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Healthcare Leadership in Quality Residency Track
Supported by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and the Office of Graduate Medical Education, this track is offered to residents from all specialties throughout Penn Medicine. The track supports residents to become leaders in our healthcare system's quality and safety initiatives and begins to prepare them for careers in this field. Interested Internal Medicine residents apply in the fall of their intern year and enter the program in the beginning of their second year of residency.
Some components of the track include:
- Completion of a team-based capstone quality improvement project:
| 2023-2025 Cohort |
Project Title/ Focus Area |
| Farees Saqlain |
Creating a Pathway for Colorectal Cancer Screening for Candidates for Left Ventricular Assist Devices at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania |
| Melissa Austin |
QI Informatics Approach to Decreasing GDMT Prescription Inequities |
| Amanda Jurewicz |
Reduce of Safety Nets for VBG Issues on Pulm, GI, and Martin Services by 50% and Eliminate the Ordering of ABG in Place of VBG When not Clinically Indicated by Creating a Simpler, Interdisciplinary Process for Drawing VBGs |
| Ottavia Zattra |
Optimizing Oncology Care Team Communication |
| Anna Goebel |
Implementing FIT Testing for Patients with Poor Colonoscopy Prep |
| 2024-2026 Cohort |
Project Title/ Focus Area |
| Thomas Luo, Hunter Hewlett, and Yulei Cao |
Improve Standardized Documentation on Floor to MICU Transfer |
| Susan Landon |
PATH Program Inpatient Expansion |
| Vincent Pepe, Neha Hafeez and Robert Monsour |
Decreasing Cath Lab to CICU Placement Time, Particularly in After-Hours Cath Lab Activation Scenarios |
| Macy Early Gatti |
Updating Pain Plans for Patients with SCD and Improving Adhere to Plans When Patient is Admitted |
- Three weeks of immersive didactic and experiential learning on topics including quality measurement, quality improvement science, patient safety, health information technology, innovation in healthcare and many more.
- Integration into a quality improvement leadership team located in the inpatient or outpatient setting — residents select a location and team based upon their clinical interests.
- Development of a scholarly project (abstract, publication) related to their capstone project work.
- Mentorship by track directors, faculty leaders in quality, and an executive leadership coach.
- Upon completion of the track, residents are awarded a certificate of completion in the Healthcare Leadership in Quality Track from the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.
For more information about the track or questions, please visit our Healthcare Leadership in Quality Residency Track page or contact the track directors:
Email: Neha.Patel@pennmedicine.upenn.edu or jennifer.myers2@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Or contact the track Program Coordinator: Kathryn.Oboyle@pennmedicine.upenn.edu