CHICAGO, Mar. 11, 2008– Ten projects examining ways to improve graduate medical education were honored at the Marvin R. Dunn Poster Session, which was held Feb. 29 in Grapevine, Texas, during the 2008 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Annual Educational Conference. The winning abstracts (summaries of research projects displayed on large posters) were among the 112 abstracts submitted to the poster session, which is named in honor of the late Marvin R. Dunn, MD, who served for five years as the ACGME's director of review committee activities. The winner posters are listed below.

A NOVEL RESIDENT CASE LOG SYSTEM: IMPROVED EDUCATION, PATIENT CARE, AND SATISFACTION
Timothy E. Lotze, MD, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston , Texas

A PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PROCESS BASED ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES
John Buckley MD, MPH, Barbara Joyce, PhD, Eric Scher, MD, Henry Ford Hospital , Detroit , Mich.

ASSESSMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENTS' BEDSIDE COMMUNICATION SKILLS: A SURVEY OF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS
Amy L. Kusmiesz, MS, Amanda Keller, Ronald Benenson, MD, Marc Pollack, MD, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, York Hospital, and York College of Medicine, York, Pa.

HOSPITAL-WIDE ENTRY AND SECOND YEAR MULTI-STATION CLINICAL EXAMPS FOR RESIDENTS
Julie G. Nyquist, PhD, University of California, Stephanie E. Gates, MeD, Jeffrey M. Ring, PhD, White Memorial Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program, Los Angeles , Calif.

MAYO PRACTICE-BASED IMPROVEMENT LOG: ASSESSING RESIDENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF ADVERSE EVENTS
Jason Post, Bryan Krajicek, Colin West, Furman McDonald, Joseph Kolars, Kris Thomas, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minn.

MEET THE NEIGHBORS! PRE-ORIENTATION E-NEWSLETTER SERIES FOR THE INTERNS
Diane Farineau, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville , Va.

QUALITY IMRPOVEMENT OF A ‘HIGH PRIORITY' AREA – PATIENT HAND-OFF
John V. Pamula, MD; Nami Kim, DO; St. Luke's Hospital, Internal Medicine Department, Bethlehem, Pa.

REORGANIZING THE HOUSE STAFF COMMITTEE WITH A MULTI DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO ENHANCE EFFECTIVENESS AND QUALITY
Hilma Balaian, Luis R. Salazar, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center , Center for Medical Education, Los Angeles , Calif.

RESIDENCY COMPETENCY TRAINING IN LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES: THE COMMUNITY SCAVENGER HUNT
Mary Elizabeth Roth, MD, FACPE and Nicole M. Alu, DO, Geisinger Health System, Wilkes Barre, Pa.

THE IMPACT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ROTATION ON RESIDENT COMMUNICATION AND SYSTEM BASED PRACTICE SKILLS: A ONE YEAR FOLLOW UP :
Mark Gennis, MD, Mary Gleason Heffron, PhD, Heidi Blumberg, MSW, Jennifer Burfeind, RN, MSN, and Karla Hemesath, PhD, Aurora Internal Medicine Residency, Milwaukee, Wis.

In addition to the poster session, the conference featured 61 sessions on various aspects of graduate medical education and accreditation, as well as technology consultations. The 2009 ACGME Annual Educational Conference will be held March 5-8 at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas

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The ACGME is a private, non-profit organization that accredits 8,200 residency programs in 126 specialties and subspecialties that educate 103,000 residents. Its mission is to improve the quality of health care in the United States by assessing and advancing the quality of resident physicians’ education.