In this episode of our curriculum series, we’re diving into a diagnosis that often flies under the radar - Ankylosing Spondylitis. Tune in for a high-yield discussion packed with clinical insights and practical takeaways

Hosts: Dr. Tanya S. Jain, Dr. Avtandil Kochiashvili and Dr. Ruchir Paladiya, Chief Medical Residents, UConn

Guest Expert: Dr. Tara Raj, Rheumatology Fellow, UConn

Author: Dr. Tanya S. Jain, Chief Medical Resident, UConn

Edited by: Dr. Avtandil Kochiashvili, Chief Medical Resident, UConn

Music: LoFi Girl by Snoozy Beats | Free Music Archive | License: CC BY

Welcome back to our Ambulatory Survival Series where we sit down with some of the primary care leaders in the program and learn about how we can take the best care of our clinic patients!

Author and Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Andrews, Assistant Program Director and Director of Ambulatory Education with the UConn IM Residency Program

Additional readings:

Microsoft Word - 10. Framework for Tough Conversations_CP3 Toolkit.docx

Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients | AAFP

Welcome back to our Ambulatory Survival Series where we sit down with some of the primary care leaders in the program and learn about how we can take the best care of our clinic patients!

Author and Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Andrews, Assistant Program Director and Director of Ambulatory Education in the UCONN IM Residency Program

Additional readings:

https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/preventive-services/medicare-wellness-visits.html#AWV 

https://www.acponline.org/sites/default/files/documents/running_practice/payment_coding/medicare/patient-facts.pdf 

https://www.acponline.org/practice-career/business-resources/payment/medicare-payment-and-regulations-resources/medicares-annual-wellness-visit-awv

Welcome back to our Ambulatory Survival Series where we sit down with some of the primary care leaders in the program and learn about how we can take the best care of our clinic patients!

Author and Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest Speaker: Dr. Angela Stein, Ambulatory Site Director of St. Francis Gengras Clinic, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCONN

Additional Readings:

Problem Representation - Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Illness Scripts - Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Diagnostic Schema - Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

Welcome back to our Ambulatory Survival Series where we sit down with some of the primary care leaders in the program and learn about how we can take the best care of our clinic patients!

Author and Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest Speaker: Dr. Angela Stein, Ambulatory Site Director of St. Francis Gengras Clinic, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCONN

Additional readings:

aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2018/1215/p719/jcr:content/root/aafp-article-primary-content-container/aafp_article_main_par/aafp_tables_content0.enlarge.html

Realistic Approaches to Counseling in the Office Setting | AAFP

Welcome to our Ambulatory Survival Series where we sit down with some of the primary care leaders in the program and learn about how we can take the best care of our clinic patients!

Author and Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest Speaker: Dr. Angela Stein, Ambulatory Site Director of St. Francis Gengras Clinic, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCONN

Additional readings:

Five Steps to Mastering Agenda Setting | AAFP

“What Else?” Setting the Agenda for the Clinical Interview | Annals of Internal Medicine

Up next for our curriculum series is an episode on Nephrology! Take a listen so that you’re prepared for our pre-test!

Authors: Dr. Lara Melo Soares Pinho de Carvalho, PGY-3, and Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN 

Host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN 

Guest speakers: 

Acute kidney injury in liver failure: Dr. Ruchir Trivedi, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Nephrology

Paraproteinemia and Amyloidosis- Dr. Srimathi Manickaratnam, Department of Nephrology 

Hyponatremia: Dr. Lalarukh Haider, Department of Nephrology

Up next for our curriculum series is an episode on Neurology! Take a listen so that you’re prepared for our pre-test!

Author and host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN 

Guest speakers: 

Stroke mimics and chameleons: Dr. Karan Tarasaria, Stroke Neurology, Hartford Hospital 

Additional readings:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38568487/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38568485/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36222768/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36222765/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35393959/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38568491/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38830069/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35393968/

Up next for our curriculum series is an episode on Endocrinology! Take a listen so that you’re prepared for our pre-test!

Author and host: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN 

Guest speakers: 

Adrenal insufficiency: Dr. Parvathy Madhavan, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology 

Thyroid dysfunction: Dr. Francesco Celi, Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Department of Medicine 

Diabetic ketoacidosis: Dr. Hassaan Aftab, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology

Up next for our curriculum series is an episode on Pulmonology! Take a listen so that you’re prepared for our pre-test!

Author: Dr. Akshita Sahi, PGY-3, UCONN 

Host and Editor: Dr. Ritika Kompella, Chief Medical Resident, UCONN

Guest speakers:

Pulmonary Hypertension: Dr. Jose Soriano, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Diffuse parenchymal disease: Dr. Ameer Rasheed, Assistant Professor of Medicine (*correction 8:03: secondary pulmonary lobule, instead of nodule)

Pleural disease and pulmonary nodules: Dr. Omar Ibrahim, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Interventional Pulmonary

Additional resources:

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.029024

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35412560/