The Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) pathway is a two-year program designed for residents to further develop clinical skills in informatics and health information technologies with the support and guidance of the Informatics & Analytics mentorship team.

Pathway Curriculum

These skills can open up opportunities for:

  • Research
  • Improving healthcare quality and safety
  • Making Electronic Health Record workflows more efficient

Through a competitive application process, two PGY1 residents are selected for the pathway to begin their PGY2 and PGY3 years.

A group of men and women of mixed ages and ethnicities sits around a restaurant table

In their training, Clinical Scholars in Informatics residents will:

  • Obtain EPIC Physician Builder certification with privileges to modify the Wake Forest Electronic Health Record in collaboration with Wake Forest Information Technology Services (ITS). This includes travel to EPIC headquarters to complete training as well as building a marketable skillset that can be valuable for future fellowship and faculty positions
  • Receive commendation and a certificate of completion during the yearly Internal Medicine Awards Day
  • Have an opportunity to shape a future career in informatics, complementing a career in internal medicine specialties or subspecialties
  • Receive a $2,500 stipend to be used for data extraction, statistical analysis, travel for presentations/conferences or informatics-related educational materials. This stipend is in addition to current residency travel funding
  • Be granted two elective informatics blocks in the PGY2 year with additional elective time (one to two months) that can be used for informatics in the PGY3 year
  • Participate in informatics journal club
  • Be granted a loaner laptop to be used for an informatics-related project

Clinical Scholars in Informatics residents are expected to:

  • Design and implement an informatics-related project (can be in general medicine or a subspecialty area) by the end of their PGY2 year
  • Evaluate the impact of the project within the health system and submit to both the Wake Forest Quality Improvement Showcase and Internal Medicine Research Day in their PGY3 year
  • Draft and submit a completed manuscript of the project and evaluation of impact in a relevant journal

Clinical Scholars in Informatics Curriculum schedule

Rotations

Residents on the CSI Pathway will continue with their upper-level track rotations as previously assigned. As stated, residents are granted two elective informatics blocks in the PGY2 year.

2022 - 2024 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents

(left to right): John Gehris, MD; Andy Anderson, MD; John Hunting, MD; and Ted Xiao, MD

(left to right): John Gehris, MD; Andy Anderson, MD; John Hunting, MD; and Ted Xiao, MD

John Gehris, MD
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Dustin Norton, MD (Pulmonology); Christopher Kelly, MD (Internal Medicine); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS (Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Streamlining a Comprehensive Approach to Smoking Cessation by Means of an Electronic Health Record Guidance and Support Tool"

Ted Xiao, MD
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Sean Rudnick, MD (Hepatology); Sara Atwater, MD (Internal Medicine); Jessica Koontz, MD (Internal Medicine); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS (Informatics)
Project Title: "Implementation of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) toolset for Early Detection of NAFLD Patients at Higher Risk for Advanced Liver Fibrosis in Primary Care Setting."

Thomas Weber, MD
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Elizabeth Halvorson, MD (Pediatric - Hospitalist); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MS (Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Implementation of Pediatric Reference Ranges for Creatinine in the Electronic Health Record (EHR)"

Andy Anderson, MD
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); Jessica Palakshappa, MD, MS (Pulmonology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MStat (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Validating and Implementing Cognitive Computing to Predict the Likelihood of ICU Readmission and Mortality"

John Hunting, MD
Mentor Team: Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics); David Miller, MD, MS (Internal Medicine); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MStat (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician)
Project Title: "Colo-rectal cancer screening failure: a data visualization tool for systematic failures in screening process"

CSI-Related, Peer-Reviewed Presentations, Posters, Manuscripts and Other Funding