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Learn about the h-index, the Eigen factor, and other methods of looking at research productivity. See how these metrics can be discovered in Scopus and other resources.
Date: Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019
Times: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM;
Location: Moody Medical Library, Carruth Room (233)
Best Care Lunch & Learn: Becoming a High Value Practicing Organization
Best Care Lunch & Learns
Best Care is alive and well at UTMB. Beginning Wednesday, January 16, join UTMB Health System executive leadership for a series of Lunch & Learns that will provide an in-depth look at our major areas of focus for improvement, as well as the areas in which we are outperforming many of our academic medical center peers.
The following Best Care Lunch & Learns will be held in Levin Hall Dining Room at noon on the dates provided below:
Tues., Feb. 5
Excellent Service Starts with Me – Accelerating Best Care through Patient-Centeredness
Dr. David Marshall
During this session, we will explore our efforts to improve patient satisfaction and assure equity of care.
Tues., Feb. 12
Health in the Community: Population Health and DSRIP
Katrina Lambrecht
This session explores UTMB’s efforts to keep patients healthy and how these efforts are related to our role as an accountable care organization and a s a participant in the 1115 Medicaid Transformation Waiver.
Tues., Feb. 19
Becoming a High Value Practicing Organization
Dr. Gulshan Sharma
This session explores UTMB’s efforts to become a High Value Practicing Organization as we strive to ensure evidence-based testing and treatments that are appropriate to each individual patient’s care.
Wed., Feb. 27
How Do I Make A Difference in Best Care?
Donna Sollenberger
This session provides a summary of Best Care at UTMB Health and describes how everyone in every role at UTMB contributes to the success of our Best Care initiative.
Wed., Mar. 6
Best Care in Correctional Managed Care
Dr. Olugbenga Ojo
This session provides a summary of how Best Care is alive and well in TDCJ Hospital Galveston and Correctional Managed Care.
Teaching Skills Workshop | February 20, 2019 | Strategies to Mitigate Cognitive Bias in Clinical Settings
This workshop will offer case-based discussions from various inpatient clinical medicine specialties to illustrate a multitude of common biases in action. Participants will learn to identify biases, develop mindful practices, and utilize evidence-based tools to overcome cognitive bias in the clinical setting. They will also have the opportunity to apply their newly acquired tools on a clinical case.
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Describe the concept of cognitive bias.
Reflect how diagnostic cognitive bias impacts clinical decisions and leads to medical errors.
Apply curricular strategies to teach yourself and your learners to recognize cognitive bias.
Presenter: Premal Patel, MD, MSc, FACP; Department of Internal Medicine; Associate Director, Center for Global Health Education
Wednesday, February 20 | 4-5 pm | Mary Moody Northen Pavilion, Room 1.102
UTMB Map: https://www.utmb.edu/map/
The Teaching Skills Workshop Series is jointly sponsored by the Office of Educational Development and Academy of Master Teachers.
If you would like to register online, please use Chrome or Firefox. Google Forms does not work well in the version of Explorer that UTMB employees have. Thanks!
Health Policy Dialogue and Lunch by Dr. Susan McLellan
Please join the Office of the President, and the Office of Health Policy and Legislative Affairs for this Health Policy Dialogue on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 at noon in the Levin Hall Dining Room. Dr. Susan McLellan, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Director, Biocontainment Treatment Unit, Director, Biosafety for Research-related Infectious Pathogens, will present, “UTMB’s Biocontainment Unit: Who We Are, Why We Are, Where We Fit in the Global Scheme.” Lunch begins serving at 11:30 a.m. Lecture begins at noon.
We hope you will join us for this important discussion. For those unable to attend the lecture in person the Health Policy Lecture is available to remote Polycom equipped locations and via the web using a PC and speakers. To join via a Polycom system please video dial 4091104. To join lecture via a PC/speakers use the URL listed below: https://hdstream.utmb.edu/VEMSWeb/Widgets/EmbedPlayerControllerWidget.html?ver=6.3.7.6&autoplay=true&contentID=6. The broadcast will not be interactive.
For additional information or to RSVP please contact Becky Trout Unbehagen at rltrout@utmb.edu.
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