Resident Scholarly Projects Archive

2024

• Enhancing Medical Education through a Resident-Led Art Medical Humanities Project Alex Lim, Kevin Ruaro, & Rahotep Alkebulan

• Concusion Protocol for Alvernon Clinic Michelle Do & Jason Dorian
• Cervical Cancer Screening Rates in Refugee Patients Eudoria Lee
• Barriers to Discharge at Banner South Hospital Carli Ogle & Colleen Sells
• From Responders to Partners: Enhancing Outpatient Services Cynthia Sanchez
• Advanced Care Planning and Refugees Daniel Anderson, Taylor Buel, Bryce Hunsaker, Megan Garrett, Amanda McKeith, DJ Murphy, & Georgiana Yang
• Confidence in IUD Placement in Male vs Female Residents Bernardo Chavira
• Epidural or Else: Pain Management Choices Among Laboring Women of the MCH Service Nasrin Akter

2023 

• Painting – Fatima Giron Rivas
• Song: Arrhythmias in Motion Drum and Bass – Francisco Gomez & Sean McEvoy
• Film Documentary: Behind the Mask – Daniel Luccock & Karissa Wasiak
• Poem: ICU Bed 14 – Natasha Mitra
• Painting: Beautiful Chaos II – Natondra Powell
• Painting: Disconnect – Kela Bergren
• AZ PCP Pocket Guide to Palliative Care – Rachel Bruckman
• Painting: Bloom On – Clare Donahue
• Research Poster: MJ and Breastfeeding –Caroline Flowers
• Song: Goodnight – Justin Gause
• Poem – Mark Grant
• Painting – Marisela Mariscal
• Song: Kino Hospital – Hadley Pope

• Lights in the Darkness – Ambereen Ahmed
• My Love Letter to Family Medicine – Nicolette Barbour
• A Spectrum of Emotion – Bryan Brown
• Beyond the "See" – Jeiran Javaherian
• Layers of Emotion – Jennifer Veaco
• Hurt – Joey Harkins, Javier Laguillo
• Flow – Connie Herrera
• All the Things We Think We Know – Sean Maiolo
• Decreasing Healthcare Disparities by Increasing Resident Involvement in Free Clinics – Weston LaGrandeur

• Arizona Lifestyle Inventory Effect on Wellbeing in Medical Students. Author: Howard
• Care Transitions for Homeless Patients. Author: Garcia
• Developing A Wellness Program for Patients with or at risk Type 2 Diabetes. Authors: Ford, Clark
• Dramatically Increasing Youth Immunization Against HPV and Influenza Using Video Clips. Authors: Huynh, Chan
• Banner Clinical Practice: Rhabdomyolysis Presentation. Author: Sprague
• The Effect of Treadmill Desks on Physician Efficiency. Author: Schatz
• Hepatitis B vaccine in non immunized adults. Authors: Jenny Saint Aubyn MD, Tiffany Castellano MD
• Utility of Routine Prenatal Urine Dipsticks. Authors: Michele Alba, MD and Zoë Cappe, MD
• Pre-Implementation Evaluation of Nursing Patient Acuity Tools (PAT). Authors: Todd A. Horstman, MD, Marcos A. Teran, MD
• Refugee Health:  Creating a clinic model for the successful integration of refugees into the U.S. healthcare system. Authors: K. Losey; T. Castellano; A. Mendez; J. Saint Aubyn; P. Wang; J. Koleski; S. Aldulaimi

• Sleep In-Equality. Authors: Bailey, Parthasarathy, Ojo, Garcia
• Just Another Reason to Dislike LAX... Author: Singer
• Transition to Medical School: Assets and gaps in resources identified by PreMedical Admissions Pathway students. Authors: Selpid
• Point of Care Ultrasound: Development of a Resident-led Family Medicine Curriculum. Authors: Carrasco, Raub, Moran
• Improving Communication with Limited English Speaking Patients in a Resident Clinic. Authors: Bitow, Armin, Moran
• Implementation of Food Insecurity Screening for Pediatric Patients in a Family Medicine Clinic. Authors: Akazawa, Martineau, Ric
• Gaps in Quality Measures Among COPD Patients at the Alvernon Family Medicine Residency Clinic. Authors: Selpides, Ricker
• ACT! Advanced Contracepton Training A model to increase family planning discussions in a resident clinic. Authors: Grace Price, MD and Shana Semmens, MD
• USPSTF Screening Guideline Table: Improving Screening and Teaching. Author: Joshua Clutter, MD
• Physical Therapy Expectations and quality Measures in Acute and Chronic Musculoskeletal conditions. Authors: J.Anthony Saenz, MD, Patrick J Goetz, MD, Jason Patel, MD, and Sommer Aldulaimi, MD
• Comparison of Methods Used to Detect Insulin Resistance in Overweight and Obese Children. Authors: Katie Houmes MD, Randa Kutob MD, MPH, Chris Ussery, MS, Kathylynn Saboda, MS, Scott Going, PhD, Denise Roe DrPH, Craig Stump MD, PhD, Melanie Hingle, PhD, MPH, RD
• Refugee Clinic at South Campus – What we have learned so far. A clinic within a clinic to improve the standard of care for refugee patents. Author: Shana Semmens, MD
• Non-communicable disease evaluation as the basis for primary care improvement in the Nam Giang district of central Viet Nam. Authors: Myles Stone, MD, MPH, Hy Sy Quang, MD, Matthias Huber, Joshua Solomon, MD

• Why Do Low Income Patients Use Tobacco? A Mixed-Methods Study. Authors: Bradley, Yang, Desai, Gordon
• Recruitment Strategies Used in a YMCA-Based Intervention to Prevent Type II Diabetes in At-Risk Youth. Authors: Soliz, Olkiewicz
• Post-Partum Contraception Methods in Alvernon FMC OB Patients. Authors: Quigley, Richardson, Moran
• Marijuana and its Cardiovascular Effects: A Systematic Review. Authors: Reynolds, Clements
• Improving the Cultural Competency of Medical Students in Working with LGBT Patients through an Enrichment Elective. Author: Nguy
• Diabetes Education in Our Clinic: Does it Stick? Authors: Cynthia Carrillo, MD; Chantelle Chen, MD; Daphne Rosales, MD; Mary Harrel, MD
• At What Age is Aggressive Intervention Recommended to Prevent Obesity In American Indian/Alaska Native Children?  Authors: Madeline Sanchez, MD, Naomi J Young, MD, Francine Gachupin, PhD
• Refugee Health: Creating a clinic model for the successful integration of refugees into the U.S. healthcare system. Authors: Lori H Landes, Tiffany Castellano, Kaitlyn R Losey, Ana M Mendez, Jenny F Saint Aubyn, Jerome F Koleski, Sommer Aldulaimi, Susan K Hadley

• Advance Directives Residency Curriculum. Authors: Wofford, Becerra, J. Gordon, and Anne Ryan
• Back to Basics: Does Focusing on the Fundatmentals of Energy Medicine Increase Receptivity? Authors: Artrip and Sandal
• Dermascopy to Improve Family Medicine Residents' Diagnostic Accuracy of Skin Lesions. Authors: Riebe, Olkiewicz, Soliz, and P. G
• End of Life Discussion with Persons with Disabilities Authors: Pham, Le, and Tomasa
• Improving Resident Confidence and Competency for Well Child Visits from Infancy to Two Years of Age. Author: Riebe
• Case-Based Learning in Family Medicine Residency Training. Authors: Megan M. Rayman, MD, Joie L. Evans, DO, Karyn Kolman, MD,  Judith Gordon, PhD.pdf
• Common Factors Affecting Therapeutic Non-Compliance: A Systematic Review. Authors: Bea Piña, MD; Allison Hopkins, PhD.pdf
• Cost Acknowledgement Decreases Test Ordering in Physicians. Authors: Paul F Swenson MD, Benjamin A Gonzalez MD, Ahlam A Saleh MD MLS, Daniel J Derksen MD.pdf
• Educating Providers on Effective Healthcare for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Authors: Jessica Hensel, MD, Leslie Cohen, JD, Tamsen Bassford, MD, Sarah Guayante.pdf
• Hypertension Prevalence Among an Ethnically Diverse Patient Population in a Southwest Medical Network. Authors: Victoria McCurry, MD, Allison Hopkins, PhD.pdf
• USPSTF Recommendation Schedule: A novel teaching tool for preventative medicine teaching. Authors: Paul F Swenson MD, Coya Lindberg MD, Cynthia Carrillo MD, Joshua Clutter MD.pdf

• Does Readiness to Exercise Predict Weight Loss Success in a Lifestyle Modification Program? Authors: Crowe and Sozanski
• Designing a Global Health Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency. Authors: Moran and Johnston
• Prevention and Wellness: An Online Elective for Medical Students. Authors: Horzempa and Salomon
• Using a Patient Focused Approach to Aid in Smoking Cessation. Author: Yaqub
• Thrush in the Breastfeeding Dyad. Author: Khalife
• Use of Weight Positive Medications in Obese or Overweight Patients with Chronic Conditions. Authors: Olivas, Bera, Muramoto
• Attitudes, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Barriers Toward Diagnosing, Preventing and Treating Obesity in the Primary Care Clinic. Authors: Amanda R. Marquis, MD1, Judith S. Gordon1, PhD, Cynthia Thomson, PhD2.pdf
• Mobile Health Program Group Prenatal Care and Pregnancy Outcomes. Authors: Palitha Kalpage MD,MPH and Allison Hopkins PhD.pdf

• Is Showing Up Really 50% of the Job? Targeting Success for Weight Loss. Author: Dake
• Acupuncture and Smoking Cessation Studies. Author: Kauffman
• Impact of Biweekly Group Education on Dietary Habits of Populations at Risk for Diabetes II. Authors: Leano, Sonneborn, Kutob
• Evaluation of the Patient with a Suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in an Outpatient Setting. Authors: Trieu and Hicks
• Making Group Visits Financially Feasible for Diabetics and Pre-Diabetics. Author: Uselman
• Reasons for Smoking in a Low-Income Population: A Qualitative Study. Authors: Yang, Desai, J. Gordon
• Resident Attitudes & Practices in the Care of Adult Sexual Assault Patients in Tucson, AZ. Author: Guffey
• Lipid Lowering Therapy in Diabetics. Authors: Ramakrishnan and Cagno