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Healthcare Informatics Panel Presentation Coming April 22
The Office of Graduate Medical Education will host a panel discussion on healthcare informatics on Wednesday, April 22, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Trent Semans Center. This final entry in the 2014-2015 Health Policy Lecture Series will promote exposure to timely and critical health policy topics and promote interactions …
Faculty Spotlight: Jason A. Webb, MD
This week’s faculty spotlight shines on Jason A. Webb, MD. Webb talks to us about providing an integrated approach to palliative care and psychiatry, his travels through Kenya, and his home life as a father, green thumb and poet. How long have you been at Duke? How long have you been at the division of …
Theater Delta Coming to Duke SoM in May
Theater Delta, an academic acting troupe, has developed two new interactive theater performances for the Duke School of Medicine to be performed on May 14, 2015. All faculty and staff are invited to attend. The first performance will use Interactive Theater to promote dialogue and solutions around mentorship in academic medicine. The other performance will examine …
Agrawal Speaks on Reducing CMS Costs on April 29
Shantanu Agrawal, MD, deputy administrator for program integrity and director of the center for program integrity at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), will deliver the lecture “Bending the Cost Curve at CMS” at the Duke Hospital Lecture Hall (room 2001) from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29. Refreshments will …
CLIC in Carolina Conference Coming in October
The Duke University and UNC-Asheville Schools of Medicine are hosting the Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) 2015 conference, which will be held from October 4-8, 2015. This international conference will engage, inspire, and transform the movement of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) in medical education. All administrators, clinician educators, and students are invited to attend. …
“Population Health: An Informal Conversation with National Leaders” Event Coming April 20
Duke Community and Family Medicine will host “Population Health: An Informal Conversation with National Leaders” from 5 to 6 p.m. April 20 in the Learning Hall of the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education. Please RSVP by April 15 by caling 919-613-9612 or emailing practicalplaybook@duke.edu if you plan to attend. In this event, national …
Free CME Course on Selection and Medical Management of Weight-Loss Surgery Patients
Duke Medicine providers are invited to attend a free continuing medical education course presented by the Duke Center for Metabolic and Weight Loss Surgery in Cary on Saturday, April 25. This course will teach medical professionals about the latest advances in metabolic and weight loss surgical techniques, the identification of patients suitable for surgery, and the …
PhRMA Foundation Offering Grants for Adherence Improvement Research (due Sept. 1)
The PhRMA Foundation is accepting applications for its Adherence Improvement Research Starter Grants, which offer up to $50,000 over one year to assist individuals at the beginning of an independent research career in adherence improvement. The program is designed to support research that will advance knowledge of innovative and effective approaches to improve medication adherence. …
Tulsky, Ubel Author Article on Health Literacy and Cancer Care
James A. Tulsky, MD, and Peter Ubel, MD, are two authors of a new study in Journal of Oncology Practice examining the role of cost-related health literacy in patients’ access to high-quality cancer care. Published with co-authors S. Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS, and Katyhryn Pollak, PhD, this study describes how rising health care costs, …
SGIM 2015 Sneak Preview: VA-Related Sessions
With just over a week left until the 2015 SGIM conference, it’s time for the third and final preview of presentations from the Duke division of General Internal Medicine. This week’s preview focuses on the Durham VAMC, with the following presentations from David Lee Simel, MD, Joel Boggan, MD, Ryan Schulteis, MD, John Wiley Williams, …
NIH Announcements
- Examining the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Healthcare Safety (R18)
- Notice of Need to Expire and Reissue PAR-24-090 "Clinical Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (Collaborative UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)"
- Notice of Need to Expire and Reissue PAR-24-087 "Data Coordinating Center for NCCIH Multi-Site Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials of Mind and Body Interventions (Collaborative U24 Clinical Trial Required)"
