Submissions from 2024
Creating More Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Swedish General Surgery Residency, Bruce Carman
Authors' Response to "Evaluating the Impact of Training Duration on Resident Sleep Patterns and Well-Being in Family Medicine"., Patricia A Carney, Mark A Johnson, Briana Money, Jennifer Romeu, Jennifer Somers, Suki Tepperberg, and Nicholas Weida
Designing Effective Mentorship for Underrepresented Faculty in Academic Medicine., Kathryn Fraser, Syeachia N Dennis, Cynthia Kim, George W Saba, Jessica Guh, Cesar A Gonzalez, and Trescott Shamlou
A Modified Delphi Study for Curricular Content of Simulation-Based Medical Education for Pediatric Residency Programs., Lorel Huber, Ryan Good, Meredith F Bone, Shannon M Flood, Ryan Fredericks, Frank Overly, Nancy M Tofil, Robyn Wing, and Kathryn Walsh
Standardizing Sepsis Patient Education: A Quality Improvement Process., Bethany Koschel, Claudia Leonard, and Shelley Schoepflin Sanders
Building the future: New Grad residency as a response to the staffing crisis, Caitlin Silva and Geri Harmon
Optimization of a standardized letter of recommendation for faculty who wish to support candidates applying to surgical training programs., Clare Zipf-Sigler, Alisha L Nguyen, Amber Huang, Ryan De Leon, Shannon Helbling, Eliza B Littleton, and Anjali S Kumar
Submissions from 2023
Impact of Pre-Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Curriculum on Student Pharmacists' Professional Identity Formation., Jennifer L Bacci, Jasmine S Mangrum, Curtis G Jefferson, Tim Soverns, Gregory Gin, Kaylin Wakuzawa, Sydney Goo, and Peggy Odegard
Removal of Enterococcus susceptibilities in urine isolates across a large integrated health system, Cody Barfuss, Greg Tallman, Brent Footer, and Alyssa B Christensen
Preventing CHF hospitalizations in patients with dementia, John Beale, Zoe Tartz, Jackson Harley, Tory Starzyk, Matthew Kennedy, and Colleen Zimmermann
Evaluation of infusion wait times after process change for compounding fosaprepitant and pembrolizumab, Heather Beugli and Ian Ingram
Oral examination of fourth-year medical students on surgery rotations allows faculty to assess Core Entrustable Professional Activities for entering Residency (CEPAR): Proof-of-concept and analysis of student submissions., Tamir Bresler, Erik Stiles, Shaina Schaeztel, Christopher Freeman, Ben Chia, and Anjali Kumar
Identifying Systemic errors in refilling insulin to prevent another hospitalization: An RCA, John Butler, Mikayla Button, Jared Fincher, Rakin Solaiman, and Michael Woodfin
A Diagnostic Dilemma: QIPS, Ryan Carlisle, Paulina Giacomelli, Kyler Wyer, Julia Nyiro, Nolan Weinstein, and Judy Swanson (Faculty Advisor)
Improving Metabolic Monitoring during Transfers of Care for Psychiatric Patients Discharged from the Inpatient Psychiatric Residency Service on an Antipsychotic Medication – Part 2, Allison Cohen and Anisha Boetel
The Intake Jailbreak Evaluation of an admission-focused residency team, Alex Crist and Kang X Zhang
A Quasi-Experimental Study of Trough-Guided versus Area under the Curve-Guided Vancomycin Monitoring in Patients with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia using Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR), Justin Donat, Brent Footer, and Gregory B. Tallman
Advancing neurosurgical education in the age of online learning and global knowledge sharing: impact of Cerebrovascular Q&A webinar series., Umme Habiba Faisal, Yassine Alami Idrissi, Bipin Chaurasia, Alexis Takasumi, Matias Baldoncini, Akshal Patel, Stephen Monteith, Cameron G McDougall, and Matias Costa
Optimizing collaboration among clinical pharmacy specialists and behavioral health providers in the primary care setting to increase mental health access, Ryan Ferris, Christine Doran, Bonnie Jiron, and Dara L. Johnson
Retrospective Review of the utility of MRSA NAAT screening to predict MRSA Infections, Nyles T Fowler, Brent Footer, and Caitlin Morris
Minds for Hearts - A Targeted Education Project Focused on Cardiovascular Health in the Psychiatric Community, Peter Franz and Anisha Boetel
Warfarin Sensitivity after Valve Replacement Surgery, Jason Frederick, Pamela Levine, and Arezou Naseri
Benzodiazepine-minimizing protocol for alcohol withdrawal: a comparative analysis, Jennifer Gaston, Hsin-Fang Li, Emily J Cox, Caitlin Klamper, and John F Wurzel
Improving Caregiver Confidence and Burnout through Standardizing the use of the Agitated Behavior Scale and Behavioral Strategies for Managing Patients with Agitation, John Gilmer, Kate Whiteneck, Alicia Hegie, Mackenzie Waples, and Frank Jackson
Treating Opioid Use Disorder: One Shot at a Time, Shelly Haferkamp, Michael P. Kinney, Daniel Yang, Lindsey Cunningham, Anna Davey, and Amy G Burns
Supporting Designated Crisis Responders (DCRs) in Washington State, Shelly Haferkamp, James Miller, and John F Wurzel
Code Status in the Inpatient Setting, Alyssa Harper, Travis Fisher, Marjorie Schoen, Caroline Pappas, and Ian May
Factors impacting adherence to antidiabetic medications and health outcomes in diabetes mellitus patients in Medicare populations, Kelli Hoang, Kelly Simpson, and Danny Wallenslager
DOAC Ambulatory Risk Assessment, Katie Hufft and Cherry Luz P. Tortor
The impact of pharmacy led education on the management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the primary care setting, Laura Kays, Ben Rosati, Trevor Laursen, and Maurice N. Tran
Impact of Geriatric Mini-fellowship on Prescribing Practice of the PMG Primary Care Providers, Madalyn Kuhlenberg and Sharon Leigh
Comparison of clinical diabetes outcomes of patients managed via telemedicine pharmacists during the COVID pandemic relative to continued management by primary care clinics, Trevor Laursen and Stephanie Chan
Standardize to Optimize: A contemplation of Pyxis, inventory, and workflow, Anthony Le and Scott King
Evaluation of standard dose ibuprofen in combination with acetaminophen for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) treatment in preterm neonates, Jennifer Lee, Samantha Tatz, and Douglas Hanes
Dermoscopy Training in Family Medicine Residencies: A CERA Survey of Program Directors., Miranda D Lu, Richard Usatine, James Holt, Diane M Harper, and Alexandra Verdieck
Potential Impact of Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (rAST) on Providence Oregon Hospitals Currently Without, Andrew Ly and Mark Vance
Improving Resident Awareness and Documentation of Abnormal Involuntary Movements in Psychiatric Patients on Antipsychotic Medications, Jocelyn McCornack and Kelly Wurzel
A Guide to Expanding the Use of Buprenorphine Beyond Standard Initiations for Opioid Use Disorder., James Miller, Michael A Brooks, Kelly Wurzel, Emily J Cox, and John F Wurzel
Inpatient Management of Medication-Assisted Therapies for Opioid Use Disorder, Tracee Mock, Clara Mikhaeil, and Emily H. Hsu
Identification of acute pathological heart rate variability variance using wearable technology and novel predictive software: A multi-disciplinary collaboration between St Luke’s Rehabilitation and Eastern Washington University, Trevor Mordhorst, Sanmeet Kaur, Dan Tappan, Dillon Dalton, Otto Bucholz, Katrina Taylor, Garth Babcock, Alicia Hegie, and Frank Jackson
The Impacts of Engagement in the Latino Medical Student Association., Sunny Nakae, Stacey Martinez, Jordan J Juarez, and Cintya Beltran Sanchez
Preventable Tacrolimus Toxicity, Brooke Parker, Jessica Sterner, John Mele, Laura DeWald, and Cassidy Johnston
Evaluation of a Refill-Associated Clinical Service in a Health System Specialty Pharmacy, Jinha Park, Stephanie Wang, and Adam Saulles
Elevation of cannabis knowledge: higher learning, Savannah Marie Patterson and Anisha Boetel
Identifying Gaps in Interpretive Services to Improve Patient Care: A Root Cause Analysis, Christiane Phillips, Reed Ritterbusch, Ken Scott, and Jenny Wickens
Spontaneous Rupture of a Previously Asymptomatic Giant Angiomyolipoma, Reed Ritterbusch
Discrepancies in age-based medication dosing, Chad Ruger, Anne Keeling, Sera Jacob, and Cassidy MacArthur
In-Person vs Virtual Interview Format for Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease: A Nationwide Survey of Fellows-in-Training., Jonathan R Salik, Emily K Zern, Inbar R McCarthy, Paul Theriot, Kristin West, Prashanth Thakker, Gaby Weissman, and Lisa J Rose-Jones
QI Project: Clopidogrel in NSTEMI, Amanda Sams, Erin Kaya, Carsten Kirby, Ester Peters, and Michael Stewart (Faculty Advisor)
Identifying and Improving System Barriers to Promote Successful Breastfeeding in Resident Physicians, Brigette Schuman, Michelle Drobny, Elizabeth Savage, and Colleen Zimmermann
Apremilast for generalized granuloma annulare: a case series of eight patients, Tory Starzyk
Breaking Barriers: Improving Care for Incarcerated Patients while Hospitalized, Spencer Steadman, Jordan Schroeder, Jacob Straus, and Colton Berry
Transition from Estimated Blood Loss to Quantitative Blood Loss in Labor and Delivery, Taylor K. Stewart and Brigette Schuman
Analysis of eGFR vs CrCl to monitor for renal dose adjustments within Central Refill, Briana Thompson and Angela Koerner
Insulin Utilization in Post-Operative Open Heart Surgery Patients, Kathy Trinh, Bryce Winn, and Hsin-Fang Li
Evaluation of hospitalist glycemic management and impact of basal/bolus split in quality of care, Mark Vance and Catherine Barton
Root Cause Analysis, Victor Warr, Tom Sant, Carly Riehl, and Rahib Bashir
Outcome of pharmacist-led medication review and intervention in ElderPlace patients with recent falls, Emily Watt, Christopher Houpt, Sharon Leigh, and Suki Kubotera
Implementation and Standardization of Telehealth Visits in a Specialty Pharmacy setting, Ivana Wu, Angie Chau, Amber Franck, and Adam Saulles
Assessing Spokane Psychiatry Department's Knowledge of Outpatient Psychiatry Resources and Discharge Planning Practices, Pong Xiong and Richard Carlson
Value and Ongoing Quality Improvement of the Journal Club in IM Residency, Kang X Zhang and Cody Howdeshell
Submissions from 2022
The impact of a Medicare Public Health Emergency policy change for continuous glucose monitors on utilization and total cost of care for diabetes, Momoka Abe, Katie Norton, and Jenifer Smith
Management of Transhepatic Cholangioscopy: A Case Series, Drew Anderson, Jeffrey Forris Beecham, David S. Shin, and Ravi Srinivasa
Penicillin allergy that persisted after 66 years: case report., Evon Anukam and Jenny Zhu
Translating Individual Mentorship to Generalizable Action: Lessons Learned From J Randall Curtis., David H Au, Jacqueline A Chang, Timothy A Davidson, Lucas M Donovan, Christopher H Goss, Laura C Feemster, and Renee D Stapleton
A Simple Critical Care Provider Transfusion Education Program Reduces Blood Product Use, Ivan Martinez Avalos, Stephen Malkoski, and Mellody Descoteaux
Improving Utilization of Buprenorphine in a Residency Program, Christopher Bender and Amy Dechet
Implementation of High-Dose-Rate, CT-Based Prostate Brachytherapy in an Academic Teaching Hospital and Residency Training Program., Daniel Brunnhoelzl, Alexander Hanania, Sam Sun, Sergio Jaramillo, Linfeng Lu, and Pavan Jhaveri
Risk of Secondary Malignancies in Ovarian Cancer Survivors: 54,305 Patients Analyzed With 40 Years of Follow-up, A C. Casper, M W. Parsons, J Chipman, L M. Burt Jr, G Suneja, K A. Maurer, and D K. Gaffney
Prescribing patterns of antipsychotics for agitation or delirium management in non-critically ill patients, Emily Chang and Pamela Levine
Fixed-dose prothrombin complex concentrate versus weight-based dose for reversal of factor Xa inhibitors, Kevin Chau, Bryce Winn, and Peter Martsin
Improving Metabolic Monitoring during Transfers of Care for Psychiatric Patients Discharged from the Inpatient Psychiatric Residency Service on an Antipsychotic Medication, Allison Cohen and Anisha Boetel
Contingency Management: Dealing Abstinence from Methamphetamines, Casey Collins, Amy G Burns, Lindsey Cunningham, and Brenda Fairman
Evaluation of infusion reactions associated with intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) in neonatal and pediatric patients, Katie Couch and Samantha Tatz
POCUS USE IN SKIN AND SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS: A CASE SERIES, Kyle Davies, Sam Josephsen, and Vanessa Hoytfox
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Pembrolizumab Case Study, Michael R. Dirks Jr.
SCREENING FOR MIXED-ETIOLOGY PLEURAL EFFUSION USING POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND, Samuel Eglin and Abby Velarde
Observed Concordance of Prostate Lesions on MRI with MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy Results, Kelcie Foshag, Scott King, Chance Brock, and Abigail Cone
Malignant Myopericytoma of the Right Foot: A Case Report, Ryan Glendenning
TRUST BUT VERIFY: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF POTENTIAL MISDIAGNOSES AND INCORRECT PATIENT DIAGNOSES, Eric Grisham
Naloxone Prescription at Discharge to Reduce Incidence of Opioid Overdose, Shelly Haferkamp, Kelly Wurzel, Benjamin Jones, James M Scanlan, and Michael G Sutcliffe
The Impact of an Innovative Simulation on Prelicensure Nursing Student Empathy Levels, Annie Harrison
Evaluating the Impact of a Pharmacist Run Pharmacotherapy Service on Hepatitis C Outcomes in a Large Integrated Health-System, Jessica Hendrix, Charmaine Hunt, and Judy Perkins
Standardized pharmacist led medication review in patients with recent falls, Christopher Houpt and Natsuki Kubotera
POCUS Evaluation in Acute Kidney Injury, Vanessa Hoytfox, Brittney Ward, and Kang X Zhang
Evaluation of a discharge medication access service program at two large tertiary medical centers, Eva Huang, Theresa Morikawa, and Adam Saulles
Protocol analysis of an antimicrobial renal dose protocol at a large, tertiary medical center, Nicole Hulsebus, Meagan Greckel, and Brent Footer
Wearing an Applea Day Won’t Keep the Doctor Away: Diagnosing Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome With an Apple Watch, Grace Judd and Jason Heino
Tenecteplase implementation for ischemic stroke at a large tertiary medical center, Laura Kays, Bryce Winn, and Aimee Doyle
Evaluation of specialty pharmacy productivity metrics to create an updated standardized productivity tool, David Kim, Adam Saulles, and Ryan Bradley
Harm Reduction For STHC Patients With Opioid Use Disorder, Michael P. Kinney and Amy G Burns
The Impact of Preoperative Breast Characteristics on Immediate Breast Reconstruction Complications: A Multivariate analysis of Tissue Expander and Autologous Reconstruction, Jeffrey N. Li, Sumeer S. Teotia, and Nicholas T. Haddock
Student perspectives on potential sources of trauma exposure during nursing school., Kala A Mayer, Kate J Linehan, and Natalie K MacMillan
Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care, Michelle McKay and Logan Shetlar
Increasing Awareness of First Episode Psychosis, James Miller, Sam Holley, and Sam Murray
Tailoring In-Clinic Patient Education to Target Outcome Improvement in Acute Low Back Pain, Trevor Mordhorst and Jake Gooing
Black Lives Matter: Moving from passion to action in academic medical institutions., Bich-May Nguyen, Jessica Guh, and Brandi Freeman
Preoperative phytonadione supplementation for mitral valve intervention hemostasis, Katherine M. Nguyen, Joshua Francis, Celine Munoz, and Torin P. Fitton
Handedness and Specimen Chirality Affect Resident Upper Extremity Motion Patterns During Arthroscopic Simulation, Joseph O'Sullivan, Adam Rosencrans, Taylor Kong, Alexandra Bray, Carolin Curtze, Andrea Herzka, Dennis Crawford, and Jacqueline Brady
