Critical Care PAs including intubation practices, trach exchanges, bronchoscopy, and more.   10/7 First Hybrid NICU APP bootcamp – In another event geared at our APP workforce, we enhanced our current skills-only bootcamp by adding two manikin-based scenarios and included a nurse and RT from the NICU.  10/8 Emergency Nursing Pediatric 2-Day Course – A variety of scenarios and skills are covered in this recurring program including respiratory and resuscitation, behavioral health crisis, and more.     10/24 Advanced Trauma Life Support 2-Day Hybrid Course – This course offers a variety of hands-on experiences including skills stations and high-fidelity learning interventions and is offered to clinicians inside the MH system as well as those outside such as Lifeflight of Maine.    10/29 First Advanced Debriefing Faculty Development Workshop – The Sim Center added to its complement of Faculty Development opportunities with a four-hour Advanced Debriefing Workshop. Seventeen interprofessional educators explored the art of debriefing, including commonly encountered challenges in this in-depth workshop. Debriefing is a critical component of simulation, allowing for deliberate practice and we consider it to be the heart of simulation work. We look forward to offering this again in the future.  10/30 MOMSim 2.0 launches at MDI hospital – Funded by the RMOMS grant, our MOMSim 2.0 tele-simulation team training curriculum for OB emergencies, launched at a 3rd site, MDI hospital in Bar Harbor.

10/30 Sim Halloween – No one does Halloween like the Sim team. This year’s festivities featured spooky and gory desserts and appetizers, creative costumes with a contest!

Undergraduate Medical Education

UME in the News! The Portland Press Herald is featuring a story on Sunday, November 3rd about Sam Woodworth's work with medical students at the Portland Museum of Art.  Featured in last month's newsletter about InterClerkship week, Sam's creative approach helps students appreciate the art of noticing.  Congratulations, Sam!  We look forward to reading it!

Spotlight on Appropriate Treatment in Medicine  TUSM's Student Affairs office has created a program to both evaluate and improve student experiences of mistreatment while on clinical rotations.  While the clinical environment has improved over the years with regard to our learners, we know that the practice of medicine involves significant stress, and at times, unfortunate experiences occur.  Students can report concerning events in a variety of ways, including talking to their preceptors, clerkship directors, Deans, or a newly implemented system in which students can make an anonymous report.  There are ATM (Appropriate Treatment in Medicine) student representatives in each class, and we have twice yearly meetings to discuss any student concerns as well as follow up on patterns and complaints.      Our Maine clinical sites do amazing work, and reports of mistreatment are down almost universally!  Monitored events include microaggressions, public embarrassment and humiliation, being denied opportunities or lowered grades due to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender, offensive remarks, being physically threatened or harmed, and being required to perform personal services.      A variety of interventions have been applied to TUSM's clinical sites, including Maine, based on this student feedback.  Our clerkship directors and LIC site directors have all had anti-bias training sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs.  Our psychiatry clerkship directors have been taught how to coach students to manage mistreatment from patients.  We have worked on confidential ways to give feedback to our preceptors that do not threaten the anonymity of students.  We also work hard to be collaborative with faculty and students-- the idea is not to be punitive, but to help us all learn and grow to optimize our clinical learning environment.      ** If you ever have questions about what is considered student mistreatment, please feel free to email Dena Whitesell **

Graduate Medical Education

Kalli Varaklis, MD, MSEd - Designated Institutional Official Click here for a detailed Graduate Medical Education (GME) update. You can view the 2023-2024 GME Annual Program Evaluation by clicking here.

Journal of Maine Medical Center

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Call for Papers!! The Journal of Maine Medical Center is putting out a call for papers for our Spring 2025 Special Issue. The focus will be on Tick-borne Illnesses in the Maine/New England region. Our Guest Editor is Dr. Robert Smith, Director and Co-Founder, Vector-borne Disease Laboratory, and Co-Director, Tufts Lyme Disease Initiative, MaineHealth Institute for Research We are soliciting papers in a broad range of categories, including Original Research, Reviews, and Case reports. Please review the manuscript categories and guidelines on the JMMC website: Our target audience is front line health providers and public health-oriented individuals. We encourage authors to include learners as co-authors and papers reflecting an interprofessional perspective. All manuscripts will under a double-blind peer review process with typically two reviewers. JMMC does not charge author or article fees. Submission deadline: Monday, January 20, 2025 Submissions are made in the Editorial Manager system for JMMC. You can submit your paper by clicking the tick above! Questions? Please contact Bob Bing-You, M.D., JMMC Editor-in-Chief

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