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Creating Scholarship from Daily Life at UAMS

Creating Scholarship from Daily Life at UAMS. Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, FACP, FAAP Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Director, Division of General Internal Medicine. Maintain a Spirit of Inquiry. Every day brings questions Jot them down Brief sort: weekly-monthly

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Creating Scholarship from Daily Life at UAMS

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  1. Creating Scholarship from Daily Life at UAMS Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., MD, FACP, FAAP Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Director, Division of General Internal Medicine

  2. Maintain a Spirit of Inquiry • Every day brings questions • Jot them down • Brief sort: weekly-monthly • Look for answers • When an answer is ‘easily obtained’- you’ve learned something • When no easy answer is found- THAT’S an opportunity for scholarship • Interesting Clinical Case= Potential Case Report • Systems Issue= Potential QI project • Educational Challenge= Potential Educational research project • Others???

  3. Use Your Daily Questions • Categorize • Patient Care/Practice-Based Learning • Interesting Clinical Case • Diagnostic Dilemma • Systems/Improvement • Low-hanging fruit • Opportunity for engagement • PDSA • Education • How can we do ‘X’ better? • Who are the local experts? [Regional if not local?] • Research • Clinical data inquiry: EMR, Data Warehouse, TRI??

  4. Don’t Miss the Chance to Take the Next Step • Act on your questions • Work plan • Involve collaborators • Draft a time line • If ‘now is not the time’… • Set a time to act • Define a time line • Hold yourself accountable

  5. Look for Collaborators • Are their trainees involved in this issue? • Are their more junior faculty involved? • ‘External’ collaborators • OED • Library • Other UAMS Colleges • Local Universities • National Organizations

  6. Start Small… Think Big • Use these initial projects as a launching pad • Poster-Presentation-Publication • Pilot for grant • Develop larger projects • Disseminate what you have learned

  7. Examples • Clinical Cases • Collaborated with state IM Organization • Began AR IM Resident/Student Poster competition • Now in 7th year, 35-50 posters annually • 2011 UAMS Poster Won National ACP Associate Research Comp. • Personal Goal: Minimum 1 mentored poster/year • At least 50% Published in Peer Review Journal

  8. Examples • QI Diabetes Care in IM Clinic • Developed model for competitive QI project • Involved junior faculty, residents • Small grant to support project, join learning collaborative • Shared interval outcomes with trainees and GIM Faculty • 2 Posters [National Audience], Publication submitted • Concern about identification of ‘Problem residents’ • Discussion among UAMS Program Directors • Discussed at APDIM National meeting • Invitation to develop survey items for APDIM Survey • Data presentation to national meeting, Published in major IM journal

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