Resident Scholarship and Quality Improvement

Resident Scholarship and Quality Improvement

2024

QI projects

Increasing Scheduled Mammograms at Farrell, Adolescent Depression Screening, and Increasing ASA Prescriptions in OB Patients at Farrell with BMI >30 for PEC Prevention

Resident Scholarly Projects

Drs. Eda Akyar and Melissa Encarnacion

Adolescent Mental Health in Washington Heights

Drs Aerial Petty and Carla Anderson

Mental Health Needs in the Harlem Community: A Collaboration with Brotherhood Sister Sol

Dr. Roxanne Ko

Understanding Botanica Use in Upper Manhattan Neighborhoods: A Community Survey and Education Project

Dr. Shikha Patel

Understanding Common Factors Associated with Diabetes Distress in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Washington Heights

2023

QI projects

Decreasing Missed Appointment Rates, Increasing Advance Care Planning at Farrell, Improving Shingles Vaccination Rates.

Resident Scholarly Projects

Dr. Aury Garcia

Assessing Provider Knowledge of Common Childhood Rashes on Darker Skin Tones

Dr. Dara Jackson

Enhance family planning in adolescents and young women through a comprehensive educational curriculum

Dr. Brittany Martinez

An Exploration of Provider-Related Barriers to Breastfeeding Counseling

Dr. Erica Meninno

Predicting Risk for Development of Gestational Diabetes Using Early Pregnancy Hemoglobin A1C

Dr. Amy Sun

Improving pediatric literacy promotion at a Reach Out and Read Family Medicine Clinic in Washington Heights.

 

2022

QI projects

Decreasing Missed Appointment Rates, Increasing Advance Care Planning at Farrell, Improving Shingles Vaccination Rates.

Resident Scholarly Projects

Screening Around the Clock

Dr. David Killeen

Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Education for MD Residents

Dr. Adam Lustig

Understanding Each Other Better: Comparing patients’ perceptions of visit agendas to providers’ agendas in an urban primary care clinic 

Dr. Sarah Saltzman

Accessible and Standardized Diagnostic and  Management Schema for Common Inpatient and Outpatient Problems Encountered by Family Medicine Physicians

Dr. Jenny Tobat

2021

Dr. Connor Carmichael

Title: Patient-provider Language Concordance and Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy in an Urban Spanish-speaking Population

Dr. Chava Cogan

Title: Dyad Care in a Family Medicine Residency Program: Exploring the role of the family physician in optimizing care for new moms and their infants

Dr. Liana Greer

Title: Primary Care No Show Rates: Understanding the Impact of Continuity of Care, Demographic, and Medical Factors

Dr. Bradley Milam

Title: Prescribing PrEP: Barriers to Increasing Coverage Among High-Risk Communities

Dr. Luke Powell

Title: Palliative Medicine and Communication for the Family Medicine Resident

Dr. Jeanette Qablawi

Title: NYP primary care physician views of a single payer system

2020

Dr. Alexandra Brown

Title: HPV Vaccination Rates Among Family Medicine Practice Patients: Do Patient Characteristics Play a Role?

Dr. Sujana Bhattacharyya

Title: Listening as an Agent of Change: A Community Health Needs Assessment at a Urban Women's Shelter

Dr. Becky Halvorsen

Title: Effect of Brief Deep Breathing Exercise for Smoking Cessation

Dr. Elizabeth Han

Title: CAM Use In Adult Primary Care

Dr. Danielle Isenburg

Title: Burnout, Emotional Intelligence and Home Visits: What is the Connection?

Dr. Molly Warren

Title: Condom Use is Not Significantly Decreased Among Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Users in School-Based Health Centers (SBHC)

2019

Dr. Ahmed Amari

Title:  Cultural adaptation of prenatal educational materials in Arabic

Dr. Heather Belle

Title: Effect of Music on Patients with Dementia and Agitation

Dr. Louis Cicatelli

Title: Emergency Department Use and Views amongst Farrell Community Health Center Patients

Dr. Danielle LaSalandra

Title: Guided Imagery and Stress Reduction in Adolescents

Dr. Sheerin Habibullah

Title: Utilizing Photovoice in Underserved Populations

Dr. Rajat Lamington

Title: Knowledge and Perceptions of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Do Not Resuscitate Assignment at the Denny Farrell Community Health Center

Dr. Rebecca Leeds

Title: Effects of a longitudinal Spanish language curriculum in a Family Medicine residency program

2018

Dr. Mary-Claire Abbot

Title: Self-Assessment and Interest in Spanish Language Curriculum in Residency

Dr. Stephanie Arnold

Title: Relationship Roulette: Investigating a Potential Physiologic Mechanism in Intimate Partner Violence

Dr. Laura Belland

Title: Music to Reduce Anxiety among Older Adults in the Emergency Department

Dr. Jenny Bohrman

Title: Provider Awareness and Utilization of Third Trimester Perineal Massage

Dr. Daniela Fanto

Title: Educating Children about Pediatric Asthma using Comic Books

Dr. Hyo Jyung

Title: School-based Culinary Education to Empower Adolescents and Promote Healthy Eating Behavior

Dr. Becca Roach

Title: Knowledge and Awareness of Emergency Contraception in Washington Heights