ChristianaCare has created several unique training experiences in multiple domains for residents and fellows to explore critical topics that enhance and compliment the training they receive in their individual programs.
Quality and Safety
Residents and fellows have opportunities to take part in interdepartmental learning experiences around quality and safety that include:
- Resident/Fellow Quality and Safety Council: Each program selects a resident/fellow and faculty dyad to discuss the event reporting climate and present solutions to safety concerns in an effort to improve the patient safety culture.
- Resident/Fellow Quality and Safety Journal Club: A quarterly resident/fellow led discussion of a pertinent article highlighting evidence-based opportunities in improving quality and safety in the learning environment.
- Achieving Competency Today (ACT): Issues in Quality, Cost, Systems and Safety: 12 weeks master’s level interdisciplinary curriculum for systems-based practice and practice-based learning and improvement. Interprofessional teams of learners collaboratively design and test solutions to identified challenges in healthcare delivery through an improvement project.
Resident Research
SMART RESEARCH (Support, Mentorship, And Resident Training in RESEARCH)
This program provides participants with an infrastructure and core content on research methodologies, with the goal of completing an institutional review board (IRB) ready research protocol by the end of the series. This curriculum will provide didactic and workshop-based activities to walk participants through the fundamental components of a protocol, from the research question and literature review, crafting an analysis plan, and writing up and presenting results.
Resources
Within Academic Affairs, a research team, consisting of a full-time Research Associate and Biostatistician, is available to support you in completing your research projects during your training time at ChristianaCare.
Academic Affairs hosts an annual research symposium showcasing resident and fellow scholarly activities to highlight research excellence at ChristianaCare.
Global Health
Trainees may choose to advance their education within the field of global health through participation in a dedicated distinction track. The resident-run global health track at ChristianaCare hosts regular dinner meetings which follow a rotating longitudinal curriculum; program activities include peer discussions, didactic presentations, simulation-based learning, and invited guest speakers. Attendance is open to all residents and fellows from any program.
Members of the multidisciplinary global health track may graduate with distinction if they meet certain requirements. To complete the track, residents must (1) attend 12 teaching sessions, (2) complete a 2-4 week international or underserved elective rotation and (3) give a capstone presentation.
The program’s goals are to:
- Provide practical perspectives on the management of disease in resource-constrained settings, ranging from treatment of individual cases to public health interventions aimed at affected populations.
- Train residents and fellows to provide culturally responsive, patient-centered care for holistic health promotion.
- Teach residents and fellows to recognize and address the impact of social, economic, environmental, and geopolitical factors on health disparities everywhere.
- Promote skills in population-based research and community-oriented clinical care.
- Inspire humility, compassion, and a service mindset in the next generation of physician leaders.
Please visit residency.christianacare.org/about/global-health for more information.
Leadership Development with LEED-R
LEED-R, also known as Leadership Excellence EDucation for Residents/Fellows, is a two-week intensive, interdisciplinary program to develop the skills and tools to be an effective and efficient physician leader in health care now and in the future.
The LEED-R program includes a two-week block of protected time for intensive leadership development for a select group of 25 residents/fellows each year using the National Center for Healthcare Leadership competencies incorporating multiple platforms of learning and interaction with ChristianaCare leadership and outside experts on:
- Self-Awareness & Leadership.
- Develops People & Creates High Performance Teams.
- Collaborates & Builds Relationships.
- Enables Learning & Innovation.
- Leads & Promotes Change.
- Creates Value.
Highlights include connecting with an array of system leaders, working with professional media coaches and journalists on presentation skills, and interacting with leaders in the community.