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2019 Quality Forum 

On May 28, 2019, MMCGME hosted the 7th Annual Quality Forum, an education session, poster competition, and reception for residents and fellows to promote the sharing of ideas and innovations developed by trainees across specialties & institutions within the local medical education community.  See submitted work (PDFs of posters) and photos below.  

Congratulations to: 
  • Susan Lou of the UMN Internal Medicine program; 
  • Juan Gonzalez Villamizar of the UMN Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine fellowship; 
  • Cady Welch of the Regions' Emergency Medicine residency; 
  • ​and their poster teams on their winning work!  
Thank you to Matthew Bobel, UMN Surgery Resident for his presentation, Reflections of a Squeaky Wheel.  

Save the date for the 8th Quality Forum: May 27, 2020! 

POSTER PRESENTERS: 
1 - Maher Alainawi, Khaled Mohammed, Amr El-Bokl, Krishnan Subrahmanian

UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Improving the Administration of MCHAT-R for Somali Speaking Families by Introducing a Somali Version of MCHAT-R
 
2 - Kate Allen and Taylor Argo, Sandy Liu and Erin McHugh
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Pediatric Trainee Knowledge and Attitudes toward Newborn Drug Screening in the US
 
3 - Taylor A. Argo, MD, Kathleen K. Miller, MD, FAAP, Tori Bahr, MD, Alexandra Prince, Christy Boraas, MD, MPH, Nicole Chaisson, MD, MPH, Emily Borman-Shoap MD, FAAP, Janna R. Gewirtz O’Brien MD, FAAP
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
No Missed Opportunities: A trainee-driven long acting reversible contraceptive workshop for pediatric primary care clinicians
 
4 - Jeremiah Atkinson, BS, Eileen Eggenberger, MD; Megan Reams MA, ORT/L; Deborah Bohn, MD
UMN-ORTHO-Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Reducing Opioid Prescriptions after Total Joint Arthroplasty through Post-operative Ordersets
 
5 - Jeremiah Atkinson, BS, Tyler Williamson, MD; Megan Reams MA, ORT/L; Bradley Nelson, MD; Deborah Bohn, MD
UMN-ORTHO-Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Reducing Opioid Use after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction through Post-operative Order Sets
 
6 - Erin Balay, Jeff Louie, Marissa Hendrickson
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Preventing Pain: A Initiative to Improve Quality and Efficacy of Analgesia During Lumbar Puncture Procedure in Young Infants
 
7 - Erin Balay, Alex Muhar, Michaela Rokosz, Erika Snow
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Standardizing Emergency Department to Hospitalist Handoffs in the Children's Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative
 
8 - Eric Berg, PharmD, Pamala Pawloski, PharmD, BCOP; Hollie Lawrence, PharmD, BCCCP
RGHP-Critical Care Pharmacy
Evaluation of Phenobarbital for the Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal
 
9 - R. Tayler Bockstruck, Danny Mohama, Eric Meittunen, Toya Lopez
UMN-Medical School
Using A Risk-adjusted Panel Tool to Drive Primary Care Empanelment
 
10 - George Christakopoulos, Tim Marinelli
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Reducing Diagnostic Testing and Hospitalizations for Patients with Low-risk BRUE
 
11 - Elizabeth Crow, MD, MPH; Alexandra Hartley, DO; Alexander Herman, MD, PhD; Dane Jensen, MD; Lyuba Megits, MD; Benjamin Otopalik, MD, MPH; Madhu Rao, MD; Katie Steen, MD
UMN-PSYCH-Psychiatry Residency
A User Friendly Clinical Resource Increases Psychiatric Provider Comfort and Knowledge in Initiation and Management of a Benzodiazepine Taper in the Outpatient Clinic Setting
 
12 - Elizabeth Crow MD, Alexandra Hartley DO
HCMC-Psychiatry Residency
University of Minnesota OB/GYN Department Screening for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Pregnancy
 
13 - Gagandeep Daul, Arun Mallapareddi
HCMC-FMED-Family Medicine Residency
Gender Disparities in Diabetes Management
 
14 - Drew Dietle
HCMC-FMED-Family Medicine Residency
Patient Attitudes towards Group Medical Visits
 
15 - Matthew Dustrude
RGHP-Critical Care Pharmacy
Procalcitonin Use For Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Retrospective Descriptive Analysis
 
16 - Danika Evans, DO, Sydney Hansen, MD; Andrea Kramer, MD; Jared Hopkins, MD; Daniel Bernstein, MD; Elisabeth McHale, MD
HCMC-EMED-Emergency Medicine Residency
Food Referrals From the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Referrals and Provide Improved Access to Food Resources
 
17 - Ashley Fike
RGHP-Critical Care Pharmacy
A Pharmacist-Driven Implementation of Carbapenem Antibiotic Timeouts
 
18 - Bayardo Garay, Denise Erlanson, RN, BSN, Danielle Bullock, MD, MPH
UMN-Medical School
Improving Patient Flow at UMN Masonic Children's Hospital Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic
 
19 - Gonzalez Villamizar, Juan D (MD), Ingolfsland, Ellen; Kubly, Janet; Ali, Hawa M.; Smith, Betsy; Anderson, Alexandra; Kvant, Ann; Busch, Jeanne M.; Norton, Laura
UMN-PEDS-Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine
Implementing QI Initiative Decreases Inappropriate Treatment of Ventilator Associated Tracheitis in a Level IV NICU
 
20 - Ken Gorsegner
RGHP-Critical Care Pharmacy
A Descriptive Analysis of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Responses and Outcomes at a Level-1 Trauma Center
 
21 - Lulu Guo, Rochelle Samarasekera and David Councilman
HCMC-FMED-Family Medicine Residency
Healthcare on Social Media: An Analysis of Hashtags
 
22 - Yazdaan Juma, Seleipiri Akobo, Sabeen Chohan, Jennifer Purifoy
HCMC-FMED-Family Medicine Residency
The Effects of Media-based Education in Primary Care Clinics on Health Literacy among Inner City Populations
 
23 - Ramla Kasozi MD MPH, Risa Bache-Wiig MD,  Cameron Blegen MD,  Donald Fahey-Ahrndt MD,  Kayla Harris MD, Rahul Kapur MD,  Heidi Nichol MD,  Angela Smithson, MD
UMN-FMED-St. John's Residency
Improving Provider and Staff Visit Satisfaction with Standardized Work Around Pre-Visit Lab Orders
 
24 - Allison Knorzer, Ryan Bourdon, Steven Stanfield, Lydia Hamel, Jenny Koops
RGHP-Emergency Medicine Residency
Follow Up for Incidental Pulmonary Nodules in the Emergency Department
 
25 - Scott S. Kunce MD
UMN-PSYCH-Psychiatry Residency
Clinical Conversations: Medical Cannabis in the Psychiatry Office
 
26 - Kieran Leong, Ronald Reilkoff, Yasheen Brijlal, Nathan Hagstrom
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Cardiology
Novel Method of Proning Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
 
27 - Benjamin Levy
UMN-RAD-Diagnostic Radiology Residency
Retrospective Analysis of Discrepancy rates of In-House Radiology Residents Compared to an Overnight Teleradiology Service at The University of Minnesota Medical Center
 
28 - Lorelii Lewis, Tony Nguyen, Justin Meyers, Nick Ely, Luke LeBlanc, Kaeley Whiting
UMN-FMED-St. John's Residency
Addressing Pediatric Obesity in a Family Medicine Clinic
 
29 - Susan Lou, Stephen Groves, MD; Amy Gravely, Janewit Wongboonsin, MD; Michael Zhang, MD, PhD; Kevin Song, MD; Erik Engebretson, MD; Jordan Kaczor, BS; Isaac Obermeyer, BS; Vignesh Palaniappan, MD, Shahnaz Sultan, MD; Reut Danieli, MD; Aasma Shaukat, MD, MPH
UMN-IMED-Internal Medicine Residency
Piloting the ANNIE Text Messaging Protocol to Improve Outpatient Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center
 
30 - Jacob Lyons, MD MS, Thomas Scullard, RN; Laura Miller RN; Anne Roehrl, MS; James Leatherman, MD; Robert Shapiro MD
HCMC-IMED-Critical Care Medicine
Titration of FiO2 by MICU Registered Nurses
 
31 - Michelle Mages, Maggie Sundstrom, Stacy Ferderer, and George Konstantinides
HCMC-Pharmacy
Evaluating Current Practice to Determine Redesign in a Large Community Pharmacy
 
32 - Danny A. Mammo MD, Margaret Strampe BA, Ameay Naravane BS, Jess Boysen MD, Martha Wright MD
UMN-OPHTH-Ophthalmology Residency
Inpatient Adherence to Topical Glaucoma Medications Before and After an Educational Intervention
 
33 - Sarah Mott, MD and Mary Swiggum, MD, Ryan Bourdon, MD; Kurt Isenberger, MD; Lydia Hamel, BS
RGHP-Emergency Medicine Residency
Implementing A Low Risk Chest Pain Pathway Did Not Decrease Emergency Department Length Of Stay
 
34 - James Pathoulas, Hannah Fuher, Shannon Tomfohrde, Ryan Bourdon
UMN-Medical School
Evaluation of Helicopter Transport at St. Croix Regional Medical Center
 
35 - Madeline Paul, Holly Belgum, Felicia Hansell
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Preparing Residents for Behavioral Codes
 
36 - Benjamin Rosenstein, Haley Stewart, Molly Anderson, Frances Tepolt, Joseph Renier
UMN-FMED-St. John's Residency
Increasing the Number of Patients 65+ with Advanced Care Planning
 
37 - Joanna Saleh and Haley Spaulding, Heather Rhodes, Ann Brigino, Margaret Ricco
HCMC-Pharmacy
Evaluating Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Utilization Within 30 days of Discharge Following a Pharmacist Intervention in a Managed Medicaid Population at a Large Safety Net Hospital
 
38 - Kelly Smucker, Emma Pabarcus, Jennifer Signor, Meghan Fanta, Laura Hagemeyer
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Reducing Resident Distractions
 
39 - Maria Starchook-Moore, Ralph S. Bovard, MD, MPH‚ Nico P. Pronk, PhD, MA ‚ Kevin Ronneberg, MD‚ Min Xi, PhD ‚ Erin C. Schwartz, MS‚ Dani M. Bredeson, Zeke J. McKinney, MD, MHI, MPH
RGHP-Preventive Medicine Residency
Initial Phase Results of Firefighter Cardiorespiratory Fitness Pilot Study
 
40 - Benji Sudolcan, MD, Jeremy Bikah Bi Nguema Engoang, MPH
HCMC-IMED-Internal Medicine Residency
Recognizing When to Discontinue Telemetry
 
41 - Stephen Talsness, DO, Erin Golden, MD; Ranji Varghese, MD; Carlos H. Schenck, MD; Muna Irfan, MBBS
HCMC-IMED-Sleep Medicine
Longitudinal Surveillance and Care Coordination in Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep Behavior Disorder
 
42 - William (B.G.) TenBrink, Paetow, G; Driehorst, M; Brown, L; Jensen, A; Omodt, S; Hart, D; and Logue, C
HCMC-EMED-Emergency Medicine Residency
Interdisciplinary Simulation for the Detection of Latent Risk Threats in a Hyperbaric Medicine Department
 
43 - Jenna Triana, Lindsay Merriman, Anna Donoghue, Chiamaka Nwankiti, Dane Jensen, Asma Jami, Afshan Anjum
UMN-PSYCH-Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Boot Camp: A Clinical Orientation for New Fellows
 
44 - Matthew Tschudy DPM, Mindy Benton DPM, FACFAs
HCMC-Podiatric Surgery Residency
Opioid Prescription Protocol in Elective Foot and Ankle Surgery   
 
45 - Nathan Wegmann, Shane McWhirter, Beth Mittelstet, Sharmila Raghunandan
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Increasing Resident Comfort with Behavioral/Mental Health Resources

46 - Cady Welch, Ryan Bourdon, Steve Stanfield, Clarice March, Lydia Hamel  
RGHP-Emergency Medicine Residency         
A Quality Improvement Initiative Implemented in the Regions Hospital Emergency Department Resulted In Fewer Urinary Catheter Insertions
 
47 - Aaron Westreich, Christopher Brooks, Emily Borman-Shoap
UMN-PEDS-Pediatric Residency
Let's Talk About Peanuts: Increasing Resident Adherence to New Peanut Allergy Guidelines in a Pediatric Residency Program
 
48 - Hayden Wong & Erinn Riley, Rochelle Zarzar (Submitter), Danielle Hart
HCMC-EMED-Emergency Medicine Residency
Use of an In-Situ Neonatal Resuscitation Simulation Curriculum to Identify Latent Risk Threats in the Emergency Department
 
49 - Lily Wood, Cyril Appiagyei, Elma Johnson
UMN-Medical School
Patient Experience and a Point-of-Care Survey Administration Method
 
50 - Jawad Zafar, Eric Fredell, Gina Francois
HCMC-FMED-Family Medicine Residency
Review of Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes of Insulin Versus Metformin in Women with Gestational Diabetes Requiring Treatment
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