Scribing: 1) Explore the integration of technology and AI in current scribe programs; 2) Investigate the impact of various human scribing programs on alleviating physician burnout.
UCLA Bridge Clinic: Create English and Spanish user guides for patients navigating an addiction treatment/outpatient provider database.
Intersectionality Scoping Review: Explore the impact of social identities (i.e., sex/gender, age, race/ethnicity) on physician-nurse relations.
Discharge Planning and Care Transitions: Generate best practice recommendations to improve discharge planning that can lead to higher patient satisfaction, better understanding of care plans, and reduction in readmission rates.
Clinical Topics: Vizient Lab projects to 1) Prevent Hypoglycemic events in hospitalized patients receiving insulin; 2) Optimize INRs to not exceed 5.0 when prescribing Warfarin in the hospital; 3) Decrease inappropriate blood transfusions for patients with hemoglobin >9 if not bleeding; 4) Draw lactic acid within 12 hours of patients presenting with Severe Sepsis.
THINQ Committee Presentations and Fellowship Training
Social Justice: Presentations on an important healthcare issue from an intersectional lens.
Journal Club and THINQ Tank: Discuss literature on specific areas of concern (i.e., team communication, interdisciplinary rounds, clinician burnout, etc.) within the healthcare system to brainstorm potential solutions in groups.
Leadership Development: Courses and training on professional development, such as guest speaker events, resume building, and personality quizzes.
Research Boot Camp: Workshops to develop research skills pertaining to PubMed Searching, integrative reviews, and research presentations.
Shadowing
Currently, we have rotations in inpatient medicine, geriatric units, and outpatient internal medicine resident clinics at UCLA Santa Monica Geriatrics, UCLA Westwood Internal Medicine clinic, and UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center wards.
