Pediatric Residency Newsletter: Week of 11/17-11/21

We're off to a great start to recruitment! Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm! 

*All conferences are in Hasbro 151 unless otherwise noted.

Monday Nov 17
8am: Intern report- Dr. Jennifer Friedman
8am: Senior report- Discussion of interesting cases from the past week with the wards senior and urgent care residents. All are welcome. 
12pm: Weighing Management Decisions - Dr. Michael Koster

Tuesday Nov 18
8am: Clinical Case Discussion - Timothy Menz PGY3 Teaching Resident
12pm: Kawasaki Syndrome- Dr. Kristin Lombardi

Wednesday Nov 198am: Faculty Meeting- No morning report
12pm: Pediatric Abdominal Emergencies- Dr. Robyn Wing

Thursday Nov 20
8am: M & M- George Auditorium
12pm: Primary Care Micropractice Meeting in designated locations

Friday Nov 21 
8:30am: Grand Rounds: Acute and Long Term Management of Spinal Cord Injury Donna L. Nimec MD, MS Instructor, Harvard Medical School. Director, Pediatric Physical medicine& Rehabilitation Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
12pm: Flanagan Shenanigans


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Announcements:
1. ******For Psych CAMBPERS: Order Finger Foods Diet ONLY if seeking out way to hurt/cut themselves in ER or on Floor. Otherwise, fine to have plastic utensils.*********

2. FUNDRAISER: JUMP FOR JUDY (See Attached Flyer). Judy's is a soup kitchen that is having a fundraising to prepare for meal distribution at Crossroads.  www.judyskindnesskitchen.org

3. Screening for critical congenital heart disease will officially start in the NICU on Tuesday November 18. (Algorithm attached).

4. Upcoming Resident Leadership Medical Education Group will be doing an upcoming journal club "Optimizing the Clinical Learning Experience" . Monday 11/17 at 6:30pm. (Flyer is attached)

5. HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE COMPETITION Between Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine
Tis the season of giving and we will be participating in a residency wide food drive this year! The Internal Medicine chiefs have placed a box in our resident lounge. From now until December 1st, you can bring in any non-perishable food items you would like to donate to the RI Food Bank. On December 1st, the boxes will be picked up and counted. They are hoping to stir up some friendly competition among peds, medicine, and ER. Thanks for participating!

Local Weekend Events
November 14: 

SNEAK PEEKS: A Fundraiser for the Providence Children’s Film Festival
Providence, Rhode Island (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) -- Celebrate and support the Providence Children's Film Festival (PCFF) at the organization's annual fundraising event to support film literacy programming for Rhode Island youth. The event titled SNEAK PEEKS: A Fundraiser for the Providence Children's Film Festival will feature complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres, sparkling conversation, a live auction and a preview of 2015 Festival selections! Wine generously donated from Campus Fine Wines. http://pcffri.org/



November  14-16
chatterBOXtheatre: Peter and the Wolf
Peter and the Wolf is set to Prokofiev's famously interactive score in which each instrument represents a character in the story. In this ballet adaptation, the dance mirrors the music with each character bringing a different, uniquely appropriate style of dance to the choreography. This lively, playful production is sure to delight young audiences. Each performance features cookies and milk courtesy of our sponsor, Seven Stars Bakery.
http://festivalballet.com/peterandthewolf_story.php


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Restaurant of the Week:
Mi Ranchito
1516 Westminster St ProvidenceRI 02909
401-335-6584