2024-25 Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to eight faculty and trainees

Innovation Grant recipient Caroline Burkey, MD, teaches internal medicine residents.

The Department of Medicine (DOM) Education Committee recently awarded Medical Education Innovation Grants to eight department faculty and trainees for 2024-2025.

The Medical Education Innovation Grants provide up to $20,000 to DOM faculty members or learners for educational projects that either support developing key skills in teaching, program development, scholarship, and career development, or enhance the practice skills of all learners and educators in clinical settings.

This year’s Innovation Grant recipients are:

  • Caroline Burkey, MD, fellow, Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care – “Testing the Use of a Virtual Learning Platform as an Effective Teaching Strategy for a Communication Skills Workshop for Internal Medicine Residents”
  • Ali Gardezi, MBBS, associate professor, Nephrology – ““Training the Trainers”. Developing a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Program for the Nephrology Faculty”
  • Christina Hughey, MD, fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine – “Basic Interpretation of Transthoracic Echocardiogram”
  • Dana Ley, MD, instructor, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Omar Calderon, MD, fellow, Gastroenterology and Hepatology – “Maximum Recall: Establishment of a Novel Curriculum for the Advanced Endoscopy Rotation”
  • Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, assistant professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology – “Diagnosis & Management of Cognitive Decline in Latinos – Development & Piloting of a Medical Education Curriculum”
  • Kurtis Swanson, MD, assistant professor, Nephrology – “Navigating Glomerulonephritis After Transplant: A Complete Educational Program”
  • Ryan Townshend, MD, PG-3, internal medicine residency – “Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education Track (Longitudinal POCUS curriculum)”
  • Kiruba Vembu, MD, assistant professor, Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care – “Bringing It Home: Point of Care Ultrasound Use in the Home Hospice Setting”

Congratulations to all!

Banner: Innovation Grant recipient Caroline Burkey, MD, teaches internal medicine residents. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine.

Matt Mallum, MFA