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Monthly Newsletter | April 2017
News
Lynnea Mills and David Sears were selected as the new Co-Directors of the Internal Medicine Subinternship and Electives.
Meet Jenica Cimino
Quality and Safety Program Manager
Other News
Marcia Glass writes in GeriPal, a geriatrics and palliative care blog, about a personal experience with a patient about her end-of-life decision.
Sirisha Narayana received 2017-2018 Education Innovations Funding for her project entitled, "Evaluation of Bridges Novel Clinical Reasoning Pedagogy Via Clinical Skills Examinations and Oral Presentations at the Transition to Clerkship."
Rachel Weiss and Lynnea Mills are the recipients of the 2017 DHM Internal Grant.
Publications
Josue Zapata, Andy Lai, and Chris Moriates argue that excessive healthcare utilization is inconsistent with professionalism and deserve equal attention as adverse events in this JAMA article and associated podcast.
Brad Monash, Nader Najafi, Michelle Mourad, Marcia Glass, Sumant Ranji, Margaret Fang, Brad Sharpe, and James Harrison published "Rounding Revamp" in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of standardizing attending rounds on patient, attending, and resident satisfaction.
The DHM Quality Post
Sarah Lingat
"Sarah Lingat has been an essential member of the team. She did an incredible job holding down the (finance) fort and responding to key stakeholders while I was on vacation.”
- Nancy Huynh
Aylin Ulku, Ari Hoffman, and Manisha Israni-Jiang
“Aylin Ulku and Ari Hoffman have done an incredible job with respect to the coordination of care for our patients with sickle cell disease. Manisha Israni-Jiang has played an important role for numerous patients with challenging transitions from the pediatrics to adult medicine worlds. Thanks so much for all of your care. What an incredible team effort, highlighting why I’m so proud to be working at UCSF."
- Brad Monash
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