Scholarly Work

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Residents develop and implement a scholarly project through a guided curriculum and close mentorship over 3 years of residency. Interns are introduced to a variety of General Internal Medicine topics by attending the National Society of General Internal Medicine Conference. Projects can take many forms and can be in any of the following areas listed in the table below. Many projects have led to regional and national presentations as well as manuscripts, Op-eds, advocacy work and policy changes.

Examples of Projects from 2009-2026

Community and Population Health

The Doctor Says You Cannot Have It: A Qualitative Study of Non-Prescription Buprenorphine Use Among Participants at Harm Reduction Age
Nutritional Quality for Food-Insecure Patients: A Quantitative Analysis of The Nutritional Quality of Food Available at Urban Food Pantries
The Naloxone Team 2015-2018: Development and Evaluation of a Pilot Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Program for Hospitalized General Medicine Patients
Designing Workshops on Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension for Expectant Parents in Harlem

Advocacy

Thinking outside the box: Hospitals promoting employment for formerly incarcerated persons
Increasing Access: Patients' Perspectives on Voter Registration in Urban Health Centers
US State Laws And Policies On Opioid Prescribing Practices During the Peak of the Prescription Opioid crisis: Associations with opioid overdose mortality

Primary Care Practice

Improving Discharge Summary Communication Between Inpatient and Outpatient Providers by Targeting Primary Care Provider Needs
Serious Illness Conversation Project
Attitudes of Healthcare Providers Towards Screening for Alcohol Misuse in the Primary Care Setting
Improving Provider Response to Positive Falls Screening Among Older Adults in Community-Based Primary Care
Designing and Implementing a Comprehensive Knowledge Management System in an Academic Federally Qualified Health Center
From Referral to Reality: Improving Access to Dermatologic Care Through an Embedded Dermatology Clinic within a Primary Care FQHC