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| November 2023 Volume 6 | | |
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Greetings,
As the articles in this newsletter reveal, UCI Family Medicine is thriving due to the talented faculty that make up our department.
One common thread in this newsletter is our dedication to teaching future healthcare professionals. We excel in our mission to train future Family Medicine physicians, and we are also a conduit, or ‘pipeline’ for undergraduate students in HELIOS (John Billimek, PhD), medical, nursing, social work and pharmacy students, and, since the COVID epidemic, nursing assistants in nursing home throughout the state. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report that primary care is the “common good”, associated with” improved population health and equitable health outcomes” (Implementing High-Quality Primary Care, May 2021). And yet, we have a very serious shortage. We save lives and improve communities, not in a dramatic way, but in a quiet, earnest, and unwavering manner. We are the wind beneath the wings of successful equitable healthcare systems.
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| Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology | | Building upon the Discover, Teach, Heal mission to meet the needs of Orange County’s growing older adult populations |
| The Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology continues to build upon the Discover, Teach, Heal mission to meet the needs of Orange County’s growing older adult populations.
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| Welcome to November! Interviews are upon us; we have filled our interview slots with a bevy of quality candidates. New to this year, applicants are able to “signal” a residency to indicate their interest. We have exhaustively looked over 400 applicants and provided over 160 interview slots through a small expansion of the number of interview days. This is a huge undertaking to interview all the applicants, and we are extremely appreciative of the work that everyone puts into the process. A reminder to look at your Outlook calendar invite for instructions on the interview day.
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| FQHC News | | UCI Health Family Health Centers - Anaheim and Santa Ana |
| The UCI Health Family Health Center (FQHC) continues to serve the under-supportive communities of Orange County. In August 2023, we learned that our FQHC once again achieved high quality benchmarks. We surpassed the national average in 14 out 18 measures! This accomplishment could not have been done without the collaboration with numerous Schools (Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy), staff clinicians, and other care team members. In addition, the success has also been supported by the FQHC population health team. This team is comprised of a health educator, MAs, and an RN. They proactively outreach patients who require follow up on various metrics and will closely monitor to ensure they have close follow up if indicated.
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| Scholarship | | The Department of Family Medicine begins the new academic year welcoming our latest cohort in the HELIOS lab – our department’s undergraduate mentored health equity research program. The 23 student members will collaborate with DFM faculty and residents on an array of scholarly projects.
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| Medical Humanities | | Medical Humanities and Arts Program (MHAP) - “mapping our engagement with medicine and life.” |
| MHAP has been busy over the past six months, launching the 2023 issue of Plexus, launching new courses, receiving awards, presenting at professional meetings, publications, and more.
To celebrate the return of Plexus in print form and the Medical Student Art Exhibit, we hosted the Medical Humanities & Arts Symposium in May. This event featured poets and artists who were published in the 2023 “Identity” issue of Plexus and medical student artists who submitted their creative work for the Art Exhibit. The symposium organizers, Celina Yang (GR2), Kenneth Schmitt (MS4), Ashley Hope (MS4), Jennifer Tan (MS2), and Olamide Sonuga (MS3) created an atmosphere where artists and audience could interact, share their creativity and experiences. This will be an annual event, and we hope you will join us in 2024 when we celebrate the 25th publication of Plexus.
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| Medical Education | | Medical Education Updates |
| Faculty in the department are involved in various aspects of medical education. This year, the education is reaching beyond our FM clinics and School of Medicine. Drs. Dylan Hanami, Tan Nguyen and Bao-Tran Vo joined faculty across the state in teaching the Procedure and Ultrasound POC to medical students and residents at the inaugural CAFP POP conference held in Costa Mesa, CA this past summer. UCI School of Medicine was the school with the most medical students attended, and the students were rewarded with a prize for their enthusiastic participation. This is a testimonial to the increased interest in Family Medicine.
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| Sports Medicine | | The Primary Care Sports Medicine service continues to thrive. In addition to clinical services at UCI Health sites in the Gottschalk Plaza, Pavilion 3 Orthopedics, Newport Center, and FHC-Santa Ana, we have recently opened operations at UCI Health-Tustin. We are currently making final preparations to move the Gottschalk practice to its new home in the Wen Center for Advanced Care in 2024 as part of a larger collaborative clinical service alongside musculoskeletal clinical services.
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| Culinary Training Prepares Faculty to Prescribe Food as Medicine | | Ask your doctor how much nutrition education they received during their medical training and you’re apt to be surprised by what you learn. Not all medical schools offer dedicated nutrition courses.
UCI Health is one of more than 60 academic institutions to adopt the Health meets Food curriculum, administered by George Washington University, for medical student and resident training. It is offered through a collaboration between the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute and UCI School of Medicine.
This past year, faculty were offered the opportunity to fill their nutrition education gap with an adaptation of the curriculum focused on their needs.
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| New Faculty Profiles | | Welcome to our new Faculty |
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Kelly Moquin
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Shradha Srivastav
Academic HR Analyst
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Ethan Nguyen
Health Educator
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Veronica Le
Assistant Residency Coord.
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Heather Alvarado
Financial Analyst
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| | | Giving Tuesday | | Join the Movement & Give Back
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving. A day when everyone, everywhere can do something to support the good causes and communities that mean so much to them. Join millions all over the nation on Tuesday, November 28th, and give back to UC Irvine's Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics , to support womb to tomb care, providing complete, advanced medical care under one roof for all members of your family. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of the community to help us continue our dedication for patient care, medical education, scholarships, and community health. Join us in making a difference today!
We welcome your contributions to our never-ending quest to promote health for all:
Family Medicine Donate Here
Geriatrics Donate Here
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UCI Department of Family Medicine
| 200 South Manchester, Suite 835, Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-5171 | www.familymed.uci.edu
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