Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Chi Hornik
Dr. Chi Hornik is the Director of Clinical Research in the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is a clinician in neonatal and pediatric critical care, a pharmacotherapy specialist, and has faculty appointments in the Duke School of Medicine and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. Hornik talks about her diverse responsibilities as a clinician, researcher, and mentor, how COVID-19 has affected her work and personal life, and how she became interested in pediatrics and pediatric critical care and neonatal medicine in particular.
Turner chosen to lead ABP Competency-Based Medical Education
The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) has selected David A. Turner, MD, to be Vice President for Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME), beginning Sept. 9, 2020.
PTN assists in learning more about potential COVID-19 treatment drugs
Members of the Pediatric Trials Network (PTN) have worked to collaboratively to establish an extended component of the Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety Profile of Understudied Drugs Administered to Children per Standard of Care (POP02) to focus on six drugs that have the potential to be involved in the treatment of COVID-19, including azithromycin, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, ribavirin, and tocilizumab.
Bite-sized success made possible by teamwork, communication
Since 2005, the Duke Center for Healthcare Safety and Quality has offered TeamSTEPPS training, a course designed to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. Now, they've found a way to bring some of those vital trainings from the one- to two-day courses, to Duke Health team members who can't make the full course.
Faculty Spotlight: Christoph Hornik, MD, PhD, MPH
This week's Faculty Spotlight shines on Christoph Hornik, MD, PhD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine, and chief of the Division of Quantitative Sciences.
Faculty Spotlight: Sameer Shantaram Kamath, MD, MBBS
For Sameer Kamath, MD, MBBS, the call to critical care medicine came from his love of acute care and his fascination with human physiology. In this week’s Faculty Spotlight, Kamath talks about the importance teamwork and the ability to deal with any scenario at a moment’s notice. He also shares his passion for patient safety, harm prevention and quality improvement as well as some valuable advice for trainees.