To join the Zoom meeting, use ID: 958 6422 3735. The passcode is 1536.
The featured speaker will be Jodie Dvorkin, M.D., MPH. She is the associate medical director for the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). In this role, Dvorkin leads guideline development with ICSI’s evidence team and facilitates collaborative initiatives regarding opioids and mental health. ICSI has been developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to improve patient care since 1993.
Objectives of the meeting include:
- Reviewing the process of guideline development
- Discussing certainties and uncertainties in medicine
- Discussing the challenges of creating guidelines
Dvorkin earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a medical degree at Emory University in Atlanta. She completed a preventive medicine residency at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, where she established a colon cancer screening program. She also completed an internal medicine and pediatrics residency at the University of Chicago. Previously, Dvorkin worked for the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, where she focused on strategic initiatives and measure development.
For more information, contact Jessica Petro, graduate medical education program coordinator, at jpetro@health.southalabama.edu or 251-415-8688.
