Scholarly Work

At BMC, we’ve harnessed our family medicine department’s research and faculty expertise, and our residents’ and institution’s dedication to healthcare equity and quality, to implement an evidence-based scholarship program.

This three-year curriculum aims to assist residents in acquiring the tools they need to promote health equity and effect change in the communities, institutions and systems in which they work, via a mentored but self-directed scholarly project.

In the first year, residents conduct a month-long health-equity focused quality improvement project in their health center, integrated into ongoing health center quality initiatives. Starting in the second year, residents develop a mentored scholarly project, present updates of their work at monthly research in progress sessions, lead research-faculty mentored journal clubs, and attend skills-based scholarship workshops (e.g. survey design, literature review).

All residents are encouraged to present their work at scientific conferences. In the past year eight residents presented at STFM.

Please click here to see a list of recent projects done by residents.

2023 STFM resident presenters

Assessment of LGBTQ+ Inclusive Primary Care Practices

Presenter: Megan Anderson
Authors: Jeremy Weiser, Gerianne Connell, Megan Anderson, Jacklyn Cheng
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

Essential Training to Increase Provider Comfort In Medication Abortion Care, Post Roe v Wade Reversal

Presenter: Camille Singh 
Authors: Camille Singh,  Jennifer Trieu, Juliana Castedo, Corey Costanzo
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

Title: Missed Opportunities in Aspirin Prescribing for Preeclampsia Prevention

Presenter: Mariela Cabrera, Noreen Singh
Authors: Noreen Singh, MD, Aimee Mankodi, MD, Saskia Shuman, MHS, Mariela Cabrera, MD,
Jacqueline Chiofalo, MPA, Eve Walter, PhD, Aimee Smith, DO
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

A Longitudinal Resident Curriculum on Substance Use Disorder

Presenter: Ruchi Shah
Authors: Candice Hu, Emily Regier, Ruchi Shah, Katherine Standish
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

A Multidisciplinary Team Providing Flexible Care to Control Blood Pressure Utilizing Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring

Presenter: Caitlin Weiss,
Authors: Caitlin Weiss, Jennifer Trieu
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Multidisciplinary Global Health Education Series: "Global Health Is Local Health"

Presenter: Kaylin Pennington
Authors:  Mihoko Tababe, DO, MPH, MIA; Kaylin Pennington, MD, MPH; Katherine Standish, MD, MS; Avra Goldman, MD
Accepted Category: Developing Project Poster - 60-min poster session

Other conferences

Chronic Left Ankle Pain with an Unsuspected Cause: A Case Report.

Karnovsky, Sydney, Nathan Cardoos
AMSSM meeting in Phoenix this spring 2023

Peer-Reviewed Publications of Recent Resident Scholary Projects

• Labour after caesarean counselling documentation: a quality improvement intervention on labour and delivery (Elena Hill, 2020 graduate)
• Improving Communication with Patients with Limited English Proficiency: Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment for Clinicians (Lizzeth Alarcon, 2019 graduate)
• Resident Outcomes and Perspectives Over 2 Years of a New Scholarship Curriculum (Katherine Standish, 2019 graduate)