Learn about the AAIM initiative to foster education innovations in academic internal medicine through a seed grant program. These projects were selected to put their innovative ideas in action and develop resources that can be shared with others.
Participating Institution: University of North Carolina Submitting Author: Karina Whelan, MD Outcomes: Karina Zaveri Whelan, ...
The primary goal of this project is to create an innovative and effective women’s health curriculum for Internal Medicine Residency Programs within an ...
To assess impact of an intensive EI training on mean Emotional Quotient Inventory scores (EQ-i) of Internal Medicine (IM) resident physicians by measurement ...
The goal of this curriculum is to prepare trainees engaging in global health experiences to ethically and effectively address real-life scenarios frequently ...
The goal of this project will be to test different reflective exercises and practices and develop a "reflection curriculum" that can be well integrated ...
The project team proposed to validate a system of tools designed to assess and monitor resident well-being. The team employed a comprehensive approach ...
As part of a collaborative group with Pharmacy, Dental and Medicine Faculty, Dr. Kirsch and colleagues created a pilot rotation on community‐engaged and ...
Links: Kinetic text video on YouTube, Journal of Teaching and Learning in Medicine The objective of this study is to better understand the processes ...
Research administration is a combination of adherence to regulatory policies (NIH, DOD, VA) coupled with processes developed at institutions. Departments ...
The project team created a program to teach the “goals-of-care” discussion to internal medicine (IM) residents and academic hospitalists using acting patients ...
Links: Video Presentation The project team developed an electronic tool for faculty development demonstrating the teaching capabilities of the Electronic ...
The project team designed and implemented web-based virtual patient modules to develop fourth year medical students’ knowledge and skills in approaching ...
This project was designed to raise awareness of the growing population of adult survivors of cancer, many of whom will be cared for by PCPs, either alone ...
Effective training in family conference facilitation in the ICU has been identified as a need by postgraduate trainees during a mixed-methods pilot study. ...
The Near Miss Root Cause Analysis was developed as a practicum in patient safety, giving residents hands on experience in error evaluation. The project ...
The goal of this project was to expand the existing stroke systems of care curriculum for hospitalist residents to another clinical microsystem: stroke ...
Links: DX: Diagnostic Excellence online course on Aquifer , Med Ed Portal Decision - Diagnosis: An Introduction to Diagnostic Error and Medical Decision-Making ...
The project is a single center, prospective, randomized controlled trial of colonoscopies performed by GI trainees to determine if cap assisted colonoscopy ...
Link: Improving "Code Blue" Curriculum and Video The project team created an inter-professional, simulation‐enhanced, team‐based "code blue" (In‐Hospital ...
Vanderbilt’s Housestaff Choosing Wisely Steering Committee launched an initiative to reduce unnecessary daily chest x-rays (CXRs) in clinically stable ...
Link: pahwa.developdc.net (username: test_user_1; password:password_1) This project tested the efficacy of utilizing standardized patients to improve ...
The project team designed a physical examination curriculum that emphasizes the high value and cost‐effectiveness of bedside diagnostic skills. The “high ...