TEAM 1 - IMPROVING FACULTY RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
The A&S team project sought to enhance re-search productivity among pre-tenure faculty members. In addition to drawing on resources from the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), with which UofL has an institutional membership, we used SMART goals, structured accountability via peer check-ins and full-group conversations, and a session focused on book proposals to support a cohort of ten probationary faculty members in pursuing their writing goals.
| Brandon McCormack, PhD | Arts & Science/Pan-African Studies | Siobhan Smith-Jones, PhD | Arts & Science/Communications | ||
| David Brown, PhD | Arts & Science/Physics | Susan Ryan, PhD | Arts & Science//English | ||
| Linda Fuselier, PhD | Arts & Science/Biology |
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TEAM 2 - PATIENT ACCESS AT ULP CLINICS
The Patient Access Team examined patient scheduling for UL Health providers across various departments. With the guidance of our project mentors, we reviewed the industry benchmarks where ULP is excelling or under-performing. Our LIAM project for Patient Access to Care focuses on the ULP Access Center utilization as the means to increase provider buy-in with the ultimate goal of improving patient access and improve patient satisfaction.
| Jennifer Daily, MD | SOM/Family & Geriatric Medicine | Maria Mendoza, MD | SOM/Pediatrics | ||
| Marija Sasek, MD | ULSD/Comprehensive Dentistry | Rodolfo Zamora, MD | SOM/Orthopedics | ||
| Luz Huntington-Moskos, PhD, RN, CPN | School of Nursing |
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TEAM 3 - EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
Consistent and purposeful employee recognition is key to employee satisfaction and a healthcare organization’s success. Unfortunately, many institutions do not recognize its employees nearly enough, even though our data indicates that recognition for a job well done is immensely important and appreciated. Our solution to this problem was to develop a simple, user-friendly employee recognition program that can be immediately deployed across multiple different healthcare settings.
| HimaBindu Dukka, BDS, MSD, MPH | ULSD/Diagnosis & Oral Health - Periodontics | Suzanne McGee, MD | SOM/Internal Medicine | ||
| Arpita Lakhotia, MD | SOM/Neurology-Child Neurology | Michael Sweeney, MD | SOM/Neurology-Child Neurology | ||
| W. David Lohr, MD | SOM/Pediatrics |
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TEAM 4 - COMMUNICATION
Communication problems often lie at the heart of a wide range of issues confronting academic medical centers. We identified communications with HR during hiring process as a major problem in communication faced by our HSC faculty. Here, we propose ways to improve communications with HR through streamlining the hiring process and defining the timelines and needs for each stage.
| Brit Anderson, MD | SOM/Pediatrics | Kimberly Pate, MD | SOM/Medicine | ||
| Tamer Mohamed, PhD | SOM/Institute of Molecular Cardiology | William Tse, MD, PhD | SOM/Pediatrics |
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TEAM 5 - DRIVING ACTIVE LEARNING
Active learning is underutilized in the clinical environment. Our team evaluated the Questioning Aid for Rich, Real-time Discussion (QARRD), which was developed at the University of Louisville based on strategic questioning using Bloom’s taxonomy. We evaluated the effectiveness of the QARRD with respect to the training of the faculty, application in clinical practice, and results experienced by the learners and faculty.
| Michael Egger, MD | SOM/Surgery | Jennifer Stiff, MD | SOM/Pediatrics | ||
| James Harrison, DMD | ULSD/Dentistry | Tracy VanMeter, MD | SOM/Radiology
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| Chithra Ram, MD | SOM/Radiology | Beverly Williams-Coleman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C | School of Nursing |
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