2023 - QUALITY FORUM

​​Event Details:

• ​Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023
• Time: 5:30pm to 7:30pm
• Location: University of Minnesota Health Sciences Education Center - 526 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Keynote Speaker: 

• ​​Benjamin Webber, MD - A Journey to Quality Improvement

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Poster Competition Winners: 

• Andres Camacho, Jennifer Gallup, Tony Thoppil, Ayham Moty

             UMN-PSYCH-Psychiatry Residency
             Evaluation of Outcomes in Whittier Ambulatory Procedure Clinic

• Zachary Davidson, Travis Olives

             HH-EMED-Emergency Medicine-Internal Medicine Residency
             You Aren’t The Doctor I Saw Last Time: Improving Resident-Patient Continuity in an EM-IM Resident Clinic

• Michael J. Davis, Eric Geurkink, Muthu Narayan

             HH-IMED-Internal Medicine Residency
             An Amoxicillin Challenge Protocol for Inpatient Penicillin Allergies

• Jack Keilty, Jordan Marmet, Sameer Gupta, Rodney Haas

             UMN-IMED-Internal Medicine Residency
             It’s About Time: Systematic Efforts to Discharge Patients by 11:00 am

• Nicha Wongjarupong, Vijay S Are, Anders Westanmo, Tessa Herman, Nancy R Murphy, Natalie Wilson, Mohammad Bilal, Susan M Lou, Brian Hanson

             UMN-IMED-Gastroenterology
             Short interval repeat colonoscopy after inadequate bowel preparation is low among veterans: A single center retrospective study

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2022 - QUALITY FORUM

​Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
• Time:  5:30 -8:30 pm
• Location: University of Minnesota (Health Sciences Education Center)

Keynote Speaker:  

• April Prunty, PhD, RN, NPD-BC - "Using Mental Models to Make Important Change"  ​

Poster Competition Winners: 

• Morgan Freeman, MD, Brian Hanson, MD, Reut Danieli, MD, Patrick Cruitt, PhD
   Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Center for Care Delivery and   Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, VA Quality Scholars, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
   “Initiative to Improve Rates of Herpes Zoster Vaccination in Veterans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

• Spencer Goble, G. Onyeaghala, L. Teigen, P. Yang, M. Wagner, B. Wu, D. Schladt, W. Guan, C. Staley, A. Matas, R. Remmel,
  W. Oetting, P. Jacobson and A. Israni
   Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, University of Minnesota
   “Dietary Influences on Mycophenolate Related Diarrhea in Kidney Transplant Recipients”

• Jillian Wothe, Laura Bosacker, Harika Nalluri, Michael Cullen, Melissa Brunsvold
  University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Surgery
  “Improving Mental Health Support, Career Transitions, and Access to Healthcare for Surgical Residents”

• McCleary K, Curry C, Chrenka E, Rosenbloom MH
   University of Minnesota, Dept. of Neurology
  “Robotic therapy pet for inpatient delirium management: A quality improvement initiative”​

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2021 - QUALITY FORUM

​Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021
• Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
• Location: Virtual Event​​

Keynote Speaker: 

• ​Ryan Jelinek, DO -  A Case for QI:  My Journey Through Quality Improvement Work via Clinical Informatics

Poster Competition Winners: 

• Yu-Hui Huang, MD, Can Ozutemiz, MD, Nathan Rubin, Robben Schat, DO, Gregory Metzger, PhD, Benjamin Spilseth, MD

                  Diagnostic Radiology Residency, University of Minnesota

• Laolu Lediju, MBBS, Maria Arciniegas, MD, Monique Pondy, MD, Susan Hasti, MD, Laraine Steel, MS, APRN

                  Family Medicine Residency, Hennepin Healthcare

• Zachary Davidson, MD, Daniel Neren, MD

                  Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Hennepin Healthcare

• Jake Jasurda, DO, Reut Danieli, MD, Bradley Yamanaka, MD, Aasma Shaukat, MD

                  Internal Medicine Residency, University of Minnesota

• Kayla Murphy, MS3, Baila Elkin, MS3, Elizabeth Aby, MD, Patricia Dickmann, MD

                  UMN Medical School, Internal Medicine Residency, Psychiatry Residency, University of Minnesota​

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2020 - QUALITY FORUM

Due to COVID, the Quality Forum was not held this year.

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2019 - QUALITY FORUM

​Event Details:

• Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
• Time: 5:30 -7:30 pm
• Location: Coffman Memorial Union Great Hall at the University of Minnesota

Keynote Speaker: 

• Dr. Matthew Bobel - Reflections of a Squeaky Wheel 

Poster Competition Winners: 

• 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

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2018 - QUALITY FORUM

​Event Details:

• Date:  May, 30, 2018
• Time:  
• Location: 

Keynote Speaker: 

• Brian Hilliard - 

Poster Competition Winners: 

• 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​