Kyle Covington receives 2016 Duke AHEAD grant

Duke AHEAD is excited to announce that the project “Assessing Student Attitudes of Interprofessional Learning Experiences: A Mixed Methods Approach” has been chosen for funding. Congratulations to Kyle Covington  along with Assessment and Evaluation colleagues across the med ed programs including Deborah Engle, EdD, MS, Kathryn Turner, DNP, RN, Kim Cavanagh, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C for receiving this grant. 

School of Medicine offers tours of education and clinical facilities

From Betsy Hames, Chief Human Resources Officer, Duke University School of Medicine

As part of a new onboarding program for new employees and an educational opportunity for current employees and their family members and friends, the School of Medicine will begin offering tours of School of Medicine and Health System facilities (Trent Semans Center, Duke Medicine Pavilion, Cancer Center) on the first Wednesday of each month from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m.  The tours will commence from the Great Hall in the Trent Semans Center.

The School of Medicine Student Ambassadors, comprised of Duke Medical School students, will lead the tours while providing information about the School and Duke’s newest educational, research and patient care facilities.

These tours will be offered on a monthly basis and require advance registration.  Space is limited so individuals are encouraged to register early. 

Registration is available at:

https://medschool.duke.edu/about-us/leadership-and-administration/office-human-resources/tour-duke-medical-facilities

We encourage you to inform others in your units so they can take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about the Duke University School of Medicine.

Week of 7-Sept – Orthopaedic Departmental Web Site Update

As a follow up to last week’s Ortho web site update, we are excited to announce that we have launched the build out of the site and began the compilation of the content;. This week we are focusing on Research Content;  more specifically, the clinical and basic science research of the Orthopaedic department. The research faculty were given a template to aide in thinking through content for their lab including:

  • PI
  • Overview of lab, focus
  • Link to site if PI created their own site
  • Current Projects
  • Publications (pulled from Scholars@Duke)
  • Staff in the lab
  • Jobs
  • Contact info

Once we receive all the research feedback, we will design and build the Research web pages with this initial content. The ability to update content on an on-going basis will be available on-demand via the infrastructure established for the web site. HOWEVER, if we do not hear back from the Research Faculty by the deadline, we will proceed and leave your page blank for the initial launch.

Reached content DEADLINE: We need your input on the page attached BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15th. Thank you to those of you who have already submitted your information!

As a reminder, below is a copy of the project plan:

Project Plan

Legend (Responsible) : DOS – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, PPM – PivotPoint Media, CR – Content Writer

Milestone

Date Responsible

Completed

Kick-off Discussion w/External Vendor 8/25/2015 DOS, PPM
Review Requirements with Vendors (Project Begins) 8/25/2015 DOS, PPM, CR
Deliver Site Map based on Requirements 8/27/2015 CR
Deliver Draft Specificiation (landing page prototype) 9/2/2015 PPM
Review Prototype and Provide Feedback 9/4/2015 DOS, PPM, CR
Final Specificiation (Site Map) Reviewed and Approved 9/4/2015 DOS
Development of web site 9/7 – 10/9 PPM
Content Interview – Research (Alman) 9/7 – 9/14 DOS, CR
Research Content Reviewed and Approved 9/14 – 9/16 DOS, CR
Research Content Integrated i/t Dev Web Site 9/16 – 9/18 CR

 

Our next area of focus will be Education:

Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Web Redesign

Project Plan

Legend (Responsible) : DOS – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, PPM – PivotPoint Media, CR – Content Writer
Milestone Date Responsible Completed
Content Interview – Education and Training (Leversedge) 9/14 – 9/21 DOS, CR
Education and Training Content Reviewed and Approved 9/21 – 9/23 DOS, CR
Education and Training Content Integrated i/t Dev Web Site 9/23 – 9/25 CR

Refer to blog post for full project plan and fact sheet.

Dr. Benjamin Wooster, MD selected by ABMS as 2015-16 Visiting Scholar

Benjamin WoosterCongratulations to Duke’s Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Benjamin Wooster, MD, for being selected among five physicians who participated in the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Research and Education Foundation for his project:  Does Anatomic Knowledge Correlate with Surgical Competency? A Multi-center Study

 This research, which is applicable to all specialties, may serve as a guide for developing educational programs and post-training opportunities using an outcomes-based approach for potential MOC activities.

Click on NEWS RELEASE ABMS Selects 2015-2016 Visiting Scholars to view the news release.

Orthopaedic Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Orthopaedic Faculty with their recent promotions:

 

James K DeOrio

James Keith DeOrio, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, without tenure to Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery – Track IV, effective April 1, 2015

 

 

Dianne Little

 

Dianne Little, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery – Track V to Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery – Track III, effective July 1, 2015

 

 

Amy McNulty

 

 

Amy Lynn McNulty, Medical Instructor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery to Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery – Track V, effective July 1, 2015

 

 

John Miles Harrelson, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery to Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery, effective August 1, 2015

ACTION: ICD-10 Training for Faculty, Mid-Levels, Fellows and Residents

When will training be offered to use these Orthopaedic ICD-10 tools in conjunction with Epic to code accurately?

Sept 21st @ Faculty Meeting– probably 45 mins- will provide education and distribute Orthopaedic-developed tools for each faculty member to use

Sept 15th, 17th and 23rd– 5:30PM @ Page Rd Auditorium– will be 3 options for all mid-levels, fellows, residents and providers who do not attend faculty meeting to receive education and Orthopaedic Tools

Every provider is required to attend training prior to October 1st.

Additionally, the Ortho Practice Labs at DMP has been reserved for all providers who would like to practice or ask questions after training:

9/21 @ 7AM (for providers who come to a session prior to faculty meeting)

9/23 @ 7AM

9/24 @ 5PM

9/28 @ 5PM

Contact John Bonini or Erika Blackston if you have any questions.

 

Welcome Dr. Courtney Karner to the Department of Orthopaedics Research

Courtney KarnerThe faculty and staff would like to welcome Dr. Courtney Karner, PhD as a Research faculty member to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.  Courtney was born in Nebraska and grew up in Oklahoma.  He did his graduate training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and postdoctoral training at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. His wife, Brittany is a second grade teacher although she is taking a year off to take care of their new baby Molly.  Courtney and his wife have two children Myles (2 years) and Molly (3 months).  Outside of work, he is an avid fisherman and bowhunter, and enjoys gardening, cooking and playing with the kids.

Welcome Dr. Thorsten Seyler to the Department of Orthpaedic Surgery

DukeSeylerWelcome Dr. Thorsten M. Seyler, new adult reconstruction surgeon here at Duke. Thorsten is a native of Germany but has called North Carolina home for the past 8 years. He completed graduate school and residency training at Wake forest University, followed by a fellowship in adult reconstruction at Duke. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Tasha, and their children, Anja (4) and Sebastian (1). The family enjoys playing soccer, tennis, skiing, golf, and hanging out with each other and their dog, Leah.  Tasha is a corporate banker and just relocated her office from BB&T’s headquarter in Winston-Salem to Durham. They are excited to call Durham their home and enjoy being close to Tasha’s family who lives on Lake Norman.

Orthopaedic Departmental Web Site Update!

Dr. Selene Parekh says ‘…. it’s clean, modern, and easy to navigate’

Dr. Leversedge states ‘… crisp, modern, inviting

Dr. Alman comments ‘… I like it!  Nice job’

What are these guys talking about?  The new prototype of the Orthopaedic departmental website.  After a long summer of migrating the existing website from the retired content management platform, Xoops, we have migrated to the new School of Medicine Drupal 7 infrastructure.  We have now kicked off the project to redesign and update the content on the new departmental website as well as engaged with 2 vendors to assist with the redesign and content rewrite:

PivotPoint Media, Durham, NC http://pivotpoint-media.com/

PivotPoint is responsible for the design and technical buildout of the website. They are a marketing and creative services firm that serves as a full-service advertising agency with clients such as Duke University, Duke Health Systems, RTI, CREE, North Carolina A&T, and more.

Gowan Communications Group, Carboro, NC http://gowancommunications.com/

Gowan Communications is assisting with the overall content for the website. They provide content strategy, writing, and editing services.

The project team is under an aggressive timeline for the redesign and will need everyones cooperation throughout the process.  We will provide a weekly update on the blog with regards to the progress of the web site.

There are 3 Ortho faculty leads that will be helping in driving the overall content with our content writers:
Education – Dr. Fraser Leversedge
Research – Dr. Ben Alman
Clinical – Dr. David Attarian

In addition to the blog updates, we will be placing a large banner at DSSI, Page Road and 5th Floor Orange zone to detail the ‘checklist of progression’ and associated timelines.  These banners will be updated regularly checking off the tasks as part of the project.  Please click on the link below to view our prototype.

Duke-Ortho-Website-Home

We will continue to provide project updates but do not hesitate to contact either Mike Gagnon, John McCall or Tim Riddle if you have any questions.

Additional Documents for Review:

Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Web Redesign Project Plan

Ortho Web Redesign FACT SHEET 9.2.2015

 

Welcome Dr. Jonathan Riboh to the Department of Orthpaedic Surgery

Jonathan RibohWelcome Dr. Jonathan Riboh, new sports medicine surgeon here at Duke.  Jonathan grew up in France, but has called Durham home for the last 6 years.  He did his orthopaedic residency at Duke and took a brief 1 year hiatus to do a sports medicine fellowship at Rush in Chicago.  His wife, Christa Swisher, is a critical care neurologist also starting at Duke this month.  They are so thrilled to be back in the area with their two children Claire (2 years) and Ethan (2 months).  Outside of work, he is an avid guitarist/singer, and obsessed with good food and good wine, a product of living in France for so long!  Jonathan runs, swims and plays tennis regularly, and is always looking to improve his golf game!  Duke and Durham are truly his home – where he discovered his professional calling, his wife and his family, and looking forward to a long career here.