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Defining Appropriate Use and Safe Integration of Bedside Ultrasound into Clinical Decision Making

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Bedside ultrasound is an important adjunctive tool in the management of hospitalized patients with several well-documented benefits to patient care and broad national support for use. However, there is not an accepted educational framework or competence designation for its use in hospital medicine. This may leave trainees vulnerable to incorrect utilization and interpretation, which can lead to errors in clinical judgment and/or patient safety events.

A Mindfulness Meditation Program for Physicians, Residents and Medical Students

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  1. PROPOSAL summary/abstract –based upon your original concept description

To develop a yearlong mindfulness program, open to faculty, residents and medical students at UCSF Fresno, that includes the use of a smartphone-based, mindfulness app called Headspace, combined with an online mindfulness curriculum, personal journaling and quarterly in person peer support meetings.

Using Electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) to Improve Quality of Life (QOL) and Access to Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

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INITIATIVE OWNERS: Celine Marquez, MD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Laura Esserman, MD., MBA, Director, UCSF Breast Care Center/Athena Breast Health Network, Hope Rugo, MD, Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education, lead, Advanced Breast Cancer Program, Catherine Park, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology. TEAM: C. Marquez, MD, Yun R. Li, MD, PhD, L. Esserman, MD, MBA, H. Rugo, MD, C. Park, MD, M. Rabow, MD, M. Melisko, MD

Being Present 2.0: Web-based Mindfulness Meditation to Reduce Distress Associated with Metastatic Cancer

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INITIATIVE OWNER: Chloe E. Atreya, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Division of Oncology

Using Health Information Mobile Technology to Improve the Patient Navigation Experience for Cancer Clinical Trials

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INITIATIVE OWNER(S) Hala Borno MD Chief Medical Oncology Fellow; T32 Aging Research Fellow and Celia Kaplan DrPH Professor in Residence Department of Medicine UCSF; Director of Medical Effectiveness Research Center; Co-Director of Center for Aging in Diverse Communities

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