ACP Leadership Academy: Certificate in Physician Leadership - Selected Capstone Projects

The following capstone projects were selected by the ACP Capstone Review Board for presentation at ACP's annual Internal Medicine meeting. Each project reflects outstanding quality, impact, and measurable change.

July 2016 Cohort

• Physician/Hospitalist Burnout - Time to “Walk the Talk” - Mathai M. Chalunkal, MD, FACP Communication
  Video | Final Project
• Hospitalist Program Redesign - Seger S. Morris, DO, FACP Leadership
  Final Project
• An analysis of laboratory and imaging utilization over four quarters - Charlotte R. Nelson, MD, FACP Quality
  Final Project

January 2017 Cohort

• What is the effect of multimodal faculty development curriculum on hospitalists confidence and skill level in addressing primary palliative care needs of inpatients - Christine L. Bryson, DO, FACP Communication
  Video | Final Project
• Initiating a New Service in a Hospital Setting (Benefit of Interdepartmental Collaboration) - Ebima Clifford Okundaye MD, FASN,FACP Leadership
  Final Project
• Implementation and assessment of a resident elective in Hospital Medicine - Christopher B. Sankey, MD, FACP Leadership
  Video | Final Project

July 2017 Cohort

• Helping Our Hospital See Clearly: Expanding the Reach of CLER - Margaret H. Baker, MD, FACP Leadership
  Video | Final Project
• Tube Thoracostomy (TT) Management in Hospitalized Patients: Standardizing the Management by Hospital Medicine Providers of Para-pneumonic Effusions (PPE) Requiring Pleural Drainage (PD) in a Safety-net, Academic, Urban Institution - Maria Gabriela Frank, MD, FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project
• Improving the Safety of Intubation in the Intensive Care Unit - Joseph P Mathew, MD, FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project

January 2018 Cohort

• Evaluation of the utilization of imaging (CT and MRI) among patients presenting with simple syncope in the Emergency Department at White River Medical Center (WRMC) with a focus on promoting High Value Care -
  Gilbert-Roy B. Kamoga, MD, FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project
• Improving fire safety in non-operative clinical care areas by first quantifying the risk and developing a strategy to mitigate it -
  Bright P. Thilagar, MD, FACP, FHMQuality
  Video | Final Project

July 2018 Cohort

• Does Guideline Adherence Depend on the Sex of the Physician and Patient? -
  Elizabeth A Bankstahl, MD FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project
• Creation of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Educational Program, Credentialing System, and Quality Assurance System for an Academic Community Health System -
  Rachel M Hawker, MD FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project

January 2019 Cohort

• Hepatitis A Vaccination in Homeless Veterans -
  Lauren A. Beste, MD, MSc, FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project
• Role of Family Meetings on Medicine Floor -
  Harvir Singh Gambhir, MD, FACP Quality
  Video | Final Project