Research and Quality Improvement Projects
Mount Carmel’s Internal Medicine Residency Program has earned a reputation for innovation. In fact, many of our residents have made conference presentations on their work and published their research findings in a variety of esteemed medical journals. To make sure that innovative thinking and action continue, we’re always exploring and implementing quality improvement projects, and encourage our residents to take an active part in those conversations and opportunities.
The support of Mount Carmel Foundation, Internal Review Board (IRB), and Research Faculty is outstanding and promotes opportunities for residents to pursue their goals in research.
This exciting day provides a platform for presenting successfully completed research projects to a broad audience across Mount Carmel. It is a day where residents, nurses, and other healthcare professionals come together to share their findings and insights. It is a collaborative effort between Graduate Medical Education and the Mount Carmel College of Nursing.
The Resident Research Day is an event that allows residents to gain public speaking and presentation experience during a fun, lower-pressure event designed to mimic podium talks at national meetings. Awards are presented to the top three research presentations. If you’re a resident with a penchant for research, there’s more!
The Resident Research Pilot Funding Award enables you to:
1. Learn the NIH-style grant funding process
2. Obtain resources for meaningful research
3. Gain experience that could lead to external funding
The 12th Annual Interprofessional Research and Evidence-Based Practice Day consisted of twelve podium presentations and thirty posters. The Internal Medicine residents were well represented with two podium and nine poster presentations.
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Recent Publications by Residents
Brijawi O, Hartman E, Sharma S, Herbert M, Mullowney-Agra R. A Rare Case of Emphysematous Osteomyelitis With Concurrent Septic Arthritis. Cureus. 2024 Jul 19;16(7):e64898. doi: 10.7759/cureus.64898. PMID: 39156338; PMCID: PMC11330587
Ghasemahmad Z, Mrvelj A, Panditi R, Sharma B, Perumal KD, Wenstrup JJ. Emotional vocalizations alter behaviors and neurochemical release into the amygdala. Elife. 2024 Jul 15;12:RP88838. doi: 10.7554/eLife.88838. PMID: 39008352; PMCID: PMC11249735
Wright C, Saitis F, Ayoub W, Schneegurt NR. A Case of BRASH (Bradycardia, Renal Dysfunction, Atrioventricular Node Blockade, Shock, and Hyperkalemia) Syndrome Following Initiation of a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) Inhibitor and a Loop Diuretic. Cureus. 2024 Jun 21;16(6):e62830. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62830. PMID: 39040794; PMCID: PMC11260659
Schneegurt NR, Wright C, Glenn N, Thethi I. Flecainide-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Case Report. Cureus. 2024 Jun 4;16(6):e61637. doi: 10.7759/cureus.61637. PMID: 38975498; PMCID: PMC11227613
Dorfman L, El-Chammas K, Brijawi O, Fei L, Mansi S, Kaul A. Diagnostic yield of left-sided colonic manometry in identifying colonic dysmotility in pediatric patients. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2024 May;36(5):e14759. doi: 10.1111/nmo.14759. Epub 2024 Feb 15. PMID: 38361112
Our quality Improvement projects are system-wide and often focus on increasing patient satisfaction, reducing costs and improving efficiency. We encourage all our residents to be diagnostic practitioners in helping us to address these issues. In fact, we set aside designated conference time to brainstorm, plan, and execute individual and team initiatives. We also engage a full-time statistician to help mark our progress.
Residents are required to do one quality improvement project over their 3 years under the supervision of an attending mentor. The project will be shaped by the resident’s interests but will require applying principles of quality improvement.
IV.D.3.a) Residents must participate in scholarship. (Core) IV.D.3.a).(1) A program’s graduates must demonstrate dissemination of scholarship within or external to the program by any of the following methods: (Core) IV.D.3.a).(1).(a) presenting in grand rounds, poster sessions, leading conference presentations (journal club, Internal Medicine ©2023 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Page 42 of 64 morbidity and mortality, case conferences); workshops; quality improvement presentations; podium presentations; grant leadership; non-peer-reviewed print/electronic resources; articles or publications; book chapters; textbooks; webinars; service on professional committees; or serving as a journal reviewer, journal editorial board member, or editor. (Core