Thank you, residents and interns, for all you do for one another and for your patients. Though often under-appreciated, your work does not go unnoticed.
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Residents of the Month
Dr. Alex Taylor: “During her time she consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership, clinical excellence, and unwavering ownership of her patients. She demonstrated excellent leadership of the team. Tasks and orders were always placed in a very timely manner. Her medical knowledge was outstanding, and she seamlessly translated that knowledge into high-quality, evidence-based patient care. One particularly striking example of her dedication and patient advocacy involved a very sick patient with a neck mass not receiving timely specialist care. After signing out for the day, she continued to call consulting services to ensure the patient received expedited care late into the day. Through her persistence, the ENT attending personally reviewed the imaging and recognized the need for urgent operative intervention. The patient was taken to the operating room the next morning, where necrotizing fasciitis was identified. Without her persistence, the patient likely would have continued to decompensate. This was just one of many moments that highlighted her deep sense of responsibility to her patients and her ability to effectively coordinate multidisciplinary teams.”
“Amazing senior resident! Great leadership skills, teaching skills, medical knowledge, the whole package!”
Dr. Sarah Sullivan: “This encounter while on AMBJAR. For context the patient originally presented for medication refills/reconciliation. He lived in transitional housing and his neighbor was using illicit substances (triggering the patient’s previous addiction). He then began threatening to attack/hurt his neighbor, including shooting the person, pushing them down the stairs, using his dog to attack him). She calmly and appropriately assessed the legitimacy of these threats which were serious. She did a fantastic job of escalating the situation while maintaining compassionate composure. After 2.5 hours of discussing the case with over 14 different staff members, discussing the plan with the patient and his family, and filling out all necessary paperwork we were able to escalate the care of this patient for homicidal ideation. She should be applauded for her commitment to her care, her knowledge of what to do unique situations, use of ancillary services available, friendly attitude, compassion, work ethic, and composure throughout as she never once appeared flustered or overwhelmed! For additional context, the next clinic day she was able to use these skills again to admit a patient for suicidal ideation!”
Dr. Sydney Felker: “She had a very strong performance on Med 2 firm. She was praised by nursing for her camaraderie and communication style. She has excellent bedside manner, whether its employing empathetic listening with an agitated patient or with family members. Her clinical skills are also outstanding. Great job!”
Dr. Jaleyea Foster: “Outstanding patient care. She did great with all her patients on our medicine service. One in particular stands out; a young, Spanish speaking man cried when she told him it was her last day on service. She gave him a hug and told him it would be OK.”
“I want to recognize her for how professionally she handled being pulled to a FIRM call day. Despite the unexpected change, she remained positive, flexible, and engaged, and she approached the experience as an opportunity for learning. Her attitude made a challenging situation smoother for the team and reflects a strong commitment to her training and to patient care.”
Kudos
