Table 1.

Resident Projects Completed During the Practice-based Learning and Improvement Elective

Although 11 residents completed the elective, two residents collaborated on one project, so there are a total of 10 projects.

• Coordinating follow-up after admission for acute pain crisis from sickle cell disease

• Reducing needle stick injuries for medical students and residents

• Increasing screening for depression in a transgender clinic

• Increasing the use of maximum sterile barrier precautions in the Medical Intensive Care Unit to decrease catheter-related infections

• Examining the effectiveness of a computerized medical record alert in identifying beta blocker use candidates

• Determining the effectiveness of inpatient initiation of anticoagulation with warfarin

• Providing safe, cost-efficient, and effective outpatient anticoagulation with Lovenox

• Decreasing barriers to advance care planning discussion in the outpatient setting

• Assessing osteoporosis knowledge and risk factors of clinic patients

• Determining whether a heart failure database can be useful in improving quality of care