Department of Medicine
2017 Intern Orientation Schedule
6/14/17 DRAFT
Thursday June 15First day of Orientation
8:30amKulas Auditorium-Lakeside 5th floor
Coffee and Breakfast
9:00am-10:00amWelcome!
Robert A. Salata, MD
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Robert Bonomo, MD
Chief, Medical Service, VA Medical Center
Chairman, Intern Selection Committee
Program Directors Overview
Keith Armitage, Carla Harwell, Crystal Lantz –De George,Cassie Kovach, Ronda Mourad, Simi Singh, Charlie LoPresti
10:00am-11:30amChief Residents Overview
Charlie Burns, Megan Chan
Will Garner, Saurav Uppal
Courtney Batt (MedPeds)
11:30am- Noon Break andLunch
Noon-1:00pmControlled Drug Prescribing for patients, families and ourselves
Theodore V. Parran, Jr., MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine and Family
Medicine, Director Addiction Medicine Consult Program at
UHCMC and Medical Director for Continuing Education at CASE
1:00pm 1:30pmAdministrative Overview:
Barbara Bonfiglio and Deena Segal
Wrap up and information about next activity
Deena Segal
1:30pm-2:00pmCoaching for Categorical Interns
[Prelim, Neurology, Anesthesiology to Ruhlman]
Keith Armitage, MD; Ronda Mourad, MD
Simi Singh, MD
1:30 [2:00pm for Categorical]- 4:30pmRuhlman Conference Center –Tower 11
Many workstations:
I-9 Processing; picking up white coats; scrubs; 2 photos-
(2 separate stations) Hospital ID and Department Photo
Please bring 2 forms of ID (driver’s license and original social security card OR valid passport)
Friday June 16
7:30am-1:30pmEMR Training –Prelim, Neuro and Anesthesia
See listing
2047 Cornell Road #22407 Cornell Road #2
(PLEASE PARK IN EUCLID GARAGE)
For EMR training: Go directly to the class.
8:00am-5:00pmAEMR Training- All Categorical Medicine
See listing
5005 Rockside Road Suite 400
Independence, Ohio 44131 /phone.216.286.1220
Located on the Fourth Floor
Noon- 1:00pmM&M Conference –Kulas 5th floor- lunch provided
1:30pm-4:00pmVA Onboarding –Kulas 5th floor- for Prelim and Neurology and Med/Peds
Lanell Merritt
Resident/Fellows Program Coordinator, VAMC
Cheryl U. Embry, MBA, BSM, CPC
Clinical Documentation Improvement, VAMC
Monday June 19
7:30am-1:30pmEMR Training-All Categorical -See Listing
2407 Cornell Road #22407 Cornell Road #2
(PLEASE PARK IN EUCLID GARAGE)
For EMR training: Go directly to the class.
Noon- 1:00pmLunch/ Noon conference with the Housestaff- Kulas Auditorium- Charles LoPresti, MD
1:00pm-1:15pmDebra Leizman, MD
Clerkship Director, Department of Medicine
1:15pm- 2:00pmResident Research Committee
Committee Members are both Residents and Fellows
Won Ho, Vittal Hejjaji, David Tofovic, JaMia Washington, Tarek Chami, Jahnavi Gollamudi,Chang Kim, Emad Mansoor
Faculty Leadership: Drs. Evi Starvou, Keith Armitage and Aaron Proweller
2:00pm- 4:30pmPain Management-
Lori A. Lozier
Director, SNF Administration
Elizabeth Weinstein, MD
Division of Hematology/Oncology
6:00pm-9:00pmChairman’s Welcome-Shoreby Club-216-851-2582
40 Shoreby DriveBratenahal, OH 44108
Business casual attire
Tuesday June 20Rounding with the Teams- ALL INTERNS
If you are rounding at the VA, you can go directly
To the VA, 4th floor for 7:30am. If you would like to walk
Over to the VA, please meet in Kulas Auditorium no later than
7:10 to walk over.
For those rounding at UH- please meet in Kulas also no later than 7:20 so we can take you over to the teams to round
Round with the team per the schedule you received from the Chiefs on 6/15 – it was included with your schedule- we will also hand out a rounding spreadsheet
7:30am-9:30amVA Rounds and UH Rounds
10:00am-11:00amGeriatricCare Medicine
Gowrishankar Gnanasekaran, MD, MPH
Geriatric Care Medicine,
11:00am-NoonIf I only knew…….. Intern Panel Q & A
12:15pm- 1:15pm Noon Conference- ALL HOUSESTAFF
Through Put and the Patient Experience
Robyn Strosaker, MD
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
UH Cleveland Medical Center
1:30pm-2:00pmE Team Training
Christie Blackburn
Principal Advisor, Patient and Family Advisor
2:00pm-2:30pmCoding Compliance
Sally Streiber
Manager, Coding Compliance
2:30pm-4:30pmTeam Building: How to be a Good Intern
Simi Singh, MD, Ronda Mourad, MD, Cassie KovachMD, and Chief Residents
Wednesday June 21
8:00am-11:30amVA Orientation: - Kulas Auditoriumfor categorical interns
Lanell Merritt
Resident/Fellows Program Coordinator, VAMC
Cheryl U. Embry, MBA, BSM, CPC
Clinical Documentation Improvement, VAMC
Noon-1:30pmKulas Auditorium-
Professionalism, ABIM, ACGME, and the Six
Competencies: Keith Armitage
Technology Overview:
Keith Armitage and Chief Residents
(Technology Overview includes
CaseMedicine.com and Amion.com
MyEvaluations.com
Duty Hours and Procedure Tracking/My Evals
1:30pm-5:00Vital Talk- How to deliver bad information-
Lori A. Lozier
Director, SNF Administration
Jennifer Savoca, MD
Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Elizabeth Weinstein, MD
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Thursday June 22Kulas Auditorium-Lakeside 5th floor
Orientation to Ambulatory Clinics:
For Categorical Residents only!
8:00am-10:00amOrientation to VA Clinics: go directly to
VA- meet one of the Chiefs in the VA Atrium (by the primary care firm clinics: the orientation will be held in the Library Conference Room)
9:30am-10:30amDMC Clinic Orientation- Kulas Auditorium
Med/Peds Interns will attend
10:30am -11:00amLibrary Resources
Mandy Neudecker
Librarian, Core Library
Lakeside 3rd floor
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Jessica DeCaro, MLIS
User Services Librarian
Cleveland Health Sciences Library Case
11:00am-Noon Patient Referrals and follow-up of patients on Coumadin
Teresa Carman, M.D.
Director Vascular Medicine
Medical Director, Coumadin Clinic
Noon-1:00pmHow to get organized for Internship- ALL INTERNS
Chief Residents
1:00pm-2:00pm Mentor/Mentoring : We would like to pair you with another housestaff member that can be of help to you as you are acclimating to the hospital, to the VA, to Residency, to Cleveland, to……………
2:00pm-2:30pmWrap Up and Questions
Chief Residents
Deena Segal
2:30pm- 3:00pmClinical Documentation Integrity
Kelly Skorepa, BSN, RN, CCDS
Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity
Friday June 23GME INTERN ORIENTATION-MANDATORY- All Interns
8:30am-4:30pmWolstein Research Building
2106 Cornell Road
216-368-2000
Parking is in the visitor garage off Euclid Ave- you will
Receive parking validation at orientation
Saturday June 24First day as an official Intern!!
7:00amplease check your schedule given by the Chief
For the correction location to report.
UH- Meet in the Carpenter Room Lakeside 3108
VA- Chief’s office 4th floor