In Fall 2024, UAB Heersink School of Medicine announced the poster winners for its 2024 Educational Research & Innovations in Clinical & Health Sciences (ENRICH) Week. ENRICH Week, held September 16-19, 2024, is an annual conference dedicated to health care educators. It aims to enhance teaching techniques, encourage curriculum innovation, and highlight research in 21st-century health education. The poster session highlighted presentations on innovation, clinical vignettes, and research and scholarship.
This year’s event featured a keynote address by Neil Mehta, M.D. entitled “Generative Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education” on September 18. The poster session judging took place on September 19 in the UAB Hospital West Pavilion Atrium. The 2024 ENRICH week received a record number of poster submissions, with involvement from faculty, students, and staff across all UAB health professions schools.
"I am proud to celebrate the creativity and innovation of this year’s ENRICH Week winners, who showcased UAB’s dedication to academic excellence in learning and research through their work," said Anupam Agarwal, M.D., dean of the Heersink School of Medicine. "Thank you to all who organized the event, which saw a record-breaking number of poster submissions—a reflection of our thriving academic community."
Join us in congratulating these poster winners for their exceptional achievements and commitment to intellectual curiosity and scholarship.
2024 ENRICH Week Poster Session Winners
Innovation
First Place:
H. Caroline Davies, MS - “Developing a Virtual Interactive Brain Atlas for Pathology as an Educational Resource”
Second Place (tied):
Stephanie Colvin, MD – “Randomized controlled crossover study of ultrasound-guided breast biopsy training: Evaluating the experience of medical students using a novel virtual reality breast biopsy simulation vs. traditional phantom”
Lillian Kennedy – “Enhancing patient care: a quality improvement project for timely lab orders and streamlined results communication in a free clinic”
Cayla Gilliland, MS – “Cost-Effective 3D Printed Models for Anatomical Education”
Third Place (tied):
James Walker Phillips – “POCUSing on Excellence: Integrating POCUS into Regional Anesthesia Training”
Jacob A. Burke, MS – “Revising an interactive “eDissection” Manual to meet the needs and enhance learning in gross anatomy”
Elena Chesnokova – “A Novel Method Of Physical Exam Teaching: Results From UAB’s APECS Experience”
Clinical Vignette
First Place:
Hinal Rathi, DO - “When Sedation Gets Scary: Case of Propofol Leading to Cardiac Arrest”
Second Place (tied):
Maggie Bridges Kearney, MD, MPH – “Relevance of the radio: a case report of Acinetobacter radioresistens bacteremia”
Hareem Farooq, MD – “Sarcoidosis – A Diagnostic Dilemma”
Third Place:
Marie Ehrhardt, MS – “Still with Us: An Atypical Presentation of Macrophage Activation Syndrome in Adult Onset Still Disease”
Research and Scholarship
First Place:
Raksha Ramdas, BS - “Application of mixed methods study in clinical research to understand challenges faced by caregivers of patients with complex medical conditions”
Second Place:
Deepti Sharma, MD – “OBGYN Residency Geographic Match Location Patterns: Comparison of Pre- and Post- Virtual Interviews”
Third Place (tied):
Daniela D. Muñoz Wilson, MA – “Influence of Social Identity on General Surgery Residents’ Perceptions of Feedback”
Alana C. Jones, PhD – “Integrated Risk Prediction of Kidney Failure: Clinical and Multi-Omic Approaches”
Khawla Suhaila, MD, MPH – “Oral Health and Hygiene Education Intervention at Buiga-Sunrise Primary School in Mukono, Uganda”