Projects

 

Research Division

Current Projects

  • Collaborative Training in Team-Based Care in Appalachian Primary Care Practices

    Polaha, Fox, Click; Collaborative project between Family Medicine and Pediatrics to develop and implement a formal curriculum and experiential learning process in provision of team-based care for patients; Funding: HRSA Primary Care Training and Enhancement, $1,741,122

  • Complex Patients Champion Team

    Polaha, Buselmeier, Holt, Hopkins, Williams, Tewell; Strategy to identify and care for complex patients with an overall goal to reduce ED/hospital use and improve health.

  • TransACCESS

    Mann, Click, Johnson; Project addresses transgender access to care in South Central Appalachia and includes two studies and a training event in spring 2020; Funding: ETSU Research Development Committee Interdisciplinary Research Grant, $50,000

  • SGM Attitudes of Mental Healthcare Practitioners in Training

    Mann, Click; Surveys examining attitudes of mental healthcare graduate students towards sexual minority and gender minority clients.

  • Knowledge, Attitudes, and Values of Primary Care Providers towards Trans Patients

    Click, Mann, Johnson; Expansion of recently-completed local survey to include national sample of providers.

Completed Projects 

  • Integrated Grand Rounds Evaluation

    Click, Mann, Johnson; Pre and post-test of knowledge about transgender health during medical student integrated grand rounds; 2018.

  • Addressing Opioid Abuse in Primary Care

    Fox, Click; Process to integrate training in opioid use disorder diagnosis, prevention and treatment, emphasizing MAT into our residency programs; Funding: HRSA PCTE Supplemental Funding, $165,028; 2017-2019.

  • AAFP Immunization Improvement: Adult Immunization Office Champions Project

    Johnson, Polaha; Quality improvement project focused on strategies to improve influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates; Funding: AAFP Foundation, $3,000; 2016-2019.

  • IPE Interview Study

    Polaha, Click; Mixed methods study using a mock job interview to assess our interprofessional education program; 2017-2018.

  • Medical Scribes in a Family Medicine Residency Program

    Polaha, Johnson; Program to pilot & evaluate implementation outcomes of medical scribes in residency program; Funding: AAFP Foundation, $50,000; 2017-2018.

  • Implementing Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training into College of Medicine Curriculum

    Integration of ACLS training into the medical student curriculum; Florence; Funding: ETSU Instructional Development Grant, $2,000; 2017-2018.

  • Patient-Administered COPD Assessment Test vs Standard Physician Assessment of COPD

    (Pharmacy), Click, Johnson, Williams; Comparison of CAT screening tool results to physician assessment of impact of COPD on patient quality of life; 2016-2017.

  • Improving Transition from Hospital to Home

    Calhoun, Bailey; Evaluation of interprofessional transitions of care clinic outcomes; Funding: ETSU Research Development Committee, $10,000; 2016-2017.

  • Improving Tennessee Health Care Providers Understanding of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
    Click, Hagemeier (Pharmacy); Survey of primary care providers behaviors related to prescribing opioids to women of child-bearing potential; Funding: Tennessee Department of Health, $52,100; 2014-2015.