Congratulations!!!
 To our newly matched class of 2021! Welcome!
Shout outs!
 To Matt Hensley on his recent Senior Talk on the Indications for ECMO.
Follow-ups
 Journal Club: we’re in the process of revamping the curriculum for next year to allow
for more than 1 practice changing articles in medpeds to be presented at each session.
Stay tuned!
 Preclinic Confernece: Alex has been hard at work investigating different curricula and
modalities for us to use during preclinic conference next. I’m really excited to see how
this evolves for July!
Local
 CLINIC DAYS for 2017-2018:
o This will be discussed at our next Journal Club on Thursday, April 20 th (hosted by
Rachel Wolf
o MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND!
 Turtle Creek Huddles
o Great job on the Huddles! Remember:
 this is your chance to talk about any issues with flow that you might
anticipate based on your schedule
 Anyone need to be in a gown? Or rooms 7 or 8?
 Anyone need to have their shoes of for a DM foot exam?
 Turtle Creek QI Initiative
o How are things going with your QI initiative plans at the patient, provider, and
system level?
o It is probably time to wrap around to the staff to see if they’ve been able to keep
up with putting phone numbers in the permanent comments or appointment
fields
National
The Med-Peds Community has begun to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Med-Peds
Graduate (1967) with celebrations at the National ACP meeting and the MPPDA meeting this
past month.
You too can celebrate by attending the National AAP Meeting Section of Med-Peds gathering
and celebration in Chicago the weekend of September 16-17!
In The News
From Physician First Watch 4/11/17
Quick-Wee Cutaneous Stimulation Could Be an Easier Way to Collect Urine in
Infants
By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH
A noninvasive stimulation technique could help clinicians collect a clean catch urine sample in infants, according to a
study in The BMJ.
Australian researchers enrolled roughly 350 infants (aged 1 to 12 months) who presented to a pediatric emergency
department and required a urine sample. Infants were randomized to either a standard clean catch or the Quick-Wee
technique, in which the clinician or parent rubbed gauze soaked in cold saline in a circular motion on the infant's
suprapubic area for as long as 5 minutes.
A higher proportion of infants in the Quick-Wee group voided their urine within 5 minutes than did those exposed to a
standard clean catch (31% vs. 12%).
An editorialist concludes: "For those who advocate or operate a clean catch technique, the Quick-Wee method will be
a welcome advance, with good supporting evidence that could and probably should be incorporated into new and
updated guidance and used to improve this difficult area of practice."
http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1341