Members of the Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) gathered on May 2, 2018 for the fourth annual GIM Scholars Showcase. The event highlighted scholarly work in areas such as clinical research, quality improvement, medical education, and systems improvement, including three "flash talk" five-minute summaries of studies recently presented at annual conferences of organizations such as the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM). Afterwards, a poster session allowed informal oral presentations of a dozen posters on topics ranging from medical education to residents' reports on unusual cases in internal medicine.

"We are so grateful this year for the support of Bill and Claudette Banholzer, whose philanthropic gift enabled several of our internal medicine primary care track residents to present their work at the Society for General Internal Medicine conference," said Elizabeth Trowbridge, MD, clinical professor and head, General Internal Medicine and Phillip August and Sarah Neely Herrmann Professor in General Internal Medicine.

"For residents focusing on primary care to take this opportunity to present their work at national meetings such as SGIM, and to present it to colleagues here in the division, is truly formative," said Joan Addington-White, MD, clinical professor, General Internal Medicine and program director, Internal Medicine Primary Care Track Residency.

The event allowed a chance for division members to hear updates about pilot projects that had received funding support from the division. Kristin Berg, MD, MS, assistant professor, General Internal Medicine and UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, discussed a study entitled, "Helping Women Veterans Quit Smoking: Back to Basics." The study investigated a disparity in successful quit-smoking rates between women Veterans (less than 10 percent) compared to their male Veteran counterparts (60 percent), finding that a multidisciplinary and individualized approach to cessation is important for women Veterans.

James (Jim) Haine, MD, clinical assistant professor, General Internal Medicine, described his study on "Primary Care Education and Utilization of Breast Cancer Survivorship Plans at UW Health." For Dr. Haine, the ability to pursue a scholarly study was satisfying, as it provided data to support changes in clinical activities.

Kathryn (Katie) Miller, MD,assistant professor (CHS), General Internal Medicine, discussed her study, "Moving Toward Better Health: Exploration of osteoarthritis management at UW Health." The work used a chart audit approach to identify ways to improve evidence-based, patient-centered osteoarthritis care in all UW Health primary care settings. "This was a great opportunity to do systemic exploration in our health care system, and we have some actionable next steps," said Dr. Miller.

Posters, presenters, and titles that were discussed at the GIM Scholars Showcase are listed below:

1. Berg K, Kasten S, Jorenby D. Helping Women Veterans Quit Smoking: Back to Basics. Presented at Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
2. Pillai P, Bagwell S, Mead S, Chheda S, Seibert C. Bringing Health Equity Lens to the ForWard Medical Education Curriculum. Presented at CGEA Regional Spring Meeting, Rochester, MN, March 21-23, 2018.
3. Tatar R, Nackers K, Mead S, Chheda S. Keeping the Baby-Ditching the Bathwater-A Process of Overhauling OSCEs in a New Integrated Curriculum. Presented at CGEA Regional Spring Meeting, Rochester, MN, March 21-23, 2018.
4. Sikhrakar S, Endicott S, Panther K. Preceptor Boot Camp: Development and implementation of graduate clinical preceptor training program. Presented at Wisconsin Nurses Association APRN Forum, Madison, WI, April 26-28, 2018.
5. Miller K, Galusha B, Baier L, Micek M. Management of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis in Primary Care. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
6. Peirce C, Kleinschmidt P, Addington-White J, Feldstein D, Baier L. Ranitidine implicated in Lymphocytic Colitis. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
7. Galusha B, Kleinschmidt P, Addington-White J, Baier L, Feldstein D. Beyond Bronze Diabetes: A Case of Hereditary Hemochromatosis. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
8. Kleinschmidt P, Addington-White J, Abraham V, Feldstein D, Baier L. Increasing Senior Resident Readiness to Practice in Primary Care. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
9. Lang A, Sosman JM, Ciske B. When is Less More? Asymptomatic EKG Findings in an Elderly Male. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
10. Unnithan R, Kleinschmidt P, Addington-White J, Feldstein D, Baier L. Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy After Bacterial Meningitis and It’s Impact in an Amish Patient. Presented at SGIM National Meeting, Denver, CO, April 11-14, 2018.
11. Tischendorf J, Zakowski L, Zelenski AB. Gender influences the quality of feedback provided to medical trainees: A mixed-methods study. Presented at Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) Week, San Antonio, TX, March 18-21, 2018.
12. Zelenski AB, Tischendorf J, Kessler M, Saunders S, MacDonald M, Vogelman B, Zakowski L. Practice-based Learning and Improvement for Faculty: An intervention to improve quality of written feedback. Presented at AAIM Week, San Antonio, TX, March 18-21, 2018.

Photo caption (top): Dr. Joan Addington-White discusses a medical education project entitled, "Increasing Senior Resident Readiness to Practice in Primary Care." The work was presented at the 2018 Society for General Internal Medicine conference. Photo credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine