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Our regularly schedule series Wednesday Morning Conference is Intimately linked to our quality improvement efforts in the following ways: 1) the Vice Chair for Quality is a member of the Planning Committee; 2) All members of the planning committee also sit on the Departmental Performance Improvement Committee 3) Recommendations from the PI committee are directly routed to Dr. Katz to assure inclusion on the Wednesday Morning Conference Schedule and 4) All invited speaker invitation are derived f...

Our regularly scheduled Wednesday Morning Conference is vitally important to the continued education, performance and quality improvement of our housestaff (fellows, residents, students) and faculty members. First, all of our didactic topics are derived from perceived need for additional education in a specific area. Second, the current MSHS medical director for patient safety, Dr. Amanda Rhee, is a divisional member and recurring quality assessment and performance improvement presenter. In a...

1. Cases to be presented are arranged in advance. Any member of stroke faculty may request the ability to present a case. 2. Cases are chosen based on several criteria a. Difficulty in reaching diagnosis b. Unusual or interesting imaging findings c. Serve as nidus for discussion of disease entities, advances in stroke care 3. Case presentation consists of history, clinical presentation 4. Imaging is demonstrated 5. Discussion among attendees on diagnosis and th...