School of Medicine and Health Sciences Poster Presentations
Implementing Diabetes Screening Guidelines in Resident Clinic
Poster Number
298
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
3-2016
Abstract
The U.S. Preventative Service Task Force now recommends screening all adults over the age of 45 for diabetes and pre-diabetes as of November 2014. Previously, the recommendation was to screen only those patients who had risk factors for diabetes such as obesity and hyperlipidemia. The goal of this project was to increase awareness of the screening guidelines among internal medicine residents and to improve the rate of appropriate diabetes screening in our patient population. We determined the baseline diabetes screening rate in a cohort of resident physicians. Our goal was to improve the baseline screening rate by at least 30% after three cycles of interventions. Our interventions included emails reminders, flyers posted in all exam rooms in clinic, and educational presentation during resident morning conference. Overall, we found that the baseline diabetes screening rate was 11% and that over 4 months, there was a sustained improvement of the screening rate to 21%. This project helped achieve an improvement in age appropriate diabetes screening by 50%
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Implementing Diabetes Screening Guidelines in Resident Clinic
The U.S. Preventative Service Task Force now recommends screening all adults over the age of 45 for diabetes and pre-diabetes as of November 2014. Previously, the recommendation was to screen only those patients who had risk factors for diabetes such as obesity and hyperlipidemia. The goal of this project was to increase awareness of the screening guidelines among internal medicine residents and to improve the rate of appropriate diabetes screening in our patient population. We determined the baseline diabetes screening rate in a cohort of resident physicians. Our goal was to improve the baseline screening rate by at least 30% after three cycles of interventions. Our interventions included emails reminders, flyers posted in all exam rooms in clinic, and educational presentation during resident morning conference. Overall, we found that the baseline diabetes screening rate was 11% and that over 4 months, there was a sustained improvement of the screening rate to 21%. This project helped achieve an improvement in age appropriate diabetes screening by 50%
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Presented at: GW Research Days 2016