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.
January 2018 Presentations
- 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
July 2018 Presentations
- 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
January 2019 Presentations
- 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
July 2019 Presentations
- 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
January 2020 Presentations
- 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
July 2020 Presentations
- 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
January 2021 Presentations
- Optimizing Communication in Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic -
Martha Carvour, MD, PhD Communications
Video | Final Project - The Palouse Pandemic Recovery Task Force -
Stephanie M Fosback, MD, FACP Leadership
Video | Final Project
July 2021 Presentations
- Implementation of Fast Check Visits To Support Telehealth Services in NYC Health + Hospitals/ Elmhurst -
Hadeel Alkhairw, MD Leadership
Video | Final Project - Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication on Weekends to Improve Discharge Rates and Reduce Length of Stay at a Suburban Academic Medical Center -
Charles Kast, MD, FACP Communications
Video | Final Project
January 2022 Presentations
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Improving staff knowledge and understanding of Patient Centered Medical Home concepts to improve team communication in a large academic outpatient Internal Medicine primary care clinic -
Emily S. Brown, MD, FACP Communication
Video | Final Project -
Transitions of care improvement to reduce unplanned thirty day readmissions in high risk hospitalized patients -
Meredith Kelly, MD Quality – Transitions of Care
Video | Final Project
July 2022 Presentations
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MS-DRG optimization for Sickle cell pain crisis patients -
Pradeep Bathina, MD, FACP Quality
Video | Final Project -
Improved detection and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in at risk patient populations in the primary care setting -
Laura Nichols, MD, FACP Quality
Video | Final Project