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ABC News – COVID-19 Diaries: Military physicians share inside look at efforts to save civilian patients in overburdened hospitals
Here’s a link to this article that discusses some Navy units deployed in CONUS in support of COVID-19:
Finance Friday Articles
Here are my favorites this week:
Earning Income in Multiple States
HOW REAL ESTATE AFFECTS YOUR TAXES
How Does the Fed “Prop Up” the Stock Market? (Interest Rates and Stock Prices)
Here are the rest of the articles:
6 Reasons Index Funds Remain King
8 Things Savvy Investors Understand
Asset Allocation (Part 2): The Risk / Growth Bucket
How to achieve investing success now and in the future
Lessons Driving an $800 Car Can Teach Your Kid
Risk Is Never as Simple as It Seems
Should You Use a Donor-Advised Fund?
Statistics Are Bloodless Things
The Flying V-Shaped Recoveries
Why Chasing Returns is a Sure Way to Lose: A Lesson From History
New Public Medical Corps Webpage
The Medical Corps (MC) has a new non-CAC enabled webpage that is now up and running. Initially, it will be a great resource to use for recruitment as it has information on the various scholarships (HPSP, HSCP), direct commissioning, and the Uniformed Service University. In addition, it contains the videos that many Specialty Leaders made about their experiences in the Navy as well as links to social media pages. It can be seen here:
https://www.med.navy.mil/Pages/MedicalCorps.aspx
If you have any feedback, send it to LCDR Jennifer Eng-Kulawy (contact info is in the global address book). We are going to slowly but surely try and add content and features, tying to put MCCareer.org out of business (which I doubt will actually happen).
Politico Articles About Military Health System Reform and SECDEF Comment
Just keeping you informed…
Over the last few days there have been two prominently featured articles about reforming the Military Health System (MHS). The first was this article:
Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care
But then the SECDEF put this message out on social media:
Then there was this second article:
Trump rejects Pentagon’s proposed cuts to military health care
In addition, Military Times put this out as well:
Trump shoots down Pentagon proposal to cut troops’ health care
SUPERB-SAFETY Framework for Attending-Resident Communication
This is a nice framework sent to me from the Chief Medical Officer of Naval Medical Forces Atlantic. “SUPERB” is the framework for attendings to set expectations for the resident regarding overnight communication. “SAFETY” is the framework for the resident regarding when to seek communication with their attending if it is not made clear in advance.
You can see the full framework here:
SUPERB_SAFETY (PPT Version)
SUPERB_SAFETY (PDF Version)
Finance Friday Articles
Terrance Odean is a professor of finance at UC Berkeley. His Vimeo videos are from an online personal finance course he taught titled “Making Smart Financial Decisions.” I’ve watched 15 or so of them, and they are about 10 minutes long, high quality, and educational. If you are looking for a financial education check them out here:
https://vimeo.com/terranceodean
Here are my favorite articles this week:
3 Financial Lessons From Covid-19
Academically Verified Investment Strategies that Failed
Massive Deficits and Historical Investment Implications
Here are the rest of the articles:
5 misconceptions I had about ETFs
12 Things to Know About the TSP L Funds
A Story of Residency Homeownership
How to Find College Scholarships to Help Your Child Graduate Debt-Free
How to Use an Emergency Fund Without the Stress
How to Use Real Estate to Pay for College
The Definitive Guide to the All Weather Portfolio
The Economics of Home Ownership
The Hardest Investing Questions to Answer
The Most Counterintuitive Recession Ever
The Pros and Cons of Miniscule Savings Account Yields
The Three Biggest Obstacles That Prevent You from Succeeding
National Capital Consortium Program Directors for Pathology, Dermatopathology, Peds GI, and ENT
Here are the announcement/recruitment letters for the Program Director positions:
- SG Announcement for NCC Program Director Search – Pediatric Gastroenterology signed
- SG Announcement for NCC Program Director Search – Pathology Residency signed
- SG Announcement for NCC Program Director Search – Otolaryngology Residency signed
- SG Announcement for NCC Program Director Search – Dermatopathology Fellowship signed
The memorandum to the Surgeons General requests the widest dissemination of the announcement to ensure that all physicians desiring an assignment as a Program Director have the opportunity to apply.
Here is the DoD Policy and Selection Criteria for GME Program Directors, as well as the ACGME requirements for these positions:
- ACGME requirements for Pediatric Gastroenterology PD qualifications
- ACGME requirements for Pathology Residency PD qualifications
- ACGME requirements for Otolaryngology PD qualifications
- ACGME requirements for Dermatopathlology PD qualifications
Please note: Applicants are required to submit a CV, bio, and Letter of Intent to apply for the position. All nominees need to send me the requested documents by COB 24 AUG 2020 at joel.m.schofer.mil < at > mail.mil.
- An applicant’s CV must include a section about faculty development activities that they have done.
- An applicant’s CV must demonstrate at least 3 years of documented education and/or administrative experience, as well as ongoing clinical activity in the (sub)specialty for which they are applying.
- An applicant’s CV must demonstrate current board certification in the (sub)specialty in which they are applying. Current medical licensure must also be documented on the CV.
- An applicant’s CV must demonstrate current ongoing scholarly activity.
- The Letter of intent must include the candidate’s level of commitment to GME and the Program Director position, including the number of years they are willing to serve, and that if selected, that they will accept the position.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jerri Curtis, M.D. at jerri dot curtis < at > usuhs dot edu.
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