VCU Internal Medicine Training Program
Important Program Information-Week of May 12-16, 2008

• Link to Access MCVH Email: http:\\notes.mcvh-vcu.edu
• Link for Remote Access to MCVH Email and Cerner: https://vcuhsra.mcvh-vcu.edu
• Betsy Naylor is the MCV primary chief and Andrew Poklepovic is now stationed at the VA!
• For all housestaff on essential services (wards, hem/onc, ICUs) please continue to enter your work hours into New Innovations
• The PGY-3 Retreat has been rescheduled for Friday, May 16, 2008 from 1:00-5:00 PM. A Happy Hour with Internal Medicine Faculty to follow.

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Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercises due by Friday, May 16th

 

All interns (both preliminary interns and categorical interns) are required to complete 4 Mini-CEX's in order to complete their internship and to advance to their next year of residency.  

The goal of the Mini-CEX is targeted observation (15-20 minutes)  of an intern interacting with a patient in any clinical setting (inpatient wards, ambulatory clinics, emergency department, etc) by an attending physician.

The attending may observe the intern during the interview, the physical examination or during patient instructions and education – but does not need to observe all three. During this observation, the intern may be evaluated in the following areas:  medical interviewing skills, professionalism, clinical judgment, counseling skills, organization/efficiency, and overall clinical competency. 

Please note that the supervising attending initiates the electronic evaluation process!!!
The Mini-CEX form is completed by the attending online through www.new-innov.com    If the attending has any problems accessing New Innovations, the directions for faculty evaluators of the mini-cex may be found at the following link: http://www.eric.vcu.edu/home/resources/admin/CEX_Instructions.pdf. If there are any additional questions, please have the attending contact Maia LaVallee at 828-5161 or malavallee@vcu.edu.

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R3 Retreat - May 16th

The coverage for the R3 retreat is below; a few points:

• The retreat is scheduled for 1p-7p and details of the location will be emailed out next week
• Coverage is arranged for shifts occurring during the retreat, consistent with last year’s retreat
• If being covered, you are expected to return to your duties by 7pm. Please contact your coverage well ahead of time for signout
• If you are on a ward team or ICU – this does not count as one of your 4 days off. Your interns should not be off on this day. Please create your month schedule with this in mind

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Veriphy System

Beginning April 22, 2008, VCU Health System will begin using a new service called Veriphy.

Here is how the new system works:

1. When one of our radiologists identifies an unexpected and potentially life-threatening radiologic finding, he/she will dial into the Veriphy system and dictate a message for the ordering physician.
2. The Veriphy system will then attempt to notify the ordering physician using contact information that has been pre-loaded into the system for each individual VCUHS physician. For most physicians, their pager number is their first contact number in their profile.
3. The ordering physician will receive a page such as: “Dr. Smith Call Veriphy 877-533-6185, access code 123456 for result”
4. To retrieve the message, the physician would simply call the number, enter the access code, and listen to the recorded message.
5. NOTE: If you are using an in-house phone, you can simply dial *979 and then enter the access code to retrieve results.
6. If the recorded message is not retrieved within 10 minutes, the system will automatically escalate to the back-up contact method.
7. NOTE: You must listen to the entire recorded message in order for the system to recognize that the result has been received. If you hang up prior to hearing the beep at the end of the recorded message, the system will continue to escalate the call

Messages not completed within 20 minutes of the first page will be escalated to the diagnostic center where personnel will be available 24 x 7 to follow up and ensure that all critical results are communicated as quickly as possible.

In addition to improving the timely communication of critical results, the Veriphy system will also help us track turn-around times so that we can continually improve our ability to relay results in a timely and effective manner. If you would like to review or modify your Veriphy contact profile, please contact Vocada at 1-866-325-1096 ext. 100.

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Information For Housestaff Completing Training At VCUHS

As you prepare to leave your Virginia Commonwealth University Health System training program, you are required to complete an Exit Procedure.  (This applies to everyone, including Housestaff members who will become faculty.)

Please read this information carefully – it will save you time.  If you have any questions about this information, please call the GME Office at 828-9783.

• Link to GME Exit Procedure Webpage

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Block Schedules

• MCV Hospitals, Period 12, 2008 (pdf, password protected)

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