Academy Scholars Projects

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  Advancing Transplant Excellence: A Dual Approach to Education Revitalization and Hospital-Wide Resource Access

  Hillary Chickering MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN

  Effective nursing education must be as dynamic as the clinical environment it serves. By prioritizing clinical synchronization and hospital-wide accessibility, we ensure that every nurse—regardless of their unit—has the tools to provide expert transplant care.

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  Developing a Novel POCUS Curriculum for APP Students in Hospital Medicine

  Amy Harvey PA-C

  1. THere is a lack of POCUS training opportunities for APPs.

  2. This 6- week curriculum which includes weekly didactics and hands-on practice is shown to increase students' comfort and knowledge of POCUS. However, more data is needed given small sample size.

  3. Currently working on expanding to practicing APPs in Hospital Medicine.

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  Intentional Practice: A longitudinal resilience curriculum for palliative care teams

  Rhianon Liu MD

  Background:

  • High risk of burnout in palliative care

  • Optimal way to decrease burnout and increase resilience is unknown

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  Creating and Evaluating the Efficacy of an Inpatient Pathway for Family Medicine Residents

  Ali Miller MD

  Resident feedback and engagement throughout this project indicated a clear preference for a flexible, menu-based elective framework rather than a prescriptive career pathway, allowing learners to tailor inpatient experiences to their individual learning needs while still supporting preparation for hospital medicine careers.

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  A Formal Clinical Reasoning Curriculum and Clinical Reasoning Case Conference for the Internal Medicine Residency Program

  Edward Pilkington MD

  Through the support of the MITE Academy Scholars Program and the Maine Medical Center Department of Medicine a formal clinical reasoning curriculum and Clinical Reasoning Case Conference has been developed and successfully integrated into the MMC Internal Medicine Residency Program’s didactic programming.

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  Using Social Media to Increase Engagement and Decrease "Neurophobia" in Learners

  Sarah Dodwell MD

  Adding a social media component to undergraduate medical education courses can increase and prolong student engagement.

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  Development of an Onboarding Curriculum for Advance Practice Providers

  Mark Goode PA-C

  A robust onboarding program will improve recruitment and retention. Improve patient outcomes, team morale and APP engagement. It will hopefully eliminate early career burnout.

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  Enhancing the MMC Addiction Medicine Elective Curriculum for Medical Students

  Sarah Hipkens MD

  Enhancing a trauma-informed addiction medicine curriculum for Tufts medical students by defining course objectives, creating learner assignments and improving hands-on training.

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  Professional Medical Writing & the Publication Process

  Tim Kenny MLS

  Navigating the professional writing & publishing landscape can be intimidating and time consuming for the working healthcare professional. This course provides familiarity, tips, & best practices to mitigate barriers; especially for first time authors & investigators.

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  Learning to Surf: A Longitudinal Resilience Curriculum for Palliative Care Teams

  Rhianon Liu MD

  A longitudinal skill building resilience curriculum is feasible for some members of a busy interdisciplinary clinical team with high work exhaustion. Future questions include 1) whether consistency of skill practice predicts improvement in burnout, mindfulness, meaning in work, and resilience; 2) whether sharing Initial Results Instrument Baseline Surveys Midpoint Surveys Records 13 8 Weekly Surveys 124 How many days did you practice this skill this week? Mean=2.17 curriculum improves team functioning.

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  A Healthcare Ethics Curriculum for MaineHealth Clinical Ethics Committees

  Laura Madigan-McCown DBe, HEC-C

  Healthcare professionals who sit on ethics committees have widely varying experience and understanding of hospital ethics consultation resources. A curriculum for ethics committee members should provide a range of depth, breadth and flexibility to meet the needs of all ethics committee members.