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Atrius Health Primary Care Professional Development Program
The Primary Care Professional Development Program (PDP) is a two-year experiential learning opportunity for Primary Care physicians. Participants dedicate 2 non-clinical sessions to hands-on learning and training aimed at advancing key initiative projects. The program adds scientific rigor and training to physician-led projects through implementation science training, group learning activities with other PDP Clinicians and informational meetings with Atrius Health leadership. All projects are co-sponsored by Atrius Health leadership and are intended to advance key organizational initiatives. Support is provided to generate peer-reviewed manuscripts or conference submissions related to PDP projects. This program is available to two to three physicians each calendar year.
Program Structure
Program length: Two years
Physician time breakdown:
- Two dedicated administrative sessions for PDP-related trainings and project work
- Six clinical sessions
Program Elements & Timeline
- Structured training:
- 10 week Implementation Science Training course
- Elective Training:
- IHI Open School
- Lean Six Sigma Training
- Epic courses
- IDEO course
- Participation in Atrius Health leadership meetings
- Navigating a value-based care organization lecture series
- PDP Journal club
- Physician-led project work
- Manuscript preparation
- Project presentations to leadership
PDP projects will align with Primary Care and organizational strategic priorities, including but not limited to:
- Enhancing Primary Care Physician job feasibility
- Advancing key quality initiatives
- Optimizing medical management
- Implementing targeted patient safety initiatives
- In Basket monitoring and optimization
Program Leadership
 John Zambrano, MD, MPH Medical Director of Clinical Research, Quality & Safety |
 Chris Andreoli, MD Chief Operating Officer & Chief Transformation Officer |
 Kelsey Harrington, MHA Project Manager, Quality & Safety |
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 Tom Isaac, MD, MBA, MPH Executive Medical Director, Quality & Safety |
 Rodney VanDerwarker, MPH VP, Primary Care |
 Jenny Czajkowski, MS Sr. Director, Population Health Services, Quality and Safety |
Application & Selection Process
Visit the Physician Career Opportunities page for Primary Care Professional Development Program postings. PDP application materials will be considered with your clinical application.
Please note: PDP openings are limited. Please reach out to PDP@atriushealth.org with any questions.
Applicants should provide the following materials:
- CV/resume
- Letter of intent including responses to the following questions:
- Please describe your experience with quality improvement and Implementation Science methods.
- Describe your specific experience in any of the organizational strategic priorities as referenced above.
To apply, please submit your CV and letter of intent to www.atriushealthproviders.org. Questions can be directed to PDP@atriushealth.org.
Primary Care Professional Development Program Alumni
Anne McCaffrey, MD
2021-2022
Focus Areas: Value-based care, risk adjustment, provider engagement and education
- Utilized Implementation Science principals to investigate risk adjustment needs and develop plan for improvement. This included working closely with current team promoting Risk Adjustment including personnel in billing, population health, and IT to determine current state of Risk Adjustment.
- Developed and led a peer-to-peer education program to enhance provider engagement in value-based documentation and coding
- Presented key findings to Atrius Health leadership and peers at the 2021 Academic Institute Poster Symposium
- Promoted to Medical Direct of Risk Adjustment upon completion of PDP program.
Anita Rao, MD
2021-2022
Focus Areas: Cardiovascular disease prevention, addiction medicine, shared medical appointments
- Co-led development and dissemination of practice guidelines on secondary prevention of CVD through coronary artery calcification identification on chest cat scans
- Utilized Implementation Science principles to design a multi-level intervention aimed at changing prescribing behavior in response to incidentally identified CAC
- Evaluated impact of multi-level intervention – submitted manuscript to Permanente Journal
- Presented key findings to Atrius Health leadership and peers at the 2021 Academic Institute Poster Symposium
- Abstract accepted to the Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2022 – Innovation and Healthcare Delivery
- Conducted semi-structured interviews with suboxone prescribers across Atrius
- Developed buprenorphine treatment guidelines
- Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to design pilot on oral fluid drug screening
- Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to improve suboxone refill process
- Lead monthly suboxone shared medical appointment
Karen Tenner, MD
2021-2022
Focus Areas: Cardiovascular disease prevention, In basket overwhelm, qualitative data collection
- Co-led development and dissemination of practice guidelines on secondary prevention of CVD through coronary artery calcification identification on chest cat scans
- Utilized Implementation Science principles to design a multi-level intervention aimed at changing prescribing behavior in response to incidentally identified CAC
- Evaluated impact of multi-level intervention – submitted manuscript to Permanente Journal
- Presented key findings to Atrius Health leadership and peers at the 2021 Academic Institute Poster Symposium
- Abstract accepted to the Society for General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2022 – Innovation and Healthcare Delivery
- Leverage provider level EPIC In Basket data to identify key informants to identify best practices related to EPIC in basket management.
- Designed, led and analyzed open ended surveys employing qualitative data methods to understand barriers, facilitators and innovations in in basket management