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MUSC Psychiatry Chair Update
Thomas W. Uhde, M.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Institute of Psychiatry |
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ONGOING STUDIES & PUBLICATIONS |
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The Continued Effort to Combat Racism
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We were all horrified and deeply saddened by the recent events targeting Asian Americans in Atlanta. As we continue to deal with the effects of racism toward other cultures, it is frustrating and unacceptable to hear that violence toward Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders has increased in the U.S. Leadership in the College of Medicine stands firm in our commitment to working toward diversity, equity, and inclusion for people of all backgrounds. This commitment extends from our workplace to the community in which we live.
Each act of violence, or racism in its many other forms, is an opportunity for us to listen, to learn, and importantly, to take positive action. I commend to you the recent AAMC Statement on Dismantling Racism in Academic Medicine.
I found these words from the statement particularly important for the ongoing discussion:
“For far too long, the burden to end racism has been placed on the shoulders of those most impacted. As leaders of academic medical institutions, we must critically examine our policies, procedures, and systems, identify all manifestations of systemic racism, and dismantle these practices.”
I strongly encourage you to look around for your opportunity to listen, learn, and take positive action. Racism toward people of any background is completely unacceptable, and it will not be tolerated at MUSC.
Effective this year, all employees at MUSC are required to complete 4 hours of Diversity and Inclusion training as part of annual mandatories (to be completed by June 30). There are many opportunities to fulfill this requirement, but more importantly, learn along the way. Visit the MUSC Office of Equity webpage, follow the weekly COM Update, or search in MyQuest to find training opportunities.
I hope that you will view this requirement not as an added time commitment, but rather a chance to learn more about how we can end discrimination and the painful wounds it creates.
Please join me in embracing people of all backgrounds, helping to heal the wounds caused by discrimination, and working toward equality for all.
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Dr. Eva Serber's excellent MUSC Public Radio interview on
Cardiovascular Behavioral Health will be broadcast statewide on SC Public Radio beginning Saturday, March 27, 2021 and will be repeated throughout the week. |
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HEALTH FOCUS SEGMENT #1 (airs at these times each week):
Saturday, 8:35 am,
Weekend Edition-Saturday
Monday, 6:45 am & 8:45 am,
Morning Edition
Tuesday, 4:44 pm,
All Things Considered
Thursday, 1:33 pm,
Here and Now
This interview will also be available 24/7 as a podcast on the SC Public Radio website:
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/programs/health-focus starting Monday morning!
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Dr. Christopher Pelic has been appointed to serve as Health Wellness and Human Performance ICCE Chief, one of three lead physicians for the new ICCE. MUSC Health’s Integrated Centers of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) are the organizational units of MUSC Health. Committed to care models that improve patient experience and achieve optimal patient outcomes, these comprehensive care teams are led by physician chiefs and are charged with providing patients the most innovative, efficient, and effective subspecialized care. This newly formed collaborative ICCE will establish a Health and Wellness Institute that will focus on:
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- Optimizing life through the evidenced-based application of exercise, nutrition, and inner/mental health across the entire clinical practice spectrum
- Leading health innovation by focusing on optimizing wellness, incorporating exercise, nutrition, and emotional well-being; incorporating these elements into both prevention and illness/injury treatments
- Helping individuals achieve greater sports / athletic / human performance
- Creating a culture focused on wellness medicine and a patient’s inner/mental health and aspiration to live healthier, more fulfilled lives
Dr. Pelic will continue his role as Director of Telepsychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and his clinical work treating Clemson University students. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Pelic!
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UNDERSTANDING LEGAL ISSUES CONFERENCE |
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COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC
CARE SPECIALISTS (CPCS) |
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The CPCS office is currently taking referrals for youth and adults for outpatient therapy and/or medication management. The CPCS office is located at 26 Bee Street and is seeing patients either virtually or in the office. All patients are self-pay at the time of the appointment and will be provided with the necessary paperwork to submit for reimbursement from their insurance companies. All department of psychiatry faculty members are eligible to see private patients in CPCS.
To make a referral or schedule an appointment, call 843-792-9396.
For more information about making a referral or joining the practice, feel free to contact Hilary Bernstein, LISW, DHA at bernsteh@musc.edu
Check out our website: Comprehensivecarespecialists.com
Like our Facebook page: Comprehensive Psychiatric Care Specialists
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLES |
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The MUSC College of Medicine Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development Team invites you to join in an upcoming Faculty Development Roundtable. Programming includes a variety of topics for educators, researchers, and clinicians.
April 1 @12:00-1:00 |
I am not judgmental I just have excellent evaluation skills: Learn the new MedHub System for Evaluations! with Michelle Friesinger, MA, CHES, Assistant Dean of Assessment, Evaluation, and Quality Improvement; Research Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the challenges and priorities of an evaluation system
- Understand basic concepts in creating impactful evaluation questions
- Reflect on the characteristics of the new evaluation management system
Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
+1 843-410-6177,686073396# United States, Charleston
Phone Conference ID: 686 073 396#
Find a local number | Reset PIN
CME Activity Code ID: 2356468
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LOWVELO TRAINEE SYMPOSIUM |
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NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK |
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WORKSHOP - IDENTITY HARASSMENT IN ACADEMIC MEDICINE |
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MUSC ARROW (Advancement, Recruitment, and Retention of Women) will host a workshop, “What Lies Beneath: Recognizing & Responding to Identity Harassment in Academic Medicine,” Friday, April 16, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. In this seminar, presenters and participants will consider the common “myth-understandings” about gender/sexual identity harassment—what it is, what it is not—and harassment’s relationship with workplace incivility.
Topics covered will include contemporary research on identity harassment and incivility, examples of these phenomena in academic medical settings, and strategies (individual and institutional) for addressing these workplace challenges. Attendees will learn to recognize some common forms of gender/sexual harassment that “lie beneath” the surface in workplace settings and possible strategies for responding when they happen.
Presented by: Stephanie A. Goodwin, Ph.D., President of Incluxion Works; Research Faculty, Department of Psychology Wright State University; Visiting Associate Professor, Psychology, Stevens Institute of Technology, Former Program Director for NSF multi-institutional ADVANCE program
The 45-minute virtual presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
Note: This event is presented as a “Zoom Meeting” and not a webinar. Attendees are encouraged to share their cameras during Q&A.
Open to all men & women, trainees, faculty & staff
Full attendance in this workshop counts for 1 hour towards the required 4 hrs. of Diversity & Inclusion training for ALL MUSC employees by June 30, 2021.
Contact Rachel Simmons at arrows@musc.edu with any questions.
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JOHN R. RAYMOND MENTORING FELLOWSHIP |
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Applications for the ARROW 2021 John R. Raymond Mentoring Fellowship are currently being accepted. The Fellowship is intended to provide financial support for a full-time female faculty member to initiate a relationship with a mentor who is an expert in her chosen field. The female faculty’s field of interest may be in research, clinical practice, or education/teaching. The fellowship is administered by MUSC ARROW with support from the Office of the Provost.
Information and the application can be found here and are also available on the ARROW Awards website. Please submit all application materials by 5:00 PM, April 23, 2021, to arrows@musc.edu.
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Gayenell Magwood (magwoodg@musc.edu), Chair of the Award Advisory Committee or Rachel Simmons (arrows@musc.edu), ARROW Program Coordinator.
The fellowship recipient will be announced no later than May 28, 2021. If possible, a reception for the recipient will be scheduled during June 2021. Specific date, time and location to be determined.
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MANDATORY MYQUEST MODULES |
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Beginning February 1, 2021, the annual mandatory online lessons for all employees/care team members in MyQuest were assigned. MyQuest reminder emails and this notification are the only confirmations you will receive pertaining your mandatory assignments.
- Starting in 2021, a new Diversity mandatory was added for all MUSC employees.
- This is the second year employees/care team members/contractors can provide feedback via a REDcap survey at the end of each mandatory. MUSC subject experts review all feedback to improve each mandatory to ensure an optimal learning experience.
2021 MUSC General Mandatories (Enterprise-wide)
- Crime Prevention and Jeanne Clery Act Training
- Code of Conduct and HIPAA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Prohibited Discrimination and Harassment
- Information Security
- Active Shooter
- OSHA Review
- Tuberculosis (Charleston only)
- Conflict of Interest training (hourly employees only)
2021 MUSC Health Mandatory Training (Charleston, Florence, Lancaster Divisions)
- MUSC Health General Compliance (+ Billing)
- Culture of Safety
- Emergency Management Campus Security
- Infection Control for All Employees
- Stroke and Heart Early Recognition
- Meeting the Unique Needs of Patients
- Workplace Violence
- MR Safety for Healthcare Workers
- Interest training (hourly employees only)
2021 Medical Staff Office - MSO Mandatories
- Adult Inpatient Diabetes
- Pediatric Inpatient Diabetes
- Pediatric Inpatient Anticoagulation Safety
- Health Information Services
- Transfusion Medicine
- Patient Safety Initiative
- Sleep and Fatigue/Clinical
- Adult Impatient Anticoagulation Safety
NEW Diversity Mandatory
- As a part of MUSC's ongoing commitment to leading and learning in the domains of equity and inclusion, you will notice a new 4-hour Diversity Equity and Inclusion DEI mandatory for all MUSC employees. When we join in the learning about one another as we become OneMUSC. Three types of offerings include: virtual curriculum, face to face &/or “professional development option of choice” approved by your leader.
2021 Annual Clinical Education (MUSC Health Clinical Care Teams Only)
- Varies depending on your clinical role
2021 Conflict of Interest Training (Hourly Care Team Members only)
- Hourly employees are now excluded from the annual COI disclosure process. To ensure they continue to receive conflict of interest policy training, a COI module has been developed.
- Salaried employees of the MUSC enterprise receive annual COI training every April, in combination with their annual COI disclosure form; training modules precede the mandatory disclosure.
All of the annual mandatory training modules must be completed no later than June 30, 2021. Employees who fail to complete annual mandatory training requirements will be subject to disciplinary actions. If you have any questions, please email the MyQuest Administrators at myquesthelp@musc.edu. |
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ENTERPRISE DIVERSITY & INCLUSION TRAINING SESSIONS - VIRTUAL |
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Please see the calendar below for a list of diversity & inclusion offerings from the Office of Training and Intercultural Education.
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A form is now available within MyQuest to request credit for D&I credit that has been received outside of those listed within MyQuest (e.g., D&I training received through a national conference). Please note, credit for outside D&I training is not guaranteed, and requests for credit will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
The webpage for Training and Intercultural Education is updated and link to the Internal DEI Program/Training Credit Consideration form can be found on the webpage for the lecture mentioned below.
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FACULTY AWARD NOMINATIONS |
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Nominations are now underway for all MUSC faculty to recognize their peers who have made outstanding contributions to the university through teaching or research initiatives. Nominations for the following awards are being sought:
- Distinguished Faculty Service Award
- Outstanding Clinician Award
- Population Health Award
- Developing Scholar Award (Research)
- The Peggy Schachte Research Mentor Award
Any regular, full-time faculty member who holds an academic rank of instructor or higher in a college or department at MUSC and has not been the recipient of the award within the previous three years is eligible for nomination. The specific nomination procedures for each award are located on the Provost’s website.
The deadline for nominations is March 31. If you have any questions, Juli Wilt at wiltj@musc.edu or 843-792-0945.
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Addiction Sciences Division
Assistant Professor/Psychologist (UNIV, Full-Time): This position is for a clinical psychologist who will be working as a faculty member at the Medical University of South Carolina in the Outpatient Clinic of the Addiction Sciences Division of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, providing individual and group therapy to individuals with addiction-related and other psychiatric illnesses and their families.
Open Rank/Assistant Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The successful applicant for this position will have either an MD or a PhD degree and will be expected to have an established and independent research program that will interface with the multidisciplinary NIAAA P50 Charleston Alcohol Research Center at MUSC.
Open Rank/Professor (UNIV, Full-Time): The successful applicant for this position will have either an MD or a PhD degree and will be expected to have an established and independent research program that will interface with the multidisciplinary NIAAA P50 Charleston Alcohol Research Center at MUSC.
Psychiatry Hospitalist Division
Open Rank - Psychiatry (UNIV, Full-Time): Candidate must be a psychiatrist with the ability to hold an unrestricted license to practice in South Carolina. The candidate must be board-eligible or board-certified if having completed residency training greater than five years ago. Candidate will be a member of the Psychiatry Hospitalist Division and provide inpatient care on a general adult psychiatry unit and provide coverage across other inpatient areas as needed. Candidate will provide care as a Consult Liaison, and have research coverage.
*Note: This position is coded under an ECT identifier through Human Resources; however, it is not ECT for doctors. This position is for the Psychiatry Hospitalist Division.
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FENTANYL URINE TEST
CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY LAB |
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FENTANYL URINE TEST NOW OFFERED BY
THE CLINICAL NEUROBIOLOGY LAB (CNL)
The use of the powerful opiate drug, FENTANYL is on the rise, accounting for a large share of overdose deaths in SC, and the greater US.
Previously, urine drug testing at MUSC could not detect Fentanyl use. The Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory has recently completed an extensive validation of a qualitative (positive vs negative) urine test for the presence of Fentanyl which can be used to distinguish this drug from other commonly used/abused opiates such as oxycodone, buprenorphine and morphine. This test should aid clinicians in the evaluation of patients in multiple clinical settings, especially when illicit drug use is suspected.
Simply order: “Fentanyl, Urine, Qual (IOP LAB)” or “LAB9066”
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Program for Researchers Affected by Pandemic
COVID-19 Voucher Program
The College of Medicine, Hollings Cancer Center, and South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute (SCTR) are pleased to offer a new funding opportunity open to all MUSC tenured and tenure track faculty members whose research has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding of up to $2,000 is available to help investigators gather preliminary data for inclusion in a grant proposal by covering the cost of supplies and/or core and laboratory services; pay for publication costs; or develop a translational focus to their research. Vouchers cannot be used to fund computer purchases, PI or staff salary, or travel. These funds will be distributed through SCTR. A total of $200,000 is available to support these awards.
Who is eligible?
To be eligible to receive a voucher an individual must be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member and serve as PI on an active research grant. A faculty member can receive only one COVID voucher.
Apply
To apply for a voucher, select the COVID-19 Voucher Program in SPARCRequest. Awards will be made on a rolling basis until all funds are expended.
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COVID VACCINE CALL CENTER |
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Individuals needing to contact the MUSC COVID Vaccine Call Center can utilize the information below:
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The COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force will be posting updates on the COVID-19 Vaccine intranet site, including information about the vaccine safety and efficacy, so our care team members can make an informed decision.
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LAB & TESTING OPTIONS
The following resource provides MUSC Health lab and testing options pertaining to COVID-19. Included on this page is information regarding drive-thru and “pop-up” mobile COVID testing locations, antibody or serology tests, drive-in lab and nurse visits, and original/classic lab testing.
MUSC Health Lab & Testing Options
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MANDATORY SELF-MONITORING
Due to the activity of COVID-19 within the hospital and community, all employees, residents, fellows and students within all MUSC entities are directed to begin daily self-monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms. This applies regardless of whether you have been working remotely on a full-time or intermittent basis.
You need to continue daily self-monitoring, even if symptoms are not present.
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TRAVEL BAN
As a reminder, the MUSC travel ban is still in effect. The policy on this ban can be found here. This ban is in effect until further notice and includes all MUSC-sponsored travel in all forms of transportation (planes, trains, automobiles, boats/ships, etc.).
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VOLUNTEER BAN
Given the COVID-19 pandemic and until further notice, all volunteers and observers are barred from participation in departmental and MH-ICCE based activities. If there are circumstances wherein this policy causes a significant and critical issue, it should be brought to my attention for consideration of a written waiver (on an individual basis) of this policy.
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UPDATES VIA THE HORSESHOE
In addition to updates provided by MUSC Enterprise, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will also provide updates through our employee intranet, The Horseshoe. Updates will be provided regularly as new information becomes available. For your convenience, direct links are provided below.
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NEUROCOVID RECOVERY & REHAB RESEARCH STUDY RECRUITMENT |
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Testing a Wearable Telemedicine-controllable
taVNS Device for NeuroCovid Recovery and Rehab
Researcher: Mark George, M.D.
PRO Number: pro00101270
The purpose of the research is to test out a new form of treatment where we stimulate a nerve in your ear. This is called transcutaneous (through the skin) auricular (ear) vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) which means that you will receive stimulation through the ear. The taVNS device looks like an ear bud you would use with your smart phone or computer. We are investigating whether or not taVNS can treat neurologic symptoms of COVID-19 which are termed NEUROCOVID. Some symptoms you may experience are new onset anxiety, depression, vertigo, loss of smell, headaches, fatigue, irritability, etc. This study is entirely online and all assessments will be completed virtually.
Recruitment Contact
Sarah Huffman
843-876-5141
huffmans@musc.edu
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COVID-19 RESILIENCY CLINIC |
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NAMI CONNECTION & NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT |
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UPDATED MOONLIGHTING POLICY |
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THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS |
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If you would like to submit content to include in next week's Chair Update, please submit to Dr. Jamie Fisher by 12:00 pm on Monday. Thank you. |
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