SAMPLE List of Proposed Action Plans
Specialty
Anesthesiology
Setting/Audience
Weekly Conference/Residents
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Residents
Emergency Medicine
Residents and Attendings
Family Medicine
Community Health Center
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine Intranet
Website/Interns and Residents
Interns’ Conference/
Medical Interns
Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine
Intern Conference/Interns and
Residents
Neurology
Didactic Lecture/Neurology
Residents and Medical
Students
Ophthalmology
Residents and Faculty
Otolaryngology
ORL Grand Rounds/Residents
in Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology
Medicine and Geriatrics
Departments Grand Rounds;
IM -Web-based journal/
General Internists,
Geriatricians
Psychiatry Grand
Rounds/Attendings, Residents,
Students
Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Surgery
Urology
Ward rounds teaching/Medical
Student Psychiatry Clerks and
Psychiatry Residents
Anesthesia and Surgical
House Staff
Urology Residents and Faculty
Action Plan Project
“Understanding the Complexities of Managing the
Elderly Patient in the Perioperative Setting”/ To
develop lecture/online resources with focus on
managing elderly patients.
To identify different surgical options available for lung
cancer.
“Pre-Op Assessment of the Geriatric Patient in the ED/
To educate ED staff to assess geriatric patients prior to
operative repair of orthopedic injury.
To train residents/interns to review patients’ health care
proxies and end-of-life wishes.
To incorporate evidence-based geriatrics bibliography
to web-based references for IM trainees.
“Dementia and Delirium”/To increase intern
competence in the diagnosis and management of
patients with these diagnoses.
“End-of-Life Care in Medically Complicated Elders”/
To identify elders with end-of-life care needs. Choose
appropriate means for symptom management. Combine
cultural, medical and social aspects into care plan.
“Gait Assessment and Fall Risk in Elderly Patients
with Neurological Disease”/To understand different
gait problems associated with neurological diseases,
falls risks and preventive measures.
“Communication of Ophthalmic Disease for Primary
Care Providers”/ To provide primary care physicians
with regular updates and communication of their
patients visual and ophthalmic health.
“Prevention, Diagnosis and Management of Postoperative Delirium in ENT Patients”/To increase
awareness in house staff about prevention and
treatment of common post-surgical problems.
“Dysphagia: Cross-disciplinary Diagnosis and Practical
Management”/To produce and present a
comprehensive talk with practical information on this
topic for other disciplines.
“Interdisciplinary and Community Resources for
Caregivers of Patients with Dementia”/To inform
psychiatry trainees and faculty about community-based
resources for caregivers.
“Case-based Approaches to Teaching Drug Interaction
Concepts in the Elderly”/To minimize adverse drug
interactions in psychiatric patients.
To improve recognition and treatment of delirium in
post-operative/SICU patients.
“Counseling Geriatric Patients on PSA and Prostate
Cancer”/ To increase awareness and knowledge of
prostate cancer diagnosis and its efforts on geriatric
patients.
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