2024 Scholarly Symposium

Virginia Academy of Family Physicians
2024 Scholarly Symposium

The VAFP Scholarly Symposium was held on Saturday, November 2, 2024 via Zoom.

The Virginia Academy of Family Physicians (VAFP) 2024 Scholarly Symposium offered Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students the opportunity to present scholarly work in poster format or as an oral presentation. 

Nine residents, two fellows, and seven students presented scholarly activity related to clinical or population health research, medical education research, literature review, case reports, QI/PI projects, clinical successes, patient stories, or educational projects and relevant to family medicine/primary care. Over 30 student, resident and family physician members attended the conference which was approved for 1.50 AAFP Prescribed CME credits.

The submissions are original work not yet published or presented at regional or national meetings and can either be work in progress or completed.  The oral presentations were limited to 5 minutes and the poster presentations limited to 2 minutes.  The presentations were broken down into 2 rooms. The links below provide each presentation, abstract and PDF.  Each of the presentations has been reviewed by three physician judges and scored in the following categories 1) Quality of research/QI methodology and appropriate use; 2) Validity of conclusions or anticipated results 3) Clarity and cohesive message during presentation; 4) Relevance of and/or impact on family medicine, 5) Innovation of research or quality improvement; and 6) Organization/understandability of poster/presentation.

The morning concluded with the presentation of the top scores in the resident and student categories (see below).  We hope that all of our resident and student members will consider participating in 2025!

Financial support for this program was provided by the FMPC which is funded by members like you! Help programs like this continue to support family medicine by giving to the FMPC. Select “Chapter Grants” when making your gift online. DONATE HERE! Thank you!

Announcing the 2024 Scholarly Symposium Winners

First Place – Student – Cameron Kelly

Patient perspectives in addressing mental health needs in primary care – Lead Author: Cameron Kelly, MS2, Additional Authors:  Jennifer Gilbert, PsyD; Benjamin Webel, BA; Marshall Brooks, PhD; Alex Krist, MD, MPH – VCU School of Medicine (Type of Project: Oral Presentation on Completed Scholarly Activity)

First Place – Resident – Ansuri Yanumula, MD

From Gynecomastia to Unexpected Testicular Mass: Clinical Journey of a Young Male with a Mixed Germ Cell Tumor – Lead Author: Anusri Yanumula, MD, PGY1, Additional Author: Jenna Capuano, DO, FACS – Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Family Medicine Residency (Type of Project: Poster on Completed Scholarly Activity)

 

• Emergency Preparedness with EVMS Compassionate Crisis Care: Addressing Barriers to Person-Centered Nursing Home Care for the Hispanic

• A case that’s hard to put a finger on: Recurrent Hand Cellulitis in a Healthy 30-year-old

• Tango with Thrombosis: A Case of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Quickstep Diagnosis of Jugular Vein Thrombosis

• Reducing In-Patient Hospital Avoidable Days/Delays (ADs) Due to Decision-Making Capacity Assessment by Implementing the U-CARe Assessment Tool with A Multifaceted Intervention

• Cluneal Neuralgia: An Overlooked Cause of Chronic Low Back Pain in Primary Care

• Patient Values and Expectations for Primary Care Delivery

• Diagnosing and managing dupilumab-associated erythema in patients with skin of color

• The effect of an educational intervention on provider comfort treating opioid use disorder with medication (MOUD) in an academic family medicine clinic

• Complicated UTI, Septic Shock, Multi-Organ Failure