Contacts
Quality Improvement (QI) Resident Education
- Intern Conference Series: GME Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum
- Quarterly conferences led by hospital-wide quality leaders during intern year
- Pediatrics-focused QI noon conferences led by Dr. Ajanta Patel, which occur quarterly
- Application required for all UCMC QI projects: Determination of QI Status Overview
- Fundamentals of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 101
- Optional certificate program offered by UCMC annually for interested residents, fellows, faculty, and staff
- Please contact the Chief Residents if you are interested in this course
- Multiple institutional opportunities are also available through UCMC Office of Clinical Effectiveness and UCMC Center for Quality and Healthcare Delivery and Science and Innovation
- Travel Grants for Quality Improvement regional and national meetings
- Analytics expertise for assistance with data requests.
Individual Opportunities
- Comer Children’s Hospital Quality Committee meets monthly and is open to all residents.
- Please contact Dr. Brett Palama or the Chief Residents if you would like more information
- Individual Scholarly Projects
- Multiple opportunities for residents to create institutional guidelines and protocols with faculty oversight
QI Class Project Requirement
In addition to an individual scholarly project, each class must complete a QI Project by the end of their third year.
- QI Class Chairs are elected by their co-residents during intern year to act as project leads
- Class QI projects are routinely presented during the Department of Pediatrics Annual Research Day, The University of Chicago Quality & Safety Symposium, and/or at regional or national conferences.
- Current Class QI Chairs
- Class of 2022: Jeff Ni, MD; Sandeep Palepu, MD; Emerald Souza, MD; Jasmine Thomas, MD
- Class of 2023: Kellie Barsotti, MD; Stella Bivens, MD; Matthew Nathan, DO; Catherine Waymel, MD
Former Class Projects
- Class of 2021, led by Drs. Ira Kraft and Yuliya Oumarbaeva
- “Improving Resident Handoff”
- Presented: University of Chicago Quality & Safety Symposium (2021)
- “Improving Resident Handoff”
- Class of 2020, led by Drs. Claire Hailey and Tovah Schwartz:
- “Improving Discharge Education Using Teach-back Method”
- Presented: University of Chicago Quality & Safety Symposium (October 2020)
- “Improving Discharge Education Using Teach-back Method”
- Class of 2019, led by Dr. Rebecca Levin:
- “A Residency Class Project to Decrease Labs in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
- Presented: High Value Practice Academic Alliance & Annual Leadership Conference (2018)
- Awarded Best Residency Initiative to improve healthcare value at HVPAA2018
- “A Residency Class Project to Decrease Labs in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
- Class of 2018:
- “Improving Communication Between the Hospitalist Service and the PCPs in the Community”
- Presented: Dept. of Pediatrics Research Day (2018)
- “Improving Communication Between the Hospitalist Service and the PCPs in the Community”
- Class of 2017:
- “Improving care of children admitted to the hospital with failure to thrive (FTT).”
- Presented: Association of Pediatric Program Directors’ Annual Meeting & Dept. of Pediatrics Research Day (2017)
- “Improving care of children admitted to the hospital with failure to thrive (FTT).”
- Class of 2016:
- “Impact of pediatric resident education regarding a children’s hospital’s septic shock protocol.”
- Presented: Pediatric Academic Societies & Dept. of Pediatrics Research Day (2016)
- “Impact of pediatric resident education regarding a children’s hospital’s septic shock protocol.”