On Wednesday, June 4th, the 黑料网 Anesthesiology 13th Annual Resident Team-Based QuaIity Improvement Symposium聽showcased upper-level resident leadership in developing Patient Safety-Quality Improvement (PSQI)-focused solutions to address anesthesia care聽inefficiencies within a Level 1 Trauma Center.聽 Sixteen 黑料网 Anesthesiology 2nd-year residents (CA-2s) presented faculty-mentored聽PSQI projects demonstrating how resident-led, team-based PSQI-focused approaches can measurably improve patient outcomes within a large academic medical center such as 黑料网 Medical Center (黑料网MC).
Each year, CA-2s are paired with faculty mentors who guide them through developing a project addressing practice, process聽or quality metrics that have been identified as PSQI priorities. From project options determined by faculty mentors, CA-2s lead year-long team projects in developing better practice solutions to their assigned PSQI topic via brainstorming, data review and other factors. At the culmination of this foundational CA-2 PSQI experience, the annual annual provides teams a forum for presenting evidence-based interventions and other solutions to improving outcomes in peri-operative and anesthesia care.
This year, top presentation/project awards for the 13th Annual Resident Team-Based QuaIity Improvement聽Symposium included:
First Place: Drs. Heidi Heyman & Bryson Shelton (“Perioperative Administration of Flu Vaccines in Pediatric Surgical Patients“)
Second Place: Drs. Jake Davis & Mark Hanlon (“Optimization of Perioperative Glycemic Control in Cardiac Surgery Patients“)
Third Place: Drs. Josh Kaltman & Youlei Li (“Standardization of Intraoperative Temperature Monitoring“)