AIM Center launching Sept 1

With funding from the Rollins Family Foundation, this Emory GIM academic internal medicine (AIM) center will expand the Seavey Clinic model to the Emory Midtown and 1525 Clifton faculty practices. The initial launch will include the designation of 14 additional Rollins Distinguished Clinicians and 2 Academic Site Leads, and provide an administrative infrastructure for support of all center faculty, initiatives, and projects. The AIM Center's goals include enhancement of career development and job satisfaction/retention for faculty and new opportunities for medical student and resident education. More details about the AIM Center are available here (Emory log-in required).  

Kudos and Congratulations!

Bergquist Publishes Cookbook

Dr. Sharon Bergquist (pictured on left) and Seavey Clinic registered dietician Jenny Bilko are excited to announce that Plantology: A Cookbook Based on the Science of Plant-Based Eating is available for purchase as an Amazon Kindle e-book, paperback, or hardcover. Inside, you'll find:

• Nutrition overview: Explaining the “why” behind what to eat, with studies showing the power of plant foods, organized by chapters explaining the benefits and recommendations for each plant food category, with answers to commonly asked questions.
• Plant-based checklist: a daily checklist of recommended plant-based food categories and tips for incorporating more plant foods into your daily diet
• Flavorful recipes: Over 150 fast, whole-food plant-based recipes that will nourish your body, including nutritional information for each recipe.

Evidence of our Excellence!

Dr. Walker will present a workshop titled What to Pack for the Long Haul: Necessities for Treating Long COVID at the Society of General Internal Medicine 2023 Annual Meeting in Colorado in May. She will also present Long-COVID: Definitions, Management, and Patient Perspective at the International AIDS Society (IAS)-USA-Virtual Symposium in July.

Primary Care Ideation Challenge - Pass it on!

The Emory Primary Care Ideation Challenge is set to launch on May 3! Using a contest format, the ideation challenge asks all frontline staff and providers within Emory Primary Care to propose innovative solutions.

This year, we will ask for ideas related to three categories:

• recruitment and onboarding
• engagement and retention
• practice workflows 

For example, what can we do to improve recruitment and our onboarding process? What can we do to improve work experience, job satisfaction, and employee engagement in Primary Care? And what can we do to improve workflow efficiency within our practices? 

The following frontline role groups will be invited to participate:

• Medical Assistants (MAs)
• Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)
• Patient Service Coordinators (PSCs)
• Providers
• Clinical Nurse Managers
• Clinic Operations Managers  

Afterward, participants will have a chance to vote on the ideas submitted. This process will determine the winners from each role group within each idea category. Each winner will win a prize of $100 and the runner-up will receive $50!

We look forward to hearing great ideas from all frontline staff and providers in Emory Primary Care! For more information, please see the following link: www.emoryideationchallenge.com

Adult Primary Care Clerkship Awardees

The Student Preceptor Appreciation Dinner was held in February 2023, celebrating the ambulatory preceptors for the OPEX (Outpatient Experience), Ambulatory Clerkship, and Pediatrics Clerkship. Thank you to program coordinators Porsha Clayton, Cris Connelly, and Laquanda Jackson for arranging this lovely celebration and for their dedication to Emory SOM student education throughout the year.

Congratulations to Emory Clinic at St. Joseph's for their recognition as Adult Primary Care Clerkship Group Preceptor Site, 2022-2023.
 

Pictured below from L to R: Dr. Deanna Joe, Dr. Sanjay Khant, Dr. Jennifer P. Morgan, and Dr. Paul Baird. Not Pictured but included in the awards recognition: Dr. Moji Ariyo, Dr. Cheryl Buck-Patterson, Dr. Shabnam Agharkar, and Dr. Dipak Vashi. 

Teaching Kitchen Cooks Up Great Results!

Read all about the Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative's successes in clinical service, education, and teaching in this article: Making Healing Fun: Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative for Patients. Pictured above (L to R):   Jonathan Bonnet, Krystyna Rastorguieva, David Eisenberg, Sharon Bergquist

Some of the peer-reviewed articles published by the Healthy Kitchen Collaborative faculty and staff include:

• A Teaching Kitchen Program Improves Employee Micronutrient and Healthy Dietary Consumption.
• Development of Culinary and Self-Care Programs in Diverse Settings: Theoretical Considerations and Available Evidence.
• Cost Analysis of Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Multi-Disciplinary Teaching Kitchen.

SOM Diversity and Inclusion Week is a school-wide celebration of the broad range of identities and experiences that make up our diverse community. This year's programming will focus on the Actionable Education Initiative (AEI), an educational portfolio designed to provide anti-racism resources, implicit bias education, bystander-to-upstander training, and history learning opportunities for our learners, faculty, and staff. To align with this year's theme of taking action, the planned activities during Diversity and Inclusion Week will be based on these four pillars of the AEI. 

Register for lectures, cultural activities, an art gallery, and a SOM Block Party to cap off the week. Additionally, there will be opportunities to showcase the incredible diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work our remarkable students, trainees, faculty, and staff do year-round. 

The research corner is a space to share research-related opportunities, tips, and more. Please email Dr. Saria Hassan with suggestions!

Society for General Internal Medicine Conference 2023

“General Internal Medicine: Meeting the Promise of Tomorrow”
Aurora, CO, May 10-13

If you are presenting (oral, poster, workshop), please email Dr. Saria Hassan who is compiling a comprehensive list of all Emory GIM representation at the conference this year.

Local/Regional Conference Opportunities

Georgia CTSA 9^th Annual Health Services Research Day, May 3

Emory DOM Health Equity Day, May 16

Emory DOM Research Day, October 26

Need Research Assistance?

If you have a project that could benefit from the skills and assistance of a first-year MPH student, please consider posting it as an advanced practicum experience.  “All Rollins students are required to participate in an Applied Practice Experience (APE) in a public health setting, such as a federal/state/local public health organization, hospital, nonprofit, for-profit, or non-government organization. In addition to giving students a hands-on experience in their field, APE can help foster relationships among the public health community and provide organizations the opportunity to mentor a student at a pivotal point in their public health career.”

For more information and to post your opportunity on the practicum website please visit Advanced Practicum Experience. 

Find Funding Opportunities 

Sign up for the Office of Corporate Funding Listserv by emailing emoryocfr@listserv.cc.emory.edu

Sign up for emails from a society where you would like to pursue funding. Some examples:

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
• American Heart Association
• The Obesity Society

Find current Intramural funding opportunities here. 

Department of Medicine publishes a weekly newsletter called What's UP in DOM Research. Subscribe HERE.

Featured article: Telehealth Policy, Practice, and Education: a Position Statement of the Society of General Internal Medicine, published in JGIM by Dr. Tracey Henry, Dr. Danielle Jones, Dr. Stacie Schmidt, and former Grady GIM faculty Erica Heiman.

Save the Date!

Grady sponsors a monthly Primary Care Grand Rounds webinar for Primary Care Physicians and APPs. Participants who complete and return the evaluation form will get 1 hour CME credit.

• May:       Mental Health disorders diagnosis and management
                       Dr. Marsha Stern
• June:     HIV management
                       Dr. Jonathan Colasanti and Jieri Sumitani
• July:       Mental Health disorders diagnosis and management 
                       Dr. Marsha Stern
• August:  Urology update
                       Dr. Aaron Lay
• Sept.:      Diabetes insulin management update
                       Dr. Joseph Oliva
• October: Telemedicine and how to do effective video visits
                        Aiyana Cottman/ Dr. Aerica Summers
• Nov.:        Safe use of anticoagulants
                        Dr. Mikhail Y. Akbashev/ Alyssa Utz
• Dec.:        TBD

Click HERE to join the monthly webinar every first Wednesday at noon. 

Click HERE for recordings of previous sessions.

Southeast Review and Update on the Medical Care of Older Adults

July 14-15, 2023
Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Conference Center and Hotel, Atlanta GA

Join us in Atlanta for the 6^th Annual SE Review and Update on Medical Care of Older Adults, where physicians and other primary care providers will have an opportunity to improve and update their knowledge and skills in many critical aspects of the care of older adults. Older adults require a different approach to care and skill set for identifying and treating medical issues and geriatric syndromes, and an estimated 1 in 5 Americans will be over the age 65 years by the year 2030.  This course is designed to give medical providers and other members of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team basic and cutting-edge knowledge for optimizing the delivery of services to the expanding older adult population.

Hotel accommodations are available at the
Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Conference Center and Hotel
at the group rate of $159 per night.

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