How socioeconomic status impacts patient perceptions of healthcare: a qualitative study

• Nicholas Arpey, M1
• Mentors: Anne Gaglioti, MD & Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Validity of the Delirium Observation Screening Survey for Identifying Delirium in Home Hospice Patients 

• Shea Jorgensen, M1 & Christopher Nguyen, BS
• Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Validity of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale in Hospitalized Elderly Patients

• Katherine Gavinski, M2 & Christopher Nguyen, BS
• Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Hospice eligibility and barriers to hospice referral in the dialysis population 

• Jordan Peterson, M1 
• Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Determining if patients who died at UIHC were hospice eligible at their penultimate admission 

• Katherine Freund, M2 
• Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD

Diabetes management in a rural and ethnically diverse primary care clinic 

• Kathleen Vondehaar, M1 & Michael Marquardt, M1 
• Mentors: Jeanette Daly, RN, PhD & David Bedell, MD

Ambivalent proximity and the public-private world of waiting in the surgical intensive care unit 

• Gabriel Gao, M1 
• Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD

FIT vs Colonoscopy 

• Paul Kim, M2 
• Mentor: Barcey Levy, MD, PhD

Implementing a palliative care volunteer program 

• Anna Schmitz, M1 
• Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD  

Doctor, I have a question: Does giving a patient explicit permission to ask questions improve satisfaction? 

• Kwadwo Achampong, M2
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

When Doctor Becomes Patient: Strategies for Effectively Working with Patients Who Are Also Physicians

• Amy Domeyer, M2
• Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Does encouraging patients to ask questions improve their understanding of treatment and diagnosis in an urban ER center? 

• Gabriel Fierro-Fine, M2
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Variations in Clinical Communication Learning by Specialty

• Kate Robb, M2
• Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

A Stepped Intervention Approach for Encouraging Colorectal Cancer Screening 

• Samuel Dvorak, M1 
• Mentor: Barcey Levy, PhD, MD

Domestic Elder Abuse Associated with Substance Abuse 

• Lara Galloway, M2 
• Mentor: Jeanette Daly, PhD

Multidisciplinary Reports of Nursing Home Mistreatment 

• Jessica McCool, M2 
• Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

See One, Do One: What Senior Medical Students Observe of the Medical Interview 

• Paetra Ruddy, M2 
• Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD & Rick Axelson, PhD

Perspectives of Mandatory Reporting of Elder Abuse by Critical Care Nurses and Physicians 

• Amy Schmeidel, M2 
• Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Delirium in palliative care: Making a bad situation worse 

• Juan Roman, M2 
• Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Perspectives of mandatory reporting of elder abuse by healthcare professionals 

• Amy Schmeidel, M1 
• Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD

Self-care management of diabetic patients 

• Alex Wittry, M1 
• Mentor: Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD

Outcomes of care for type 2 diabetic patients attending the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic 

• Lisa Niedergeses, M1 
• Mentor: George Bergus, MD

Compliance with clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetic patients attending migrant farm worker clinics 

• Daniel Runde, M2 
• Mentor: David Bedell, MD

Are you afraid of anyone at home? Validity of screens for elder abuse 

• Hilary Buri, M2 
• Mentors: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD

“We must reach our goal”: Migration and HIV vaccine development in Masiphumelele, South Africa 

• Gina Clark, M2 
• Mentors: Oladipo Kukoyi, MD & Leslie Swartz, PhD

Emotional Experience of Women Experiencing Infertility 

• Megan Groff, M2 
• Mentor: Alison Abreu, MD

Gender differences in response to fixed-dose combination of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in southern India

• Anwer Habib, M2 
• Mentor:s Dilip Mathai, MD, PhD & Mark Graber, MD

Colorectal cancer screening interventions 

• Tim Noonan, M2 
• Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD

Barriers to answering emergency medicine doctors’ clinical care questions

• Bradley Randles, M2 
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Motivators and barriers to self-care in patients with type II diabetes 

• Christine Walsh, M2 
• Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD

What Patients Want from their Doctors: The Needs of Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms

• Sara Welter, M1
• Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Assessment of alcohol use and associated risk behaviors among HIV positive individuals in rural areas in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation 

• Julia Wymore, M2 
• Mentor: Rick Dobyns, MD

Characteristics Associated With Elder Abuse Identified Through Self-Report Screening 

• Hilary Buri, M1
• Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Defining the scope of implied consent in the ED 

• Raul Easton, MPH 
• Mentors: Dr. Mark Graber & Dr. Stephan Scheckel

Patients With Unexplained Symptoms:  Perception of Etiology and Response to Treatment

• Brandy Ficek, M1
• Mentor: Paul James, MD

Emotional Experiences of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Beth Hollinrake 
• Mentors: Anuja Dokras-Jagasia, MD & Alison Abreu, MD   [reversed mentor order as Dr Abreu was a secondary mentor]

Prevalence of Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care

• Sara Miller, M2
• Mentor: John Ely, MD & Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD

Patient Information and Patient Satisfaction in the Emergency Department

• Jay Monnahan, M1
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Religious Support and Depression Among Pastors

• Steve Rippentrop, M3
• Mentor: Elizabeth Clark, MD & Andrew Peterson, MD

Differences in Patients & Physicians Perceptions of Unexplained Symptom Etiology and Condition Improvement

• Necole Streeper, M2
• Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Physician Satisfaction in Treating Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms

• Enid Wright, M2
• Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, MD, PhD

Informed Consent Use in a Beijing Hospital

• James Wu, M2
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Diabetes Control: Relative Importance of Patient Factors and Physician Management

• Sarah Cotter, M2
• Mentor: Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD

Evaluating the utility of an adjusted GPA in medical school admissions 

• Tom Didier, M2
• Mentor: Clare Kreiter, PhD

Identification of Physician, Practice and Patient Barriers That Inhibit Colon Cancer Screening 

• Brad Hess, M2
• Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD

The Use of Haloperidol Versus Promethazine for Benign Headache Pain in the ED 

• Leah Kasparek, M2
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Factors Associated with Iowa Family Physician’s Reporting Elder Abuse 

• Rebecca Oswald, M2
• Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Study to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to Colon Cancer Screening from the Patient and Provider-Specific Perspectives in Rural Northwest

• Rebecca Sand, M2
• Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD

Simulator Training and Patient Willingness to Have Medical Students Perform Procedures in the Emergency Department 

• Chris Wyatt, M2
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Brassica Oleracea and Behavior in Breastfed Infants

• Chiquitia Anderson, M2 
• Mentor: Alicia Weissman, MD

Factors Influencing Outcomes of Patients with Unexplained Symptoms 

• Matt Anderson, M2
• Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD

Neonatal Encephalopathy in Russia:  Diagnosis, Treatment, and Social Considerations

• Raisa Chyorny, M2 
• Mentor: Richard Dobyns, MD, MSc

Barriers to Control of Type II Diabetes 

• Sara Cotter, M1 
• Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD

Successful Management Strategies in Patients with Unexplained Symptoms:  A Clinician Perspective

• Katie Geelan-Hansen, M2
• Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD

Development of Insight in Patients with Unexplained Symptoms

• Terri Nordin, M1
• Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD

Informed Consent and Medical Ethics 

• Jessica Pierre, M2 
• Mentor: Mark Graber, MD

Successful Management Strategies in Patients with Unexplained Symptoms: A Patient Perspective

• Aaron Swenson, M2
• Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD