{"id":78270,"date":"2013-05-16T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=78270"},"modified":"2013-06-05T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T20:18:32","slug":"national-patient-safety-foundation-honors-uconn-medical-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/national-patient-safety-foundation-honors-uconn-medical-student\/","title":{"rendered":"National Patient Safety Foundation Honors UConn Medical Student"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Nelson (left) is one of the winners of the National Patient Safety Foundation\u2019s Young Physicians Patient Safety Awards, pictured at the NPSF Patient Safety Congress in New Orleans with Dr. Lucian Leape (center) of the NPSF\u2019s Lucian Leape Institute and Dr. Donald J. Palmisano (right) of The Doctors Company, whose foundation funds the awards, on May 9, 2013. (David Aleman for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the last things Stephen Nelson did as a student before graduating from the UConn School of Medicine Monday was attend a patient safety conference in New Orleans to accept an award.<\/p>\n

Nelson is one of six winners of the Young Physicians Patient Safety Awards, good for a $5,000 cash prize and complimentary travel and registration to the 15th annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress held last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI became very interested and passionate about it,\u201d Nelson says, after a surgical rotation with Dr. Scott Ellner, director of surgical quality at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and assistant professor of surgery at the UConn School of Medicine. \u201cI wanted to see patient safety included more in the medical school curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n

He polled his classmates. They agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 80 percent said they were interested,\u201d Nelson says. \u201cThey\u2019re interested in learning things like error causation and mitigation, human factor concepts, error disclosure and apology, crucial things like that. We wanted a bigger emphasis. You can always use more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellner says Nelson was instrumental in helping enhance the medical school\u2019s patient safety curriculum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe sees the bigger picture,\u201d Ellner says. \u201cHe\u2019s passionate about medicine, and also passionate about doing the right thing for patients at all costs. He just picked it right up. I\u2019m just very proud of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelson calls Ellner \u201ca phenomenal role model and a great physician.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winners of the Young Physicians Patients Safety Awards are recognized for their \u201cdeep personal insight into the significance of patient safety work,\u201d according to the NPSF\u2019s award announcement. Third- and fourth-year medical students and first-year residents who were in hospital settings within the last year were eligible to submit essays on patient safety. The awards are funded by The Doctors Company Foundation in partnership with the NPSF\u2019s Lucian Leape Institute.<\/p>\n

Nelson says he\u2019s using use the prize money to take a European vacation with his wife. He then starts an orthopaedics residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital.<\/p>\n

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