Weekly Announcements: 11/9

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  1. The IM jacket order will be placed on 11/16. You will soon hear about the exact cost, please get your payment to Greg in the chief office or via Venmo for your jacket to be purchased. Thanks!

  2. In prep for the cohorting/geographic wards project, Drs. Jenkins and Reddy and her team are looking for ALL residents’ input on interdisciplinary communication. We will be having a very important NR on Monday 11/12 from 12 - 1:30 PM and we would greatly appreciate your participation

    • Going to be a hot, warm, delicious lunch. Should be a real treat

    • A team of hospitalists (and maybe even some chiefs) will hold your pagers and respond to any pages that come during this time

    • ALL residents are welcome (categorical, prelim, med-peds) and no matter where or what rotation you are on. We look forward to seeing you

  3. Recruitment season is here!

    • The first dinner is on Monday night at Nicholson’s!

    • Applicants will be here on Tuesday 11/13! We want them to meet all of our incredible residents and see why UC is great!! Please come by the Mark Brown Library at 1:15 PM to hang out with applicants and answer questions!

    • If you haven’t already - Please sign up for dinners via the sheet sent emailed out

  4. As part of the cohorting/geographic wards project, the Long Call and Night Float team is thinking about the best way to handle presentations of new admissions and they want resident input!! Please complete the appropriate survey below by Monday, November 12th.  It is completely anonymous.  The survey can be completed in as little as 10 minutes but please take the time to answer these questions completely. We appreciate your time and effort!

    Senior survey & Intern survey

  5. Residents, please make sure to go to myKnowledge and complete the annual mandatory training recently assigned! It’s due 12/10

  6. Both the Hamilton County and NKY Health Departments Public Health Departments released health alerts (here and here) this week concerning the recent rise in HIV cases associated with persons who inject drugs. Please keep this in mind for ddx, testing, etc. while seeing patients

  7. Flu/TB and Requirements—MUST BE DONE BY EVERY RESIDENT BY 5 pm 12/10/18. Annual Flu vaccinations and TB tests will be available during the months of October and November. Flu vaccinations and TB tests are required for ALL residents, regardless of start date. Residents and Fellows will have the following vaccination and TB test options:

    Resident Lunches:
    Tuesday 11/13 - 10:45 am to 1:15 pm

    B Pavilion, Room 1107:
    Mondays 10/15-11/26 9 am to 3 pm
    Tuesdays 10/16-11/27 9 am to 3 pm
    Fridays 10/19-11/30 (closed 11/23) 9 am to 3 pm

    Associate Health and Wellness at the UC Health Business Center, A Level (South Entrance), 3200 Burnet:
    Mondays-Thursdays 6:30 am to 5 pm
    Fridays 6:30 am to 4 pm

  8. UC Health Benefits Open Enrollment is happening NOW. But it ends on 11/12 at 5 PM. If you have not done so already, make sure you get this done before deadline

  9. Please continue submitting Shout Outs and tagging your pictures to @outsidethesilverfridge on Instagram

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