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Strong EM showing at SIU GME Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Poster Competition

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SIU Emergency Medicine residents presented quality projects at the Graduate Medical Education Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Poster Competition and Symposium.  Dr. Shreya Lankala, PGY-3, took first place for "Cost of Quality Waste from Inappropriate Urine Culture Testing in the Emergency Department." Dr. Alexis Koda, PGY-3, presented "Optimizing MRI Utilization in the Emergency Department" and Dr. Mark Baker, PGY-2, presented "Appropriate CT Cervical Spine Utilization in the Emergency Department."  

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