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Twitter in Medicine, Part 4: Will anyone read my tweet?
That is the question. Will anybody read what I tweet? Much less, retweet my tweet? What does that even mean? Our previous posts helped with getting a Twitter account and finding others to follow. This week each bullet point below has the straight facts for getting started with your first tweet. Remember why you would …
Faculty Spotlight: Dawn Brezina, MD
This week’s faculty spotlight shines on hospitalist Dawn Brezina, MD. Brezina talks to us about chairing the recent annual meeting of the American College of Physicians’ North Carolina Chapter, changes in hospital medicine at Duke over the past decade, and exploring the Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone National Park. How long have you been at Duke? …
SGIM 2015 Sneak Preview: DGIM Poster Sessions
The SGIM 2015 Annual Meeting is just a month away. Division faculty will once again be a major presence in this year’s meeting. To whet your appetite, each week we’ll highlight some of the Division’s contributions to the Meeting, starting with a preview of poster sessions. The 38th Annual SGIM meeting will include poster presentations featuring contributions from …
Twitter in Medicine Series, Part 2: Setting up an Account
Last week we highlighted the annual assembly of AAHPM in Philadelphia where one-third of participants were “live-tweeting” the event. Will you be ready to do the same for SGIM 2015 in April? Before you read the details of setting up a Twitter account, here’s how the AAHPM live-tweeting worked. The early adopters of social media, …
Faculty Spotlight: Megan E. Brooks, MD, MPH
Like many faculty within the Division, Megan E. Brooks, MD, MPH is constantly active. This week alone, she taught second-year medical students, coordinated care plans, helped develop the curriculum for the Duke Physician Assistant (PA) hospital medicine rotation, and seen patients with everything from heart failure to complications of knee replacement. Thankfully, she took time to speak with us …
Tuition Support Available for Duke Master’s of Informatics Degree
The Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) and Duke University Health System are offering up to $35,000 in tuition support for up to 10 PDC members for the Duke Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) program. The MMCi program offers a unique curriculum that combines health informatics and business to give its graduates the skills that intersect informatics, …
SoM Announces Next Cycle of Bridge Funding Program (due April 15)
The School of Medicine has announced the next cycle of its Bridge Funding Program. This program will provide up to $100,000 per lapsed grant to investigators in the School of Medicine who have had a lapse in grant support. Read the full announcement.
IM Book Club: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down on March 25
Faculty and staff are invited to attend the next meeting of the Internal Medicine book club, which will meet Wednesday, March 25, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Searle Center faculty lounge. This month, the book club is reading Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which covers the a …
Medical Informatics World Conference Coming to Boston this May
The third annual Medical Informatics World Conference will be held in Boston from May 4-5. This conference will bring together thought leaders from the payer, provider and pharma communities for cutting-edge discussions on the evolving patient empowerment and engagement movement. The theme of this year’s conference is “Transforming Care Delivery Models with IT Innovation.” The …
SoM Offering 2015 Spring Core Facility Voucher Program (due April 13)
The School of Medicine has also announced its 2015 Spring Core Facility Voucher Program. This program will allow investigators with studies that are not fully funded to access and use a variety of research core facilities. Applicants will be eligible to receive vouchers from $500 to $10,000, redeemable for provision of services at Duke University …
NIH Announcements
- Notice to Clarify the Disciplinary Scope and Increase Maximum Training Related Expenses for the Trans-Departmental Basic Biomedical Sciences (TBB) Program Area of the NIGMS Predoctoral Basic Biomedical Sciences Research Training Program
- Notice of Participation in PAR-25-331 (R21) and PAR-25-332 (R01), Research on Current Topics in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Related Dementias (Clinical Trial Optional)
- Notice of Participation in PAR-24-258, "Research Resource for Human Organs and Tissues (U42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
