UC Davis Health Practice Management Board and The Freischlag-Roethle Medical Student Scholarship

The UC Davis Health Practice Management Board and The Julie Freischlag-Phil Roethle Endowment support two medical students each year in exploring quality improvement early on in their careers. A research stipend is competitively awarded annually to two medical student at UC Davis who have completed their first year of medical school and who are in good academic standing. Students are required to complete the UC Davis Health 2-Day Quality Improvement Workshop in May, develop and complete a mentored quality improvement research project, and co-lead the UC Davis Health Student Interest Group in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety for one year.

Past medical student scholars and their project topics are as follows:
2015- Andrew Liman - Hand hygiene in hospital visitors
2016- Jane'e Murray - Accurate blood pressure measurement
2016- Calvin Chin - Accurate blood pressure measurement
2017- Ashley Shatola - Online patient education resources for hypertension
2017- Jasmeen Visla - Online patient education resources for hypertension
2018- Dayna Isaacs - Academic detailing visits for blood pressure control
2018- Kimberly Ngo - Physician efficiency with electronic health records