2002
Improving Patient Care Outcomes by Teaching Quality Improvement to Medical Students in Community-based Practices
Gould BE, Grey MR, Huntington CG, Gruman C, Rosen JH, Storey E, Abrahamson L, Conaty AM, Curry L, Ferreira M, Harrington KL, Paturzo D, Van Hoof TJ. Improving Patient Care Outcomes by Teaching Quality Improvement to Medical Students in Community-based Practices. Academic Medicine 2002, 77: 1011-1018. PMID: 12377677, DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210000-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical studentsCommunity-based practiceUndergraduate medical educationQuality improvement curriculumSecond-year studentsChart abstraction processCommunity practice sitesEducational outcomesImprovement curriculumStudents' knowledgePerformance of footConnecticut SchoolMedical educationStudentsFormative inputCentury ProjectPatient care outcomesLikert scaleAttitudinal dataContinuous quality improvement projectCQI projectPractice sitesQuality of careCQI effortsPractice
2000
Preferences for CPR among the elderly: the influence of attitudes and values.
Hansdottir H, Gruman C, Curry L, Judge J. Preferences for CPR among the elderly: the influence of attitudes and values. Connecticut Medicine 2000, 64: 625-30. PMID: 11100634.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiopulmonary resuscitationIndividuals age 65Cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisionsMean ageFunctional statusTreatment preferencesResuscitationClinical sitesAge 65Resuscitation decisionsGeriatric programsOlder individualsAdvance directivesLower chanceStrongest predictorOutcomesFamily issuesWomenOpen-ended questionsPositive outcomesHealthLife treatment