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Quality Improvement Education
We are national leaders in education in Quality Improvement (QI) and patient safety, with focused time during the four week longitudinal “BETTER” curriculum, where each resident participates in interactive sessions applying QI principles to the local context and completes a mentored project linked to an institutional priority.
There are also multiple other educational and mentorship opportunities in QI and Research (more details below).
Learn more about the specifics of our BETTER curriculum in this informative video by our Associate Program Director for Quality and Safety, Dr. Franks:
Franks Quality and Safety.mp4Dr. Ruth Franks, Associate Program Director for Quality and Safety
Educational Opportunities in QI:
BETTER curriculum (longitudinal - described in video above)
Healthcare Performance Improvement (HPI) framework (used by Banner Health)
Monthly PSQI conferences
Quarterly multi-specialty PSQI conferences
Participation in GME PSQI subcommittee
Support to attend:
University of Colorado Quality Safety Academy
Mentorship Opportunities in QI:
Nationally known faculty mentors in PSQI
Chief Residents in Quality and Safety (2 of our 6 chief residents)
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Research and Scholarly Activity
All residents complete some type of scholarly project. The extent, topic and type of project is individualized based on their career goals.
Our program has multiple ways we support your research, educational opportunities in research, and even protected research time through research electives.
Educational Opportunities in Research
Research Rotation Electives are available for residents with more involved projects (details below)
Take up to 3 electives total over 3 years, in all types of research.
Masters in Clinical Research (more information here)
access to Clinical Research Data Warehouse (5 million patients!)
Didactic Sessions:
Anatomy of a research poster
Research & QI basics
Recorded sessions on research questions, methods, statistics, & more
Some of the Ways We Support/Promote Research & Scholarly Activity
Financial support and protected time for residents to present their research, QI, &/or case reports at local, regional &/or national meetings:
$1,500 per resident per year for travel, scholarly work; protected time for travel
A Director of Graduate Medical Education Research and multiple dedicated faculty research mentors and educators, all of whom teach and provide supplemental mentorship to residents.
Subspecialty mentorship panels each fall in all subspecialties of IM:
Faculty & residents gather to learn about projects and meet potential mentors across the Department of Medicine
Additional Support Resources for Research & QI Projects:
Data & biostatistical analysis, REDCap use
IRB applications & approvals
Grant writing
Manuscript proofreading
Faculty & fellow mentorship and medical student participation
Free onsite poster printing and assistance through the BUMCP library
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Publication by one of our residents & several of our faculty members in the Journal of Hospital Medicine
Research Rotation Electives
We have multiple options for research rotation electives. These include:
Basic science lab
Research 1 (available to both interns & senior residents)
Research 2
Research 3
With these options, residents interested in research can have protected research time throughout all 3 years of residency. Residents may complete up to 3 total research electives over 3 years, in all sorts of research.
If they have already completed Research 1, residents may use the Research 2 & 3 electives to build upon their prior work or to take on new projects.
More information on some of our residents' peer reviewed publications, poster presentations, and oral presentations can be found here.
Some of the recent innovative research and initiatives within the Department of Medicine are also described in the Department's annual report entitled ReImagine Internal Medicine.
Additional information on research support within our IM & GME programs can be found here.
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