Program Director,
Baptist Health –University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences IM Residency Program
Professor of Medicine,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Section of General Internal Medicine
Academic Interests:
Outpatient & inpatient resident teaching, teaching advanced clinical decision-making skills, faculty development in teaching skills & evaluation, incorporating quality improvement & patient safety into bedside clinical teaching.
Clinical Interests:
Care of the medically complex frail patient in the inpatient and outpatient setting; health prevention & population health
Selected Academic/Professional Activities & Scholarship:
- Podrazik PM, Whelan CT. Acute hospital care for the elderly patient: Its impact on clinical and hospital systems of care. Med Clin N Am 2008; 92:387-406.
- Podrazik PM,Levine S, Smith S, Scott D, DuBeau CE, Baron A, Whelan C, Johnson J, Cook S, Arora V, Meltzer D, Sachs G. The CHAMP (Curriculum for the Hospitalized Aging Medical Patient) Program: A collaborative faculty development program for hospitalists, general internists, and geriatricians. J Hosp Med 2008;3(5):384-393.
- Scott D, Cook S, DuBeau C, Podrazik P.A Four Station OSTE (Objective Structured Teaching Exercise) in Geriatric Medicine. Med Ed PORTAL; 2013; @ mededportal.org/publication/9574
- Riggs, AT, Podrazik, PM. Financial exploitation of the elderly: Review of the epidemic— its victims, national impact and legislative solutions. From Aging and Money, In: Aging Medicine, Springer New York, 2014, p. 1-18.
- Ozdemir BZ, Podrazik PM. False Information about Breast Cancer Screening. JAMA Intern Med. 178(2):299-300, 2018, January.
Additional Competencies:
Mastering Advanced Communication Skills to Enhance Relationships,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Educating the Health Professional in Interprofessional Care Conference
(EHPIC), University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship, 2009-2017,
D.W. Reynolds Department of Geriatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Next Accreditation System, GME QI Advisory Subcommittee Chair, 8/2013-2017
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
Training:
Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Residency, Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
M.D., Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
B.S. in Medical Science, Honors Program in Medical Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Current Certifications:
Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
Added qualification in Geriatric Medicine
Diplomate of the ABIM Hospice and Palliative Medicine