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
- Individual QI projects are a great opportunity for residents to work within a hospital system and improve patient care.
- Multiple opportunities are available to residents interested in creating institutional guidelines and protocols with faculty oversight.
- Contact the Chief Residents for further information and assistance.
QI Class Project Requirement
In addition to an individual scholarly project, each class must complete a Quality Improvement Project by the completion of their residency.
- QI Class Chairs are selected by their co-residents during intern year to lead the class QI project.
- Every resident must help participate in some fashion in order to qualify for graduation.
- The class QI project will then be presented during the Department of Pediatrics Annual Research Day, The University of Chicago Quality & Safety Symposium, and/or at regional or national conferences.
QI Class Chair Roles and Responsibilities
- Champion and lead the QI class project from inception to completion throughout their three years of residency.
- Meet regularly with chief residents and Dr. Palama to update leadership on progress of project.
- Current Class QI Chairs
- Class of 2021: Ira Kraft, MD; Yuliya Oumarbaeva, MD
- 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 2020, led by Drs. Claire Hailey and Tovah Schwartz:
- “Improving Discharge Education Using Teach-back Method”
- Presented at The 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 at High Value Practice Academic Alliance 2018 and 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 at Department of Pediatric 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 at Association of Pediatric Program Directors’ Annual Meeting 2017
- Presented at Department of Pediatric 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 at Pediatric Academic Societies 2016
- Presented at Department of Pediatric Research Day 2016
- “Impact of pediatric resident education regarding a children’s hospital’s septic shock protocol.”