Randi Sokol

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

@TuftsFMR_CHA @LChambily @agordpj @mia_prifti @abbyksolomon If this is a question about Feedback, we try to be very intentional about it! We have designated time during your inpatient months to give you individualized feedback. You also get individual monthly coaching with a behaviorist and feedback from advisers &preceptors #tuftstalk

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

@TuftsFMR_CHA @LChambily @agordpj @mia_prifti @abbyksolomon #tuftstalk- this is Randi; I’m not good at Twitter, but happy to answer your question!!!what’s your question?

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

#WORSTPRESIDENTEVER There needs to be a single, repeated, clear, and simple message for this presidential election. Let's keep it as straightforward as possible. And let's repeat it as much as possible. Please spread widely.

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Awesome- thanks for taking the time to join us! Have a great night and please stay in touch :-)
#askTUFMR

[Livia Maruoka Nishi MD @Livia41793183]

@TuftsFMR_CHA My sincere gratitude for hosting this Q&A session. I appreciate a lot your time answering the questions. I am very interest in your program and I would be honored to be part of your team. #AskTUFMR #FMrevolution

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Yes-we have TONS of languages!!! Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Spanish, Vietnamese are our most common amongst MANY. I feel like I'm on the interpreter phone about every THIRD clinic visit- it feels like a very diverse culture :-) #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Yes, we have TONS of languages- Malden is quite the diverse population. Our most common: Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Spanish, Vietnamese. I'm usually using an interpreter phone about every third visit when I'm in clinic. It feels like a truly diverse culture here :-) #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

GREAT- thanks for joining us Jesse! #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Yes yes, we truly walk the walk! Residents get a longitudinal curriculum taught by both behavior an primary care faculty. Our behavioral health faculty are IN are clinic and we do warm handoffs with them They are a key part of our clinic and resident training :-) #askTUFMR

[Victoria Lu @VictoriaLuDO]

@TuftsFMR_CHA Thanks for hosting this Q&A! I believe behavioral health is an integral part of maintaining proper primary care. How does Tufts FMR incorporate this into its training? Do residents work with behavioral health specialists and if so, in what capacity? #AskTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

For sure! Check out our website- it has our addiction curriculum. We have a robust curriculum that I help run, providing lots of learning: both didactics and experiences. Our residents even get to run our Suboxone groups! We are also engage in addiction research :-) #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

As a faculty member, I can wholheartedly say our faculty go above and beyond to support residents- each resident gets partnered with a faculty adviser they meet with quarterly, get individualized coaching and mentoring with a behaviorist, there is intern support group! #askTUFMR

[oyinkansola ogundimu @oyinogundimu]

Hi @TuftsFMR_CHA is there formal mentoring for residents and if there is how are mentors assigned to the residents? #AskTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Yes, as a faculty member, I can say we wholeheartedly intentionally work to support our residents. All residents get partnered with a faculty adviser they meet with quarterly, get individual coaching and mentoring with our behaviorist, there is intern support group! #askTUFMR

[oyinkansola ogundimu @oyinogundimu]

Hi @TuftsFMR_CHA is there formal mentoring for residents and if there is how are mentors assigned to the residents? #AskTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Of course- residents get a formalized curriculum that includes principles of improvement methodology that focuses on IHI principles on how to create and sustain change (see IHI 3 questions), run meetings, work in teams, measure and track changes through PDSA cycling :-) #askTUFMR

[Livia Maruoka Nishi MD @Livia41793183]

Hi @TuftsFMR_CHA
Can you talk about the Leadership and Improvement Science Curriculum?
Also, I saw that CHA received an Honor for Employee Wellness. Can you explain more about the wellness curriculum?

#AskTUFMR #FMrevolution

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

We are always growing our program; every 6 months we re-evaluate our "aims" as a program and develop working groups to accomplish the aims that align with our values around health equity, integrity, cultivating meaningful relationships, providing evidence-based medicine #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Our program prides itself on leadership development with formalized curriculum modeled from Institute for Community Health; our faculty are trained in this too! Residents practice this while leading team meetings and are part of working groups to improve our program. #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Our program prides itself on leadership development with formalized curriculum modeled from Institute for Community Health; our faculty are trained in this too! Residents practice this while leading team meetings and are part of working groups to improve our program. #askTUFMR

[KT @KT06278457]

#AskTUFMR Can you give me an example of how the program handles leadership development experience and what changes do you anticipate in the program in the next three years #Familymedicine

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

We even have a "resident as teacher" curriculum built into the residents' didactics! :-). #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Me too! I did my masters teaching fellowship here, and having that fellowship "percolates" the entire program with a rich medical education philosophy! We also have Tufts medical students rotating through clinic and the hospital- lots of opportunities to practice:-) #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Me too! I did my masters teaching fellowship here, and having that fellowship "percolates" the entire program with a rich medical education philosophy! We also have Tufts medical students rotating through clinic and the hospital- lots of opportunities to practice:-) #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Yes! I love research too (I'm one of the core faculty!). Our FM program has rich opportunities for research and we have several community partners (Insitute for Community Health and Harvard's catalyst program) that helps provide support for research interests. #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

2 of our senior residents this year are going to the Robert Graham Center to learn advocacy skills and are encouraged to publish the topic they are passionate about and advocating for :-) Our program offer a signficant amount of elective time to do stuff like this! #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Cool question! 2nd and 3rd year residents have a lot of elective time and use this in various ways- for example, many of our residents blog on medicine-base posts and assist faculty on publications, many of them with advocacy lenses. #askTUFMR

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

Cool question! 2nd and 3rd year residents have a lot of elective time and use this in various ways- for example, many of our residents blog on medicine-base posts and assist faculty on publications, many of them with advocacy lenses. #askTUFMR

[Dane Wanniarachige @DaneW333]

With my backgrond in journalism, I would love to continue advocating for patients by writing about healthcare policy and and population health. How would @TuftsFMR_CHA support this endeavour? #AskTufmr #FamilyMedicine #primarycare

[Randi Sokol @RandiSokol]

#askTUFMR Yes-we are the epitome of a PCHM! We provide very structured team-based care and learn principles of improvement methodology along the way. We work in teams of front desk, RN, medical assistants, providers and also provide population level care to our patients :-)