Elizabeth Lancaster, MD Winner of APDS Best Resident Paper Award at Surgical Education Week 2019
UCSF Resident Research Program - - May 15, 2019
UCSF general surgery resident Elizabeth Lancaster, M.D. received the APDS (Association of Program Directors in Surgery) Best Resident Paper Award for presentation of her paper, Residents as Key Effectors of Change in Improving Opioid Prescribing Behavior, at Surgical Education Week 2019 in Chicago, IL.
With mentors Dr. Kenzo Hirose and Dr. Liza Wick, Dr. Lancaster developed a quality improvement program focused on improving post-operative analgesia prescribing patterns amongst general surgery residents. Her paper highlights the important role of residents in the quality improvement process [...]