{"id":62862,"date":"2023-01-18T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=62862"},"modified":"2023-06-06T18:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T22:23:34","slug":"dr-whelan-implements-a-health-equity-focused-quality-improvement-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/dr-whelan-implements-a-health-equity-focused-quality-improvement-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Whelan Implements a Health Equity-Focused Quality Improvement Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/im\/people\/karina-whelan-md\/\">Karina Zaveri Whelan<\/a>, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of General Medicine, is creating a curriculum to enable medical students at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine to implement a health equity-focused improvement project. She gave an update on the project in the video below.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;My goal through this project is not just to change patient outcomes and to change patient care but also to educate students and preceptors about the equity gaps that exist so they know about them and they are empowered to do something.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z38mGpXOUoE?html5=1\" title=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In June 2021, the <a href=\"https:\/\/abimfoundation.org\">ABIM Foundation<\/a> \u2013 in partnership with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.im.org\">Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine<\/a> (AAIM), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abim.org\">American Board of Internal Medicine<\/a> (ABIM), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acponline.org\">American College of Physicians<\/a> (ACP) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/macyfoundation.org\">Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation<\/a> \u2013 awarded a total of $287,500 to 32 projects to rebuild trust and address health care diversity, equity and inclusion in medical education and training.<\/p>\n<p>Through one of the grants, Karina Zaveri Whelan, MD, is creating curriculum to implement a health equity-focused quality improvement project for medical students at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. 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