6th Annual Quality Forum
The 6th Annual Quality Forum was held on May 30, 2018. This education session, poster competition, and reception for residents and fellows is held annually to promote the sharing of ideas and innovations developed by trainees across specialties & institutions within the local medical education community. Brian Hilliard, the keynote speaker, shared his experience in the University of Minnesota Medicine/Pediatrics program's focus on physician advocacy.
Congratulations to the five winners (there was a five-way tie for first place) who were awarded $300 each for their outstanding work!
Congratulations to the five winners (there was a five-way tie for first place) who were awarded $300 each for their outstanding work!
- Oluwaseun Acquah, Amanda Hosvall-Hoefler, Isaac Zoller, Ashley Estrem, Judith Boylan from the University's Family Medicine Residency Program at Methodist
Food Insecurity: an effective screening process - Jaidev Bhoopal, Kenneth Dodd , Robert Shapiro from HCMC's Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Implementation of a Quality Improvement Program to Increase Early Mobilization in the Medical Intensive Care Unit - Malinda Schaefer, Martina Gabra, Emily O'Neil, Alexandra Ellingson, Meredith Wise, Nora Flood, Amy Markese from the University's Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency Program
Improving Tdap Immunization Rates in the Pregnant Somali Population - Michael J Schnaus, Nicole Baldwin, Elizabeth Smith, Andrew Stone, Mai Yang from the University's Internal Medicine Residency Program
From Hospital to Hospital: Utilizing lean six sigma to improve the safety and efficiency of transferring patients from the VA to an outside hospital - Yee Xiong from HCMC's Psychiatry Residency Program
"The Angry Patient" Simulation: Training the next generation of psychiatry residents