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February Residency NewsAnnual Wellness Week (2/22-2/26) was another success. Morning reports were cancelled and wellness activities took their place - Zumba (latin dance aerobics), Intro to Tai Chi and Meditation Exercises were among the morning activities and The Transformational Power of Music, What is Health? and a two hour Wii session (with tennis and ski jumping highlighted) highlighted the noontime and Tues educational afternoon activities. The step contest yielded almost a million steps - the Gondola Team officially won, but really we all did as a result of increasing our activity.Med-Psyc Clinic returns to the FMC (to the delight of patients and providers alike) - Dr. Christine Gray will be returning to our Family Medicine Center starting 3/8 for a Monday weekly Med-Psyc clinic. Residents and students will benefit from Dr. Gray's expertise with diagnosing and treating psychiatric conditions, and patients will receive this psychiatric evaluation and intervention as part of the Patient Centered Medical Home and integrated model of healthcare. Dr. Don McCrann will start precepting two days a month - he is an OB-Gyn who will be precepting patients who present for women's health visits. He will also be completing some chart audits and educating all providers about optimal healthcare for women. New Group Medical Visit (GMV) set to begin soon - Patient with CHF will be asked to attend GMVs as a way of increasing their education about this chronic disease as well as how to best manage the condition and symptoms. Our Diabetes GMV has been so well received that we are branching out! We had a "perfect" Osteopathic Match result - 3 for 3! Drs. Adam Duquette and Christopher "Todd" Kitchens (from UNECOM) along with Dr. Shayna Lemke (from PCOM) will be joining our first year class on 6/28/2010. We await our NRMP Match Results - due to us in mid March. Dr. Geoffrey Carden is now officially an ALSO instructor - congrats Geoffrey. UNECOM clerkship class for 2010-2011 has been announced. We are so excited to welcome Robert Caron, Adriana Chavez, Jamie Gellock, Kate Harmoney, Viki Johnson, Rob Parker, Tom Sheelsey and Aaron Slaiby to CMMC for their third year Core Clerkship year. We hope that the 10-11 class is as fabulous as our 09-10 class has been! 03/05/2010
January Residency NewsIn January 2010 Dr Kenney met with the originating faculty of the newly established Family Medicine Residency training programs from Saigon, Vietnam and Vientiane, Laos. There are workshop teaching opportunities or exchanges possible in the future between CMMC FMR and these programs.Drs. Rivard and Taylor found themselves in Jacksonville, Florida over the same weekend in January - Gary was attending the STFM Predoctoral Education Conference and Deborah was attending the winter STFM Board of Directors' mtg. They both enjoyed their meetings and a short break from winter. The Resident Research and Scholarly Activity Committee, chaired by Dr. Geoffrey Carden, has developed a timeline for all first year residents to follow in order to successfully complete their scholarly activity project. The scholarly activity can be research, a QI initiative or a Community Orientated Primary Care (COPD) project. Download the document timeline. 02/09/2010
December Residency NewsThe FMR family (residents, staff and faculty) sponsored our annual Christmas giving for three children identified as needy by our local Head Start program. New boots and snowsuits were packaged side by side with lots of toys for the children to enjoy.A pot luck lunch to celebrate the holidays was held on 12/15 - Secret Santas were revealed and team games were enjoyed. The Central Maine Medical Group (a division that encompasses all outpatient practices) also enjoyed a great 2 hour holiday lunch at the Kora Shrine Temple across the street from CMMC on 12/11. Several of our FMR employees won door prizes. Dr. Patrick Pine graduated from the residency this month. We wish him well in his family medicine career. Dr. Hatzenbuehler and his wife, Stephanie, celebrated the birth of their son Miles on Christmas day. He tells that his wife, "the trooper", was discharged 14 hours after delivery and they were home by Christmas night to open presents! Dr. Geoffrey Carden has become a reviewer of the American Family Practice journal - congratulations Geoffrey! Drs. Taylor and Wooelver have had submissions accepted to the 2010 Annual STFM Conference in Vancouver, BC in April. Faculty Drs. Lovett, Picker, Woolever were joined by residents, Adams, Koteles, Long and Nguyen for a invited trip to Boston University to present an Integrative Medicine workshop to medical students. This event was co-sponsored by the BU FMIG and the BU Integrative Medicine Club. Over thirty students attended and the evening was enjoyed by all. The FMR's community service project for January is being spearheaded by Betty Ostrander, our CPC/Biller in the FMR. Donations are being accepted for our local Androscoggin Humane Society and will be delivered at the end of January - this is a time of year when donations often are low due to expenses people have over the holidays. There is a lot of enthusiasm for this project in our work family. Thanks Betty! 01/08/2010
November Residency NewsPer the expected timelines, Dr. Woolever transitioned to the role of Program Director in early November. Dr. Claxton, the former program director, assumed a faculty role with primary responsibility for the Care of the Elder curriculum and helping bring the Patient Centered Medical Home philosophy to the outpatient primary care practices.Faculty completed Day 1 of an annual two days of long range planning retreat time. The retreat was attended by all faculty, the chief residents and our administrative leadership including the practice manager and our nursing supervisor. Day 2 is scheduled for 12/10/2009. RHEDI clinic is launched within our Family Medicine Center. Drs. Taylor and Woolever have submissions to the 2010 Annual Society of Teachers of Family Medicine in Vancouver accepted for presentation. Dr. Ned Claxton will be working as an advisor/consultant with 4 practices in our system in the redesign of how care is delivered. Each of the groups is enrolled in a Maine project to study how practices can grow into Family and Patient Centered Medical Homes of excellence. The FMR staff, residents and faculty - led by Kim Theriault from the nursing staff - donated enough food and $$ to create two Thanksgiving baskets including turkeys for two needy families in our practice. 12/07/2009
4th Annual International Medicine ConferenceOctober 13, 2009This year's conference was highlighted by presentations by Dr Stephen Sokol on Malaria and Malnutrition, based on his many years of medical work in refugee camps and war zones; Travel Medicine and Associated Diseases by our co-chief resident Bina Maharjan, MD associated with her rotation at the CIWEC Travel Medicine Center in her hometown of Kathmandu, Nepal; our faculty member Dr Geoffrey Carden speaking on Maternity Care in Guatemala and Nepal; our faculty member Dr Raj Woolever presenting on FM Residency to Residency Links between CMMC of Herbertpur Christian Hospital in Northern India; and ending the day with the documentary film "A Walk to Beautiful" regarding treatment success of obstetrical fistulas in Ethiopia.We are now preparing for the spring of 2010 5th Annual Wilderness Medicine Conference. For more information please contact: Bruce Kennney, DO Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Faculty 76 High St, Lewiston, Me 04240 ph# 207-795-2818 fax # 207-795-2190 email kenneyb@cmhc.org 10/14/2009
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