Highlights include Bentley Bobrow, MD, as keynote speaker, and Jessica Bates, MD, PGY-V, who received the 2017 Maria C. Mandell Emergency Medicine Award for best research presentation.
UA Emergency Medicine residents presented 12 research projects at the UA Department of Emergency Medicine Resident Research Forum April 26. Each year, EM residents give oral presentations followed by a question and answer period on research projects they have worked on as part of the department’s ScholarQuest program.
ScholarQuest provides research training and experience to EM residents, who team up with EM faculty and research staff to develop research projects, submit abstracts to national meetings, and present their work to a panel of local faculty judges at the annual forum.
Bentley Bobrow, MD, UA distinguished professor and associate director of the University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center (AEMRC) Phoenix, delivered the keynote address, "Emergency Medicine Research: Why Should You Care?"
This year’s Maria C. Mandell Memorial Emergency Medicine Award for best presentation was given to Jessica Bates, MD, PGY-V, South Campus Residency Program, for her research on “Patient Satisfaction Using Real-Time Feedback in the ED.” Her faculty mentors were Matt Berkman, MD, Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH, and Lisa Stoneking, MD.
In addition to Dr. Bates, the following residents and research projects were presented at the 2016 forum:
“Algorithm for allocation of mechanical ventilators in low/middle income countries”
Joseph Henderson, MD. Mentor: Kenneth Iserson, MD, MBA
“Comparison of the C-MAC and Glide-Scope-MAC for intubation in the emergency department”
Matthew Douglas, MD. Mentor: John Sakles, MD
“Prehospital intubation is associated with favorable outcomes and lower mortality in ProTECT III”
Javier Figueroa, MD, Christine Huang, MD. Mentor: Kurt Denninghoff, MD
“Measuring the optic nerve sheath diameter with ultrasonography using novel inferior orbital approach”
Stephen Houmes, MD, Rebecca Milligan, MD, Lisa Goldberg, MD. Mentor: Richard Amini, MD
“Assessment of resident study habits”
Amanda Murphy MD, Robert Conley, MD. Mentor: Vivienne Ng, MD, MPH
“Tents at concert functions to assess alcohol consumption and injuries”
Tomas Navarro, MD. Mentor: Joshua Gaither, MD
“The CoPE project: Three teaching sessions with interns about difficult patients, difficult consults, and breaking bad news”
Sara Paradise, MD, Emily Beck, MD, Jordan Justice, MD. Mentor: Alice Min Simpkins, MD
“Use of point-of-care ultrasound in the management of sepsis”
Reuben Lakshmanan, MD. Mentor: Srikar Adhikari, MD, MS
“Personal finance for physicians”
John Hagenberg, MD. Mentor: Katherine Hiller, MD, MPH
“Shadowing emergency medicine residents as a way to provide feedback and evaluate residency milestones”
Karen Bertels, MD. Mentors: Lisa Stoneking, MD, Anna Waterbrook, MD
“Characterizing the change in bilirubin level of bruises over time through the use of transcutaneous spectrophotometry”
Molly Wormley, MD, Lisa Greenfield, MD, Stephany Chiacchio, MD. Mentor: Dale Woolridge, MD, PhD