ADVANCED PRACTICE NEWSLETTER
April 2021
Ivette Becerra-Ortiz, DNP, NEA-BC, CPNP-PC Associate Chief of Advanced Practice &
Shelley Gierat, CRNA Chair of APP Advisory Board Communications Committee
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CELEBRATING
NURSE PRACTITIONERS
NURSE ANESTHETISTS
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
NURSE MIDWIVES
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IN THIS ISSUE
Highlighting APP Practice
at UCSF Health
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Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, RN, FNP
Assistant Dean of Education and Technology
co-Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Associate Clinical Professor
Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF
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It is with great honor that the Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (FAANP) will induct 38 distinguished nurse practitioner (NP) leaders in 2021. Located in 22 states across the U.S. and Vancouver, British Columbia, these FAANP inductees join an elite group of NPs who impact national and global health through their outstanding contributions to health care. Congratulations to Elizabeth Gatewood on being one of the 38 NPs to be chosen.
Established in 2000, the FAANP program recognizes NPs who have made significant accomplishments through clinical practice, research, education or policy.
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Emily C. Yee, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Radiation Oncology
Emily Yee is a family nurse practitioner with 13 years of experience caring for oncology patients. She has previously worked in medical oncology, inpatient hematology oncology/BMT and currently working in the department of radiation oncology at UCSF. She is in the process of establishing a palliative care specialty and clinic within radiation oncology at UCSF with Dr. Lauren Boreta and recently completed the Interprofessional Continuing Education in Palliative Care Course with the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education School of Medicine last fall. She is co-author of the recent publication, "Timing of Urgent Inpatient Palliative Radiation Therapy", highlighting the effects of an APP streamlining workflow with urgent inpatient radiation therapy.
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Marina Ortega, PA-C
Endocrine surgery
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, APP Board Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Marina has worked with a group at UCSF to improve access to care at UCSF by introducing a transportation dotphrase: .transportationmcal
Did you know that your health insurance plan with Medi-cal includes a transportation benefit to help you get to and from your medical appointments at UCSF? The following list includes the transportation department contact information for the most common Medi-cal plans.
Patients can call themselves.
Please remind them to have their Insurance Card Number when they call.
Anthem Medi-cal: 1-877-931-4755
Alameda Alliance: 1-866-791-4158
California Health and Wellness: 1-877-658-0305
Contra Costa Health Plan: 1-855-222-1218
Partnership: (Transportation is through MTM) 1-800-809-1350
CalViva: 1‐888‐893‐1569
San Joaquin Health Plan: 1-888-936-7526
Health Net Medi-cal: 1-855-253-6863
Central California Alliance: 1-800-700-3874, ext 5625
Molina Cal: 1-888-994-4833
If any problems scheduling and need help,
feel free to contact the UCSF Social Work department at 415-353-4762.
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Joanna Delong, RN, MS, NP
Clinical Nurse Manager
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
Director of Advanced Practice Nursing
UCSF Heart & Vascular Center
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The Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Would like to recognize Joanna Delong, Director of Heart and Vascular at Parnassus Campus for her leadership and support for the advanced practice staff. Joanna is one of the most compassionate leaders and strives to make the environment a better place for all the patients and her staff. Joanna has really dedicated her time to make the Heart and Vascular strive. She recently started a new Cardiology Nurse Practitioner service line to add to her list of accomplishments. Joanna is responsible for maintaining many APP groups and has been outstanding and continues to help show qualities of excellence amongst all her teams. Joanna has advocated for the advanced practice profession and really pushed for optimal patient care.
Joanna you mean so much to your teams! We are all so proud to have you as our leader!
~Cardiothoracic Surgery Department
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IMPORTANT APP ANNOUNCEMENTS
***ACTION REQUIRED***
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UCSF Foundations of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Please complete this course by 4/25/2021
The purpose of the Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mandatory online training module is to provide all members of our community with foundational knowledge and common language to better understand why diversity is core to our work at UCSF.
Developed by the Office of Diversity and Outreach and the UCSF Education Task Force, the training module is an important first step in our collective effort to live our PRIDE Values and ensure that our Campus and Health system are free of bias, discrimination, and hate.
Please review the following tips on completing this course:
- We recommended that you complete this 60 minute training in one sitting. However, if you need to exit and return to it, the program will remember where you left off.
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This course is rich with images, video, and audio, and we recognize those working remotely may experience bandwidth issues. Please review this FAQ for possible solutions available here: https://training.ucsf.edu/dei
- Supported internet browsers include Chrome, IE11, Firefox, and Safari (Mac OS).
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For technical problems with the UC Learning Center, submit a ticket here: https://support.learning.ucsf.edu
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For questions related to content, please contact: diversityoutreach@ucsf.edu
- You can access the course via the UC Learning Center:
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Login to the UC Learning Center at: training.ucsf.edu with your MyAccess credentials
- Click the Required Training button
- Click the course title
- Click Start to launch the training.
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***ACTION REQUIRED***
NET PROVIDER SCORE
UCSF WORK EXPERIENCE SURVEY 2021
please complete the survey by: APRIL 16, 2021
This survey is intended for APPs at all settings of UCSF Health and Benioff Children's Hospitals (primary care APPs will participate in the STEP survey conducted by their division in lieu of NPS). The NPS survey will help us garner a representation of how we are doing as an organization at this point in time.
Please note: this survey is different than the Gallup Engagement survey which will be completed by all employees this spring.
When completing the survey be sure to choose your primary clinical practice site and service of practice, recognizing smaller practices are collapsed into one larger group. As you respond, consider both your experience in your everyday work at UCSF Health as well as how you are feeling regarding well-being overall. Your input will help build on what is working and will drive further improvements over the upcoming year.
This survey takes 10 minutes to complete and
will remain open through April 16, 2021
Please know your responses are anonymous and de-identified and the results will be reported in aggregate to preserve your anonymity. Your individual demographics will not be reported with your responses where there are less than 5 respondents, therefore, data for that practice/division will not be reported. Free text responses are aggregated.
Please contact Peri Alybaeva at aiperi.alybaeva@ucsf.edu if you have any questions about or difficulties with this survey.
Your participation is greatly appreciated!!!
as of Friday 04/09/2021 we are 45.5% completed (323 out of 709 APPs)
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***ACTION REQUIRED ***
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals launched a new unified website . This is a great milestone in the affiliation between two respected health care organizations with a shared commitment to provide the highest-quality care to all children in our communities. Following the launch the website team is continuing to review and revise content.
Please check out your clinical area’s page and let Marketing know if there are revisions needed
Please note that we are aware that some clinical area pages are not inclusive of APPs under the "Our Team" section. We have spoken to Marketing and did get consensus at an all Chiefs meeting in February 2021 that clinical area pages should be inclusive of APP's. Following are the two approved standards (as recommended by the APP Board Communications and Outreach Committee):
- Listing the team members in alphabetical order under 1 team section, or
- Listing the physicians first then the APPs and then the nurses under 1 team section
The marketing department is processing several requests. Please submit your feedback by way of the portal. We have experienced quick turnaround times.
You can use this same portal or the profile specific site to also submit your profile if it is missing.
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Provider Self-Coding
and available for viewing
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UCSF School of Nursing DNP Program
Advance patient care and policy with a DNP degree at UCSF.
· Earn your DNP degree in 7 quarters
· Flexible, online format allows you to continue working while pursuing your degree
· Train alongside distinguished faculty with established clinical and teaching expertise
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Accelerating New Standards of Oncology Care Amidst the Global Pandemic: Operational, Clinical, and Interpersonal Considerations
Dr. Pelin Cinar, one of UCSF GI Medical Oncologists, has helped develop a CME course. It is a virtual group learning experience that allows people to complete 10-15 minute modules at their own time and pace. It will focus on caring for patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers free CME/CE credit and only requires 3.5 hours spread over several weeks.
There’s more information at this link and interested people can sign up here:
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Fellowship in Advanced Clinical Simulation at San Francisco VA Medical Center
Fellowship Program Description:
Since 2010, the San Francisco VA Medical Center has been host to the Fellowship in Advanced Clinical Simulation. During this time period, the San Francisco site has trained over 20 fellows.
This interprofessional fellowship allows nurses, advanced practice nurses, physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, dentists, and other allied healthcare professionals to acquire knowledge, skills, and expertise in design and application of clinical simulation techniques. The one-year fellowship provides education in adult learning theory, educational psychology, curriculum design and development, and technical training in the use of basic through high-fidelity simulators. Applications are teaching and training, research and development, systems probing and testing, quality improvement and assurance, and patient safety.
In addition to the experiences in simulation at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the fellowship offers are opportunities for simulation experiences at UCSF affiliate sites, community locations, and the VA National SimLEARN Simulation Center. The fellowship program at San Francisco VA is among 6 national sites throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system. The San Francisco site is closely aligned with the VA National SimLEARN center in Orlando, FL. Occasional travel to Orlando is financially supported and should be expected during the fellowship. Sponsored travel to simulation focused meetings is required for presentation of original scholarly work.
Experiences include participation in daily simulation program operations. Moreover, every fellow is expected to innovate by designing a scholarly simulation-based project in collaboration with the other team members. Implementation of these projects capitalizes on resources from hospital staff, local faculty members, and graduate students on their capstone project rotations on the simulation team. It is also expected that each fellow in the program will present their original academic work at a national (preferably international) level meeting. It is a graduation requirement that a manuscript is at least submitted for publication by a peer-reviewed and referenced journal.
All licensed clinicians applying to the program must be eligible for credentialing and privileging at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. For physicians, this implies completion of an US-accredited residency in an ACGME-approved program and being board-eligible or board-certified in your specialty. If the physician applicant is not a US citizen, proof of eligibility to work in the US is required. For physicians that meet the above requirements, it is possible to obtain a J-1 visa through our university affiliate. Non-physician applicants must hold a minimum of a Master's degree (doctoral degree preferred) from an accredited program and should be able to be credentialed in their professional role at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Non-physician applicants must be US citizens to be considered. If appropriate, US citizen applicants must have registered with selective service.
All applicants are expected to have a full, unrestricted license to practice in any one of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, or Guam.
Positions available: Two per year funded by the National VA Office of Academic Affiliations.
Start date: Target July 1, 2021; End Date June 30, 2022
Extension: Fellowship may be extended for a 2nd year to add leadership and mentorship experiences, and to achieve higher level academic goals and success such as additional publications and research experience. For those who are working full time, a part-time 2-year option may be available, and this option still will meet the same requirements for completion.
Stipend: please inquire; the stipend is based on educational background, post-graduate year, and specialty training. The stipend is determined by the Department of Veterans affairs and non-negotiable. Health insurance is included with the stipend.
Program Directors:
Rich Fidler, PhD, MBA, CRNA, ANP, ACNP, CHSE
richfidler1969@gmail.com
Jan Hirsch, PhD, MD
jan.hirsch@gmail.com
Application process: If you are interested, please send a current resume or CV via email to the co-directors. It is helpful to include a brief statement of why you are interested in the fellowship and how you would integrate the acquired knowledge and skills into your career.
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We invite you to attend the third UCSF APP Grand Rounds virtually on Wednesday, April 14th from noon until 1pm on Antimicrobial Stewardship. Our speaker is Selene Working, PA-C. She is a physician assistant currently practicing with the University of Pittsburgh Infectious Disease division. She performs ID telemedicine consults for rural hospitals that do not have access to ID expertise. She has seven years of academic ID experience, including inpatients and outpatients.
Continuing Education Credits:
PAs may claim Category 2 CME, no additional registration required.
Search by title: UCSF APP Grand Rounds: Antimicrobial Stewardship
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QR code to register for APP GRAND ROUNDS April 14th |
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Emergency Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19 relief available to UC employees for 2021
In recognition of the many challenges UC employees continue to face, the University has decided to offer all University employees, including exclusively represented employees, a new 2021 allotment of Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) — available for use immediately.
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Useful Wellness and Mental Health Apps
Articles tell us what to do, but apps help lead us and remind us to practice self-care every day. Below are apps UCSF recommend, and many have been shown to be effective in evidence-based research. These high quality apps have been made available to UCSF, with some also free to the general public.
The Stress Free UC Study found that Headspace, used daily for just 10 minutes, reduced stress in a meaningful way and the benefits lasted for two months after stopping use. Headspace can be done in the morning or evening, alone or with family, or anytime you need to take a break.
Please consider trying one of these apps.
Apps for everyone
Meditation and relaxation
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Headspace: Two-week free trial for the general public.
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Calm: Seven-day free trial. A meditation, sleep, and relaxation app that also provides resources specifically for coping with COVID-19 anxiety.
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Stop, Breathe & Think: Always free, and for kids too.
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Insight Timer: Always free. This is not a daily app, but rather a great library where you can search for various types of meditations and lengths by excellent teachers.
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10% Happier: Free and paid options available. Health care providers can use redemption code HEALTHCARE to unlock all content.
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UCLA Mindful App: Free and has meditation by Diana Winston.
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Mindfulness Coach: Mindfulness Coach 2.0 was developed to help veterans, service members, and others learn how to practice mindfulness. The app provides a gradual, self-guided training program designed to help you understand and adopt a simple mindfulness practice.
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Coping with stress and anxiety
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Sanvello: Clinically validated techniques for reducing stress and treating anxiety and depression (free premium access during COVID-19 pandemic).
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Happify: Some free content, including stress reduction and cognitive techniques to address anxiety.
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MindShift CBT: Free content, including cognitive behavioral therapy strategies to address general worry, social anxiety, and panic.
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PTSD Coach: Created by VA’s National Center for PTSD and the Department of Defense’s National Center for Telehealth & Technology. This app provides you with education about post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), information about professional care, a self-assessment for PTSD, opportunities to find support, and tools that can help you manage the stresses of daily life with PTSD.
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PTSD Family Coach: In conjunction with PTSD Coach, the PTSD Family Coach app is for family members of those living with PTSD. The app provides extensive information about PTSD, how to take care of yourself, how to take care of your relationship with your loved one or with children, and how to help your loved one get the treatment they deserve.
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Mothers and Babies Online Course: Available in both English and Spanish, this online course teaches skills to manage changes in how you feel. Designed for pregnant women, new mothers, and those who want to support them.
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COVID Coach: Created for everyone, including veterans and service members, to support self-care and overall mental health during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Insomnia
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CBT-i Coach - Free cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, available for iOS and Android.
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Please submit professional photos and highlights of your practice to Shelly.gierat@ucsf.edu.
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REMOTE WORK:
Our reliance on remote work has created benefits as well as challenges. The convenience of virtual meetings often results in stacked back-to-back meetings without breaks or transition time.
As we redefine how we interact throughout the day, we are committed to finding new ways to improve your work experience, including a number of recommendations to make virtual meeting schedules more sustainable.
We are asking all who use virtual meetings to participate in an experiment over the next six months, by adjusting meeting start times and enabling breaks. Specifically, please consider:
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Creating standard breaks between meetings by shortening 30- and 60-minute meetings to 25 and 50 minutes respectively (or less if possible).
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Using a standard start time of :05 (if 25 mins) or :10 after the hour (if 50 mins)
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For meetings longer than one hour, starting at :10 after the hour and offering stretch breaks in the middle of the meeting.
You can find more details here, including best practices for time management and using meeting time more effectively. Shorter meetings also can improve meeting productivity, as outlined in this article featuring Adam Gazzaley, MD, founder and executive director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center at UCSF.
This is just the start of ongoing adjustments to our work to help all of us to thrive in our new circumstances. Thank you in advance for your participation and feedback.
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For some more
Advanced Practice Information
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Teach for UCSF Certificate Program
Improve the quality and depth of the teaching skills of UCSF faculty.
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The UCSF Health
Office of Advanced Practice
Academic Stipend
15 Academic stipends are offered each fiscal year to offset the cost of APPs presenting at a conference in their specialty. Podium/poster/panel presentations will be eligible. Other requirements listed in link below.
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Healthcare News
SOME ARTICLES ARE RELEVANT TO ADVANCED PRACTICE.
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ALL APP STUDENTS AT UCSF HEALTH FACILITIES |
All preceptors are required to ensure all students from ALL educational institutions have been vetted by UCSF prior to any educational activities, including employees. UCSF has many parts of the organization involved in this process. Their school needs an affiliation agreement with UCSF, they need health screening to be completed, they require online training for Health and Safety and APEX, and sign a HIPPA form. |
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WANT TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE WITH APP COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE, THE NATION, OR THE WORLD? |
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UCSF HEALTH ADVANCED PRACTICE WEBSITE |
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I am here to support and advocate for APP's
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Senior Operations Analyst |
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Associate Chief of Advanced Practice Providers |
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