The annual Duke Health Quality & Safety conference took place (virtually) March 21-25 and celebrated work in quality improvement, safety and teamwork across the Duke University Health System. The conference brought together hundreds of Duke Health employees to recognize, evaluate, learn, and advance health together.
Duke Pediatrics participated, and Samantha Dizon and Grace Lee, Medicine-Pediatrics residents, received the Fulkerson Award for their work on peer support.
View the video abstract online:
- Caring for Each Other: A Resident Led Peer-Debriefing Skills Workshop [login required]
Samantha E. Dizon and Grace S. Lee, MD; Anthony N. Galanos, MD; /Colby Feeney, MD; Megan Jordan, MD; Yu-Lin Amy Lee, MD; and Jane Trinh, MD
Aim
To increase the frequency of resident physician debriefing after critical events.
Slides
2022 Duke Quality Conference Presentation_Samantha Dizon and Grace Lee.pdf [login required]
About William Fulkerson, MD
A graduate of the UNC School of Medicine with an internship, residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt University, Fulkerson joined Duke University School of Medicine in 1983 and quickly made a name for himself as a brilliant pulmonary medicine and critical care specialist. In 1984, he was promoted to director of the medical intensive care unit (MICU). Foreshadowing administrator roles to come, he was eventually made pulmonary and critical care division chief.
Even in these early years at Duke, there was something special about Fulkerson that others noticed and that would become foundational to his reputation for many years to come. “Doctors look at other doctors and sometimes say, ‘That’s a real doctor.’ It means you are totally committed, responsible and trustworthy,” said Ralph Snyderman, MD, former chancellor for health affairs, dean of the School of Medicine and president and CEO of DUHS. “Bill is a real doctor.”