2022 Quality Improvement Symposium
7th Annual Unified Quality Improvement Symposium
February 2, 2022
Eastern AHEC and Virtual Conference
Agenda Presentations
2023 Unified Quality Improvement Symposium- Award Winners Announced
The seventh annual Unified Quality Improvement Symposium was held in a hybrid format on Feb. 1 at Eastern AHEC and virtually. The symposium featured 30 projects related to quality improvement, patient safety, population health and interprofessional practice from ECU Health.
137 participants attended the hybrid symposium, during which academic and community physicians, health professionals, health care teams, residents, fellows, and students had the opportunity to present their work in systems improvement and practice redesign to an audience of peers and health system leaders.
Accepted presentations were divided into three categories: podium, poster, and works-in-progress poster presentations. The symposium’s award for best podium presentation was awarded to Emily Downs, M4, LINC Scholar, for her presentation “Increasing Utilization of Mental Health Resources by Adolescents Screening Positive for Depression and Anxiety at the ECU Pediatric Diabetes Clinic.” Second place podium went to Pranaya Pakala, M2, for her project “Choosing Labs Wisely: Using the EPIDEM Model to Reduce Unnecessary Laboratory Testing at ECU Health System.” Third place podium presentation was awarded to Nonye Onokalah, M4, LINC Scholar, for her presentation “Addressing Immunization Gaps: Improving Rates of Immunization Among Adolescents for Routine, Recommended Vaccines.”
First place in the poster category was awarded to Serena Mooney, M3, LINC Scholar, for her project “Improving Parental Knowledge of the Status of Medically Complex Neonates through Scheduled Conferences.” Second place was awarded to fourth-year medical student and LINC Scholar Atif Mahmood, for his work “Improving EMS Handoffs: Using the “IMIST-AMBO” Mnemonic to Provide Standardized Structure and Organization.” Third place was awarded to Taylor Stamey M2, Service-Learning Scholar, for her project “The use of Community Ambassadors Increases Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in West Greenville, NC.”
The symposium offered two concurrent education sessions:
- “Landing the Plane: How to create a Great Pilot!”— Amy Campbell, PhD, RN, CPHQ, LSBB/Quality Nurse Specialist III, ECU Health and Mary Catherine Turner, MD, FACP, FAAP, ECU Department of Pediatrics, led participants in an interactive workshop introducing the Model for Improvement, a common framework for quality improvement in healthcare.
- “Healing for the Healers: Cultivating a Culture of Resiliency” — Rebekah Rogers, PhD, Part-Time Faculty for Leadership Studies Minor, ECU, engaged attendees in a discussion about the importance of wellbeing among healthcare professionals, providing self-care techniques to limit the risk of burnout and promote resilience.
View the day’s presentations, photos, and learn more about the symposium.
