Quality Improvement
The med-peds residency program's quality improvement curriculum is a 4 year integrated curriculum that incorporates self-directed learning modules and project-based real life experiences in quality improvement. All residents will participate in a quality improvement project based out of our combined med-peds continuity practice in Islip Terrace. We are able to access a rich database of patient information through our EMR to provide regularly updated clinic dashboard for our residents to develop high-quality improvement projects. We believe our approach of combining projects that have true impact on patient care with a well designed, self-directed quality improvement curriculum is the most effective method of learning quality improvement. Projects are mentored by Dr. Samantha Feld in the med-peds clinic.
Over the past several years, the med-peds program has developed quality improvement projects that have focused on diabetes care, mental health, and appropriate use of coumadin. For the 2018 - 2019 academic year, we have shifted our focus to providing excellent well adult care, and assuring that our patients have received appropriate cancer screenings.
We are fortunate to have two parent departments that highly value quality improvement and patient safety. In pediatrics, med-peds residents are also assigned to High-Reliability Units on the pediatric inpatient units, allowing residents to participate in high-yield quality improvement projects. In internal medicine, residents also participate in morbidity and mortality conferences on internal medicine, and many participate in the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Council on Internal Medicine.
By the end of your four years of training, residents will have first-hand knowledge of key principles of quality improvement and patient safety.
Scholarly Activity
All med-peds residents are required to complete a scholarly project, and many residents choose to complete a research project or quality improvement project. Residents are given the freedom to complete a “categorical” internal medicine or pediatrics based project, but are encouraged to complete a project that spans the ages relevant to a med-peds career. Residents have a vast number of research mentors to choose from our categorical departments, as well as from our med-peds faculty.
In addition, residents are given full biostatistical support from both the department of Internal medicine and Pediatrics, a welcome resource for many of our burgeoning scholars!
Residents are invited to submit and present their projects during the Internal Medicine Research Day and the Pediatrics Research Day that occurs every spring. Residents also receive funding for travel and for research that is presented at regional and national meetings.
For additional information about resources available for research through the Pediatrics Residency Program, please visit their website.
For additional information about resources available for research through the Internal Medicine Residency Program, please visit their website.
