Monthly Newsletter | October 2021
News
Sujatha Sankaran was accepted into the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) Leadership Program. This two-year fellowship prepares clinically trained professionals to lead California's health care organizations and creates a network of strong and effective leaders. Congratulations!
Salman Rahman
Assistant Clinical Professor
Sarah Schaffer
Sarah Schaeffer received the 2022 AAIM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award from the Alliance of Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM).
Molly Kantor
Molly Kantor was selected as the new Assistant Director of Quality Improvement (QI).
James Harrison and Stephanie Rogers (UCSF Geriatrics) are co-investigators on a newly funded R43 grant with industry partners MemoryWell. The project is called "Feasibility and acceptability of introducing person-centered narratives in an acute care setting for people with Alzheimer's and Dementia."
Equity & Belonging in Hospital Medicine
This year, we graduated a class of medical students in which more than one-third identified from groups that are historically underrepresented in medicine, and 27% were the first in their families to earn a college diploma. We are proud to welcome a new medical student class in which 52% identify with a group that has been historically underrepresented in medicine. 
As we welcome learners from diverse backgrounds, how might we help them feel a sense of belonging immediately? One quick tip when meeting students for the first time, is starting with new types of ice breakers that invite the sharing of bits of background/identities. 

For example, "Hi, my name is ______. My pronouns are ______. One thing you wouldn't know just by looking at me is _________. It's important for me to tell you this because ______."

Students and residents can give as much or little information in that one sentence as they want to, and it serves as an opener for later dialogue.
 
For more skills training on creating a welcoming environment, check out the courses as part of the Teach for UCSF Certificate Program on Teaching for Equity and Inclusion!
Publications
Logan Pierce, Sara Murray and colleagues co-authored a new study recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Surgical Education which evaluated the use of electronic health record (EHR) data to estimate surgery resident duty hours and monitor real time workload.
Lynnea Mills and colleagues published a scoping review that describes how the literature on remediation interventions in medical education discusses emotion.
Anna Chang (Geriatrics), Leslie Sheu (DGIM) and Stephanie Rennke wrote a chapter describing the experience of UCSF School of Medicine's Clinical Microsystem Clerkship and the coaching program in Value-Added Roles for Medical Students (The AMA MedEd Innovation Series). 
James Harrison was awarded funding from the UCSF Pepper Center's Pilot and Exploratory Studies Scholars Program to explore the hospital to skilled nursing facility care transition experiences of LEP patients.
More Publications from DHM
The DHM Quality Post
Onboarding Committee
"Natalia, Kirsten, and Emily worked countless hours over the past few months to ensure we had the BEST Onboarding Intensive (OI) for our incoming faculty and fellows – total beast mode! Thank you for all your efforts in making all three OI the best experience for our new hires."

- Rosemary Yau
Katharine Yang
"Shout-out to Katharine, who was falcon covering and AHF – volunteered to admit and take care of a critically ill CCU patient who had transferred from an OSH with cardiogenic shock. She is such a team player! Katharine had a particularly busy and challenging shift, managing a post-ablation patient who had hemorrhagic shock from an RP bleed, while also handling multiple new admissions. I was impressed with her communication, ability to triage everything on her plate that night, and most of all her great attitude through it all!"


- Megan McLaughlin
Ari Hoffman
"Ari went above and beyond during his recent rotation at Mt. Zion. He was literally sprinting to the pharmacy across the street to get some medications before a patient discharged home. In two days, he's discharged two people (which is hard to do around here)."

- Elizabeth Patmont (MZ Nurse)
Julie Wu
"Shoutout for Dr. Julie Wu for working incredibly hard to organize the discharge of a long-term patient with complex needs. She worked collaboratively with the patient's team inside the hospital and out, and developed a plan and always putting the patient first. She was open to others’ opinions, able to emotionally support the patient, and spent many hours coordinating the care. Julie followed up with each member of the team often and ensured that everyone was updated with new information. We have Julie to thank for this incredibly smooth transition and collaborative environment. This couldn't have happened without her."

- Maia Asiano
Bassem Ghali
"I want to give a shoutout to Bassem for helping out with very last minute night shifts at Mission Bay. Thank you so much Bassem!"

- Christine Lam
Rosemary Yau
"Rosemary, thank you for all your hard work organizing the search committee tasks, meetings, and information!"

- Stephanie Rogers