The Association of Pediatric Program Directors Quality Improvement Award is awarded annually for an outstanding quality improvement project presented during the national APPD Spring Meeting. This award is designed to encourage trainees and APPD members to participate in QI within medical education. Winning candidates are selected based on the quality of work presented in the abstract.
Please note: As of 2024, APPD now categorizes quality improvement projects under research.
Award Winners
2023
Ellen Laves, MD
University of California, San Francisco
IMPROVING RESIDENT NOON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE
2022
Laura Lockwood, MD
Children’s Colorado
IMPROVING TIMELINESS OF RESIDENT ASSESSMENT BY PEDIATRIC HOSPITALISTS USING INCENTIVIZED AUDIT AND FEEDBACK
2021
Chien-Rong Chen, DO
Los Angeles County-Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Increasing Utilization of the Pediatric Wards Curriculum to Standardize Resident Education
2020
Alexandra Kilinsky, DO
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY
Who Speaks First? Promoting Senior Resident Autonomy on Family Centered Rounds: A QI Initiative
2019
Sara Pavitt, MD
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Creation and Implementation of a Standardized Tool to Improve Inpatient Consult Communication
2018
Mackenzie Frost, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
2017
Allison Rose MD
Emory University
Improving Resident-Nurse Communication with Collaborative Quality Improvment
2016
Melanie Smith, MD
University of Tennessee
Watcher Initiative Decreases Unsafe Transfers to a Higher Level of Care
2015
Alston E. Dunbar, III, MD, MBA
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Teaching Team Integration in the Recognition and Reporting of Patient Safety Events
