ACDIS update: How will you celebrate CDI Week 2020? We have some suggestions!

Every year ACDIS celebrates CDI superstars with a full week of acknowledgement for those in the field. The 2020 CDI Week theme is ACDIS Cinema–CDI: Coming to an Organization Near You! and takes place September 14-18.

While some CDI departments are back in the office, many are still working remotely until further notice. We know that this can make celebrating CDI Week a bit more difficult this year. In year’s past, specialists could hand out candy or thank you cards to physician advisors or holding potluck lunches with the rest of the team—activities that are off limits for remote teams. Because of this, the CDI Week Committee has had the added challenge this year of coming up with some activities for departments to celebrate both in the office and from their own homes.

You can find the full list of suggested activities here, but some notable ideas are:

• Have other departments earn their CDI star on the walk of fame by answering CDI related questions. If they get a certain amount right, they get a star certificate to print and display.
• Create games for chart reviews based on the idea of old Hollywood detective movies. Such as, “Murder on the CDI Express” where the charts become increasingly difficult diseases. Everyone can create a chart from their own CDI experience, and the person with the trickiest chart wins a prize.
• Schedule special virtual educational meetings during CDI week and dress up as Hollywood characters.
• Ask people to share their own photos dressed up for the classic Hollywood theme. Create a slideshow to share with the organization or post it on social media, tagging ACDIS in the post. Tag your fellow CDI friends and nominate them to do the same! At the end of the week, ACDIS will enter all the folks who submitted photos into a special giveaway!

Do you have some ideas or plans of your own to celebrate CDI Week this year? Share them with the ACDIS team! We’d love to hear your ideas.