The Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) pathway is a two-year program designed for trainees to further develop clinical skills in informatics and health information technologies with the support and guidance of the Informatics and 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, trainees are selected for the pathway.

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In their training, Clinical Scholars in Informatics residents will:

  • Obtain EPIC Physician Builder certification with privileges to modify the Electronic Health Record in collaboration with Information Technology Services (ITS). This includes travel to EPIC headquarters 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
  • 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 trainee travel funding
  • Participate in informatics journal club

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

2024 - 2027 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents

2024-2027 Clinical Scholars in Informatics (CSI) Residents - (left to right): John Hunting, MD, Bradley Rowland, MD, Danny Stamos, MD, John Paul Carlson, MD, Robert Alavi, MD, Chloe Caudell, MD, Christian Pulliam, DO, Tyler George, MD, James Miller, MD, Ajay Dharod, MD 

(left to right): John Hunting, MD, Bradley Rowland, MD, Danny Stamos, MD, John Paul Carlson, MD, Robert Alavi, MD, Chloe Caudell, MD, Christian Pulliam, DO, Tyler George, MD, James Miller, MD, Ajay Dharod, MD

James Miller, MD
Mentor Team: Sean Rudnick, MD (Hepatology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MStat (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Implementing Screening Advisories for Identification of Patients At Risk for Advanced Liver Disease in an Expansive Primary Care Network"

Daniel Stamos, MD
Mentor Team: Heidi Klepin, MD (Hematology and Oncology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy, MPH (Biostatistician); Adam Moses, MHA, PMP (Informatics); Lauren Witek, MStat (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Implementation of the Practical Geriatric Assessment into the Electronic Health Record to Increase Provider Usage and Address Geriatric Impairments"

Chloe Caudell, MD
Mentor Team:  Heather Clark, MD, PhD (Pulmonology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Improving the screening, diagnosis, and management of Pulmonary Hypertension in patients with COPD or ILD"

John Paul Carlson, MD
Mentor Team: Matthew Painter, MD (Acute Care Surgery); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Evaluating the Utility of the PIC Score in Rib Fracture Management: A Single-Center Quality Improvement Study"

Tyler George, MD & Christian Pulliam, DO
Mentor Team: Dustin Norton, MD (Pulmonology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Implementation of a decision support tool to improve guideline-based inhaler use among patients presenting to the emergency department with Asthma or COPD exacerbation"

Rachel Moffett, MD
Mentor Team: Andrew DeLamos, MD (Hepatology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: “A Retrospective Analysis Comparing FIB-4 and SAFE Scores as Screening Modalities for Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease"

Nicholas Majors, MD
Mentor Team: Andrew Nunn, MD (Acute Care Surgery); Shayn Martin, MD, MBA (Acute Care Surgery); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Intensive Care Unit Readmission and Mortality Risk Score as a Predictive Tool to Aid Clinical Decision Making “

Robert Alavi, MD
Mentor Team: Roy Strowd, MD, MEd, MS (Neurology); Sudhir Vishwas Datar, MD (Neurology); Bradley Rowland, MD (Hospitalist); Richa Bundy (Biostatistician); Corey Obermiller, MStat (Biostatistician); Ajay Dharod, MD (Informatics)
Project Title: "Evaluating and improving the prehabilitation workflow process prior to radiation therapy"

 

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