Fantastic to see our paper in the #Top5 papers of 2023 in BMJ Quality & Safety : qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/… Vincent, Charles A Oxford ExpPsychology Read our related paper on pressures in surgery here: pssjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… It was a really interesting project to work on!

Big congrats to Utibe R. Essien, MD MPH of VACSHIIP, and Karen Goldstein and Joel Boggan of Durham VA Center of Innovation on their @SGIM Awards! We are so lucky to have all of these incredibly talented folks conducting research on behalf of our Vets. hsrd.research.va.gov/for_researcher…

🌟 Congratulations to Dr. Haley Bush, who has been selected as the Durham VA Medical Center Chief Resident for Quality and Safety for 2025-26! 🎉 Dr. Bush will lead QI projects, receive expert mentorship, and participate in a national QI curriculum. bit.ly/3RDKpHe

📣 Call for papers on equity in the quality & safety of patient care bit.ly/477GPdY 📆 Submission deadline is soon approaching! Submit by 31st of July!

Please join us in congratulating the #SGIM24 Distinguished Professor of Hospital Medicine Presentation Awards! #Meded #ProudToBeGIM #DistinguishedProfessor #HospitalMedicine #health

📣 Call for Papers on ‘Accelerating uptake of advances in implementation science to improve the quality and safety of patient care’. ℹ️ Find out more here: bit.ly/3JgQ0yv 📅 Submission deadline: 31 December 2024

New CMRs, does sending a pre-conference page increase morning report attendance? Tony Breu Zach Reese, MD and I found that yes, it does, but only a little: At VA Boston HC, paging led to a 4% ⬆️ in attendance, for a NNP (number needed to page) of 25: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38567300/

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding $26.8 million in legal services grants to a total of 108 public and non-profit organizations, all with the goal of increasing access to legal services for eligible Veterans experiencing or at risk for homelessness.

Out now: our VA HSR ESP work on team interventions & #distressbehaviors in older adults tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 🔹Healthcare worker & patient-facing interventions can ⬇️#antipsychotic💊and ⬆️QoL but may or may not ⬇️agitation/other distress behaviors

Emma Claire Phillips & Tallentire discuss mechanisms underlying routine versus prompted clinical debriefing (CD). Potential methods for how to positively influence the cultural shift required to accept and embed CD are summarised below. bit.ly/4cSFlHS

📢 Meet the new 2024-2025 Internal Medicine Chief Residents at Duke! Discover their goals, experiences, and what they look forward to in this exciting new role. Read more in our Q&A Spotlight at the link. medicine.duke.edu/news/q-and-spo… #DukeMedicine #Leadership #InternalMedicine

A reminder to register to #vote & ensure your family members, colleagues, & patients are registered to vote VOTE411 Links to non-partisan information for contacting elected officials & voter registration👇

Researchers at VA’s #MillionVeteranProgram are studying conditions that affect Veterans, like tinnitus. By joining MVP, you can help us better understand specific conditions, bringing us closer to individualized health care for all. Learn more at mvp.va.gov.

Firsthand insights from our Editor-in-Chief. Looking ahead. Bryony Dean Franklin shares our plans for 2024, including calls for papers related to: ❗ Striving for Equity ❗ Implementation Science ❗ Artificial Intelligence and more! #bmjeditors #bmjpublishingtips #bmjjournalinsights

Take a look at our article on the current state of the IM acting internship! It’s great to add more (and updated) information to the acting internship literature. Many thanks to this great team of co-authors that helped make it possible. link.springer.com/10.1007/s11606…

Special guest talking to our Duke IM Residency interns at our Duke Department of Medicine intern retreat at Kathleen Cooney backyard! Thank you Duke Men’s Basketball “you’re going to love it here”

Forgot my steadtread.org shirt but #goduke appropriate too! Click the link to sign up for or donate to Duke IM Residency Duke Department of Medicine Stead Tread 5k benefitting Lincoln !

A big welcome to our newest class of Duke University School of Medicine MS2s starting clinical rotations today! We are all so excited to teach and learn from you. Can’t wait to see your invaluable contributions to patient care and your teams. Wishing you the best for a great year ahead!

📣 Call for Papers on ‘Accelerating uptake of advances in implementation science to improve the quality and safety of patient care’. ℹ️ Find out more here: bit.ly/3JgQ0yv 📅 Submission deadline: 31 December 2024