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CURRICULUM VITAE

Kathlyn E. Fletcher MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine

OFFICE ADDRESS:
The Hub for Collaborative Medicine
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
09/1988 - 05/1992 B.A., DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
09/1988 - 05/1992 B.A., Psychology, DePauw University, Greencastle
10/1992 - 06/1996 M.D., University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago
10/1992 - 06/1996 M.D., University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago
06/1996 - 06/1999 Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago
07/2001 - 06/2003 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar/ Veterans Affairs Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
09/2001 - 12/2002 M.A., Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan, School of Education
09/2001 - 12/2002 M.A., University of Michigan, School of Education, Ann Arbor
POSTGADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
06/1996 - 06/1999 Resident, Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL
07/2001 - 06/2003 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar/ Veterans Affairs Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

MILITARY SERVICE:
None

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/2000 - 06/2001 Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
07/2000 - 06/2001 Clinical Associate, Department of Medicine, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
01/2002 - 06/2003 Staff (without compensation), Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care, Ann Arbor VAMC, Ann Arbor, MI
01/2002 - 06/2003 Staff (without compensation), Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care, Ann Arbor VAMC, Ann Arbor, MI
08/2003 - Present Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - 07/2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - Present Staff, Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care, Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - Present Staff, Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care, Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
07/2010 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2010 - Present Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2010 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/1999 - 06/2000 Chief Resident Transitional Year Internship Program, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL
08/2009 - 07/2010 Interim Section Chief, General Internal Medicine, Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
08/2009 - 07/2010 Interim Section Chief, General Internal Medicine, Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
07/2010 - 06/2012 Director, Hospital Medicine, Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
07/2010 - 06/2012 Director, Hospital Medicine, Milwaukee VAMC
07/2012 - 12/31/2016 Associate Program Director for Research Scholarship, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
12/2014 - Present Patient Safety and Quality Officer, MCWAH (MCWAH is the body that oversees all accredited GME programs at MCW), Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
12/2014 - 06/30/2017 Patient Safety and Quality Officer, MCWAH (MCWAH is the body that oversees all accredited GME programs at MCW).
01/01/2017 - Present Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, MCW
None
HOSPITAL AND CLINIC ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/1999 - 06/2000 Chief Resident Transitional Year Internship Program, MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL
07/2012 - 12/31/2016 Associate Program Director for Research Scholarship, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2017 - Present Program Director, Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
08/2003 - Present Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
08/2003 - Present Milwaukee VAMC, Milwaukee, WI
09/2003 - Present Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
09/2003 - Present Froedtert Lutheran Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Internal Medicine
11/1999
12/2019
American Board of Internal Medicine
11/1999
12/2019
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
BLS
AHA
10/2014
10/2016
BLS
AHA
10/2014
10/2018
ACLS
AHA
11/2014
11/2018
ACLS
AHA
11/2014
10/2016
    

Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Illinois
036-099056
07/1999
07/2017
Illinois
036-099056
07/1999
07/2017
Wisconsin
46049-020
09/2003
10/2019
Wisconsin
46049-020
09/2003
10/2015
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
12/3 - Present Society of Hospital Medicine
11/5 - Present Milwaukee Academy of Medicine
05/1992 Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude
05/1992 - Present Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude (DePauw Univeristy)
03/1996 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
03/1996 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
03/1996 Alpha Omega Alpha
06/1996 - Present Most Outstanding Psychiatry Student
06/1996 Graduated with Honors , University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
06/1996 Most Outstanding Psychiatry Student
06/1996 - Present Graduated with Honors (University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine)
09/1997 Intern Teaching Award
09/1997 - Present Intern Teaching Award
02/1999 - Present American College of Physicians
12/1999 - Present Society of General Internal Medicine
05/2004 SGIM Research and Mentorship Award (with Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH)
05/2004 - Present SGIM Research and Mentorship Award (with Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH)
09/2004 VA Special Contribution Award
09/2004 Top Ten Resident Teacher Award
09/2004 - Present Top 10 IM Housestaff Teacher
09/2004 - Present Top Ten Resident Teacher Award
09/2004 - Present VA Special Contribution Award
09/2004 Top 10 IM Housestaff Teacher
10/2004 - Present Best Junior Faculty Clinical Research Poster, Department of Internal Medicine, MCW
10/2004 Best Junior Faculty Clinical Research Poster, Department of Internal Medicine, MCW
2004 - 2005 Top 10 IM Student Teacher
2004 - 2005 Top 10 IM Student Teacher
04/2005 - 06/30/2010 Journal of Hospital Medicine
04/2005 - 06/30/2010 Journal of Hospital Medicine
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty Ambulatory Teacher
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty Ambulatory Teacher
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty Inpatient Teacher
2006 - Present Reviewer, Journal of General Internal Medicine
2006 - Present Reviewer, Journal of the American Medical Association
2006 - Present Reviewer, Journal of General Internal Medicine
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty VA Teacher
2006 - Present Reviewer, Journal of the American Medical Association
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty VA Teacher
2006 - 2007 Top 5 IM Faculty Inpatient Teacher
2008 - 2009 Top 5 IM Faculty VA Teacher
2008 - 2009 Top 5 IM Faculty VA Teacher
05/2009 - Present Society of General Internal Medicine National Award for Scholarship in Medical Education
05/2009 Society of General Internal Medicine National Award for Scholarship in Medical Education
06/2010 Best Senior Faculty VA Teacher
06/2010 - Present Best Senior Faculty VA Teacher
07/2010 - 12/2011 Journal of Hospital Medicine
09/2010 - Present Best non-plenary oral abstract at Midwest Regional SGIM meeting
09/2010 Best non-plenary oral abstract at Midwest Regional SGIM meeting
2010 - Present Reviewer, Annals of Internal Medicine
02/2011 - Present Department of Medicine award for Clinical Innovation for starting the VA hospitalist service
02/2011 Department of Medicine award for Clinical Innovation for starting the VA hospitalist service
2011 Top Ten Hospitalists, ACP Hospitalist
2011 - Present Top Ten Hospitalists, ACP Hospitalist
2012 - 2013 Faculty Leadership Program Participant, UWM Lubar School of Business/MCW
2012 - 2013 Participant, MCW Teaching Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Program
2012 Fellow, Society of Hospital Medicine
2012 Invited Fellow, American College of Physicians
2012 - Present Association for Program Directors in Internal Medicine
2012 - Present Fellow, Society of Hospital Medicine
2012 - Present Invited Fellow, American College of Physicians
2012 - 2013 Faculty Leadership Program Participant, UWM Lubar School of Business/MCW
2012 - 2013 Participant, MCW Teaching Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Program
2013 Helen Dickie Woman Physician of the Year, Wisconsin State ACP
2013 - 2014 Best Doctors in America list
2013 - 16 Best Doctors in America list
2013 - Present Wisconsin State ACP, Helen Dickie Woman Physician of the Year
2013 - Present MCW Department of Internal Medicine Award for Medical Student Teaching
2013 MCW Department of Internal Medicine Award for Medical Student Teaching, MCW
2015 - 2016 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award, Medical College of Wisconsin
2015 - 16 Outstanding Medical Student Teacher Award for M3 Clerkship
09/01/2016 - Present Lee Biblo Award for Professionalism, Medical College of Wisconsin Ogtsucuabs
09/01/2016 - Present Society of Teaching Scholars, Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - Present MCW Society of Teaching Scholars
2016 - Present 2016
2017 - Present Medical College Physicians Lee Biblo Award for Professionalism
Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award for M4s
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES:
Invited peer review

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
03/1996 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
02/1999 - Present American College of Physicians
12/1999 - Present Society of General Internal Medicine
12/2003 - Present Society of Hospital Medicine
11/2005 - Present Milwaukee Academy of Medicine

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Editorship
04/2005 - 06/2010 Journal of Hospital Medicine
07/2010 - 12/2011 Journal of Hospital Medicine
Journal Review
2006 - Present Journal of the American Medical Association
2006 - Present Journal of General Internal Medicine
2010 - Present Annals of Internal Medicine

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
11/2005 - 12/2005 Milwaukee VA Patient Care Hand-off Communication Team member
11/2005 - 12/2005 Milwaukee VA Patient Care Hand-off Communication Team member
09/2008 - 09/2010 Membership Coordinator, Regional SGIM
09/2008 - 09/2010 Membership Coordinator, Regional SGIM

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
11/2006 - 05/2007 Co-Chair, Medical Education Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
11/2006 - 05/2007 Co-Chair, Medical Education Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
06/2007 - 09/2009 Member, ACGME Committee on Innovation in the Learning Environment (CILE)
06/2007 - 09/2009 Member, ACGME Committee on Innovation in the Learning Environment (CILE)
08/2008 Reviewer, IOM Report "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety."
08/2008 - Present Reviewer, IOM Report "Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision and Safety."
11/2008 - 05/2009 Co-Chair, Hospital Medicine Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
11/2008 - 05/2009 Co-Chair, Hospital Medicine Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
07/2010 - Present Member, National VA Hospitalist Field Advisory Committee Member
07/2010 - Present Member, National VA Hospitalist Field Advisory Committee
11/2010 - 05/2011 Co-Chair, Safety and Quality Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
11/2010 - 05/2011 Co-Chair, Safety and Quality Research Abstract Committee, National SGIM
12/2010 - Present Member, VA Task Force, Society of Hospital Medicine
12/2010 - Present Member, Academic Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
12/2010 - Present Member, Research Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
12/2010 - Present Member, Research Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
12/2010 - Present Member, VA Task Force, Society of Hospital Medicine
12/2010 - Present Member, Academic Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
01/2012 - 10/2012 Member, National VA Office of Academic Affiliations Care Transitions Task Force
01/2012 - 10/2012 Member, National VA Office of Academic Affiliations Care Transitions Task Force
02/2012 - Present Vice Chair, National VA Hospitalist Field Advisory Committee
02/2012 - Present Vice Chair, National VA Hospitalist Field Advisory Committee
05/2012 - Present Chair, VA Task Force, Society of Hospital Medicine
05/2012 - Present Chair, VA Task Force, Society of Hospital Medicine
06/2012 - 04/2013 Chair, Scientific Abstracts Committee, 2013 Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine
06/2012 - Present Chair, Scientific Abstracts Committee, 2013 Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine
06/2012 - 04/2013 Chair, Scientific Abstracts Committee, 2013 Annual Meeting, Society of General Internal Medicine
09/2013 - 04/2014 Co-Chair, Research Abstracts, 2014 Annual Meeting, Society of Hospital Medicine
09/2013 - 04/2014 Co-Chair, Research Abstracts, 2014 Annual Meeting, Society of Hospital Medicine
05/2014 - Present Chair, Research Abstracts, 2015 Annual Meeting, Society of Hospital Medicine
05/2014 - Present Chair, Research Abstracts, 2015 Annual Meeting, Society of Hospital Medicine
11/2014 - 05/2016 Chair, Founders Award Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine
11/2014 - 05/2015 Chair, Founders Award Committee, Society of General Internal Medicine
2014 - Present Member, APDIM Survey Committee

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Prior
Peer Review
Source:
Society for General Internal Medicine
Role & Effort:
Sanjay Saint, MD - Mentor
Dates:
2004 - 2005
Direct Funds:
$2,000
  
Title:
The Development of a Health Numeracy Measure
Source:
NCI, R01CA115954
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Marilyn Schapira, MD
Dates:
08/30/2007 - 07/30/2010
Direct Funds:
$1,147,047
  
Title:
Working with Veterans Organizations to Improve Blood Pressure
Source:
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Merit Review, IAB 06-086-2
Role & Effort:
Co-Investigator
PI:
Jeffrey Whittle, MD
Dates:
01/01/2008 - 12/31/2010
Direct Funds:
$866,200
  
Title:
The Impact of Discontinuity of Care on Hospitalized Patients
Source:
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D Merit Review IIR, 07-201-2
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011
Direct Funds:
$627,300
  
Title:
Institutional National Research Service Award/ Academic Fellowship in Primary Care Research
Source:
Health Resources and Services Administration
Role & Effort:
Internal Medicine and Research Faculty
PI:
Linda N. Meurer, MD, MPH
Dates:
07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011
Direct Funds:
$1,191,581
  
Title:
Incorporating Patient Complexity into Physician Workload Assessment
Source:
Department of Veterans Affairs HSR&D, Merit Review IIR (Pilot)
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
04/01/2010 - 03/31/2011
Direct Funds:
$99,997
  
Title:
Systematic Review of Resident Duty Hours and Related Topics
Source:
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Role & Effort:
Co-Principal Investigator
Dates:
07/01/2010 - 09/30/2009
Direct Funds:
$50,000
  
Title:
Developing a Bilingual Measure of Health Numeracy for Use in Cancer Care
Source:
American Cancer Society
Role & Effort:
Co-I
PI:
Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH
Dates:
07/01/2011 - 06/30/2015
Direct Funds:
$1,525,780
  
Title:
Care of the Elder Hospitalized Patient: The Role of Hospitalists
Source:
NIH/NIA
Role & Effort:
Co-I
PI:
James Goodwin, MD, PhD
Dates:
09/01/2011 - 08/31/2014
Direct Funds:
$547,628
  
Title:
Move-out
Source:
VA HSRD
Role & Effort:
Co-I
PI:
Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH
Dates:
09/01/2011 - 08/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$1,100,000
  
Title:
Working with Veterans Organizations to Encourage Use of My HealtheVet
Source:
VA HSRD
Role & Effort:
Co-Principal Investigator
PI:
Jeffrey Whittle, MD, MPH
Dates:
06/2012 - 05/2013
  
Title:
CAUTI GPS Validation Study
Source:
HRET/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Role & Effort:
PI
Dates:
08/16/2013 - 12/31/2015
Direct Funds:
$95,522
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
National
Janicik RW, FLETCHER K, Teuteberg J., "Bedside Teaching, A Practical Workshop", National SGIM Meeting, Boston, MA, 05/2000
FLETCHER K, Stern DT, White CB, Gruppen LD, Oh MS, Cimmino VM, “The Physical Examination of Patients with Abdominal Pain: An Intervention to Improve Students’ Skills,”, National Society of General Internal Medicine Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 05/2002
FLETCHER K, Furney SL, Stern DT., “Patients Speak: What is Really Important about Bedside Interactions with Their Physician Teams,”, Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program National Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 11/2003
FLETCHER K., “From Bedside Teaching to Patient Safety: Making Sense of a Young Research Career.”, University of Michigan, Clinical Scholars Program, Ann Arbor, MI, 10/19/2005
FLETCHER K., “Duty Hour Rules: Where are we now?”, Panelist at the national meeting of the American Medical Association., Chicago, IL, 06/12/2009
FLETCHER K., “All it takes is one sick patient.”, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 09/01/2010
FLETCHER K., “All it takes is one sick patient: patient safety, workload and continuity of care.”, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 11/18/2010
Reed, DA, Arora VM, FLETCHER KE, Holmboe E., “Graduate Medical Education in the Modern Era: Hand-offs, Workload and Professionalism.”, Invited Symposium at Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 05/10/2012
FLETCHER K., “Validating the CAUTI GPS.”, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Technical Experts Panel, Rockville, MD, 03/20/2015
 
Regional
Janicik RW, FLETCHER K, Teuteberg J., "Bedside Teaching, A Practical Workshop,", Regional Medical Educator Retreat, Chicago, IL, 03/2000
Janicik RW, FLETCHER K, Teuteberg J., "Bedside Teaching, A Practical Workshop", Regional Medical Educator Retreat, Chicago, IL, 03/2002
FLETCHER K., “Limiting Resident Work Hours: What is the Evidence?”, Group on Resident Affairs meeting (AAMC), Philadelphia, PA, 04/2003
FLETCHER K., “Resident Duty Hours: Assessing Outcomes”, AAMC Resident Physician Duty Hours Conference, Chicago, IL, 09/2003
FLETCHER K., “Patient-Centered Bedside Interactions.”, MacNeal Hospital Grand Rounds, Berwyn, IL, 06/2007
FLETCHER K., “Literature and Data on the Effects of the Current Duty Hour Standards on Patient Care, Education and Resident Well-being.”, Panelist at the conference Promoting Good Learning and Safe Effective Care: A five-Year Review of the ACGME’s Common Duty Hour Standards., Grapevine, TX, 03/04/2009
FLETCHER K, Arora V, Reed D., “Systematic Review of the Literature on Resident Work Hours and Related Topics.”, Presentation to the ACGME about the impact of the 2003 duty hour rules and the evidence to support the IOM recommendations on duty hour rules., Chicago, IL, 09/10/2009
FLETCHER K, Arora V, Reed D., “Systematic Review of the Literature on Resident Work Hours and Related Topics.”, Presentation at the University of Chicago Medical Education Research in Progress meeting., Chicago, IL, 09/11/2009
FLETCHER K., “Balancing Resident Quality of Life with Patient Quality of Care.”, American College of Physicians, Navy Chapter, San Diego, CA, 10/06/2009
FLETCHER K., “The Impact of Discontinuity on Hospitalized Patients.”, Northwestern University Division of Hospital Medicine, Chicago, IL, 10/17/2009
Janicik RW, FLETCHER K, Teuteberg J. "Bedside Teaching, A Practical Workshop, " Regional Medical Educator Retreat, Chicago, - 03/2002
Janicik RW, FLETCHER K, Teuteberg J. "Bedside Teaching, A Practical Workshop, " Regional Medical Educator Retreat, Chicago, - 03/2000
FLETCHER K. "Patient-Centered Bedside Interactions." MacNeal Hospital Grand Rounds, Berwyn, - 06/2007
FLETCHER K. "The Impact of Discontinuity on Hospitalized Patients." Northwestern University Division of Hospital Medicine, Chicago, - 10/17/2009
 
Local
FLETCHER K. (speaker), "Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalomyelitis,", University of Chicago, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Chicago, IL, 03/1999
FLETCHER K., "A Case from Siuna, Nicaragua,", University of Chicago, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Chicago, IL, 03/2001
09/2003 - Present
08/2004 - 2008
04/2005 - Present
FLETCHER K., . “The Impact of Resident Work Hour Limitations on Resident Quality of Life,”, Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Council Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 08/15/2005
08/2005 - 2009
10/2006 - 2010
FLETCHER K., “Balancing Physician Well-being with Inpatient Continuity of Care: the Evidence and Implications.”, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 01/05/2007
FLETCHER K. "Balancing Physician Well-being with Inpatient Continuity of Care: the Evidence and Implications." Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 01/05/2007 - Present
07/2007 - Present
FLETCHER K., “The ACGME Duty Hour Rules, the IOM Report and the Evidence: What Should We Do?”, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 11/13/2007
FLETCHER K. "The ACGME Duty Hour Rules, the IOM Report and the Evidence: What Should We Do?" Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 11/13/2009 - Present
FLETCHER K, Arora V, Reed D., “Duty hours: past, present and future.”, Presentation at the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Grand Rounds., Rochester, MN, 01/18/2011
07/2011 - Present
FLETCHER K. "Inpatient Hand-offs: Local Issues and Ongoing Improvement." Department of Mediicne Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 12/06/2013 - Present
FLETCHER K. "Physician Discontinuity in Hospital and Patient Outcomes." Patient Care and Outcomes Research conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 10/11/2014 - Present
07/2016 - Present
FLETCHER K. "An innovation to improve the care of PTSD in hospitalized medical patients. Patient Care and Outcomes Research conference, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 12/09/2016 - Present
FLETCHER K. Speaker, "Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalomyelitis, " University of Chicago, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Chicago, - 03/1999
FLETCHER K. "A Case from Siuna, Nicaragua, " University of Chicago, Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, Chicago, - 03/2001
FLETCHER K. "The Impact of Resident Work Hour Limitations on Resident Quality of Life, " Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Council Meeting, Milwaukee, - 08/15/2005
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN COMMITTEES:
11/2003 - 2007 Co-chair, Seminars in Medical Education, Division of General Internal Medicine
8/2004 - present Member, Internal Medicine Resident Evaluation Committee
9/2008 - present Chair, Internal Medicine Resident Evaluation Committee
7/2008 - present Member, Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum Committee
7/2008 - 6/2011 Member, Research Affairs Committee
7/2011- 6/2014 Member, Faculty Career Development Committee
10/2011-9/2012 Secretary, Faculty Career Development Committee
8/2014-present Member, Rank and Tenure Committee
MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Student Education
3/2004 - 2008 Small group leader, Introduction to Clinical Medicine course
10/2010 - 5/2011 Small group leader, Research pathway students (monthly meetings)
9/2013 - present Small group leader, QuIPS pathway students
3/2015-present Lecturer, Humanities in Medicine (4th year medical students)
Resident Education
9/2004 - present How to Evaluate a Systematic Review
Fellow Education
9/2005, 9/2008 Small group leader, Research Methods Class
MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, OR FELLOWS MENTORED:
2005 - 2008 Andy Petroll, ID fellow
2005 - 2007 Micah Chan, IM chief resident
2009 - 2013 Donna Miller, IM resident (resulted in an MCW research award)
2009 - 2012 Reema Lamba, IM resident (resulted in an MCW research award)
2010- 2012 Sarah Nickoloff, IM resident (resulted in an MCW research award)
2011-present Jennifer Carnahan, IM resident (resulted in MCW research award)
2011- 2014 Karrie Martin, IM resident
2011-2014 Kelly Linn, Anesthesia, Chief Resident in Quality and Safety
2012-2013 Poonam Beniwal-Patel, IM Chief Resident in Quality and Safety
2013-present Onur Asan, PhD, PCOR faculty (resulted in a CTSI pilot grant)
2013-present Jennifer Schmidt, MD
2013-present Jessica Kuester, MD, Internal Medicine junior faculty (resulted in a CTSI pilot grant)
2014-present Amalia Wegner, MD, Internal Medicine junior faculty (resulted in a CTSI pilot grant)
2012-2016 Michael Croix, MCW student
2012-2016 Laurie Simonds, MCW student
2013-present Michael Lindeke, MCW student
2012-2016 Matthew Doers, MCW student, resulted in a Department of Medicine research award
2014-present Mary Rhodes, internal medicine junior faculty
2015-present David Serksnys, MCW student
2015-present Theresa Maatman, MD, Internal Medicine junior faculty
2015-present Adrian Umpierrez, MD, Internal Medicine junior faculty
2016-present Haverly Snyder, MCW student, resulted in a summer scholarship through the Society of Hospital Medicine which paid for 10 weeks of research and travel to the 2017 national meeting to present.
2016-present Eric Bauer, MCW student
2016-present Jamie Collins, MCW student
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
11/2003 - 2007 Co-chair, Seminars in Medical Education, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
08/2004 - Present Member, Internal Medicine Resident Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2008 - 06/2011 Member, Research Affairs Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2008 - Present Member, Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
09/2008 - Present Chair, Internal Medicine Resident Evaluation Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
07/2011 - 06/2014 Member, Faculty Career Development Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
10/2011 - 09/2012 Secretary, Faculty Career Development Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
08/2014 - 06/2015 Member, Rank and Tenure Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
03/2004 - 2008 Small group leader, Introduction to Clinical Medicine course
10/2006 - 2010 Master Clinician lecturer on bedside interactions
10/2010 - 05/2011 Small group leader, Research pathway students (monthly meetings)
09/2013 - Present Small group leader, QuIPS pathway students
 
Resident and Fellow Education
09/2003 - Present Regularly attend at Internal Medicine Morning Report (App. 1=2 time/ month)
08/2004 - 2008 Residents as Teachers lecture in IM 101 series (3 lectures per year)
09/2004 - Present How to Evaluate a Systematic Review, EBM lecture series for internal medicine residents (6 times/ year)
08/2005 - Present Cultural Competence lecture in IM 201 (3 lectures per year)
07/2007 - Present Moderator for monthly Morbidity and Mortality conference at the VA
 
Postdoctoral Fellow Education
04/2005 Qualitative Methods Research Talk
09/2005 Small group leader, Research Methods Class
09/2008 Small group leader, Research Methods Class
07/2011 - Present Faculty mentor for VA Chief Resident in Patient Safety and Quality
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
2012 - Present Laurie Simonds, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - Present Michael Croix, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - Present Matthew Doers, Medical College of Wisconsin
2013 - Present Michael Lindeke, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
2005 - 2008 Andy Petroll, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Residents
2005 - 2007 Micah Chan, Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - 2013 Donna Miller, Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - 2012 Reema Lamba, Medical College of Wisconsin
2010 - 2012 Sarah Nickoloff, Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - 2014 Karrie Martin, Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - 2014 Kelly Linn, Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - Present Jennifer Carnahan, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - 2013 Poonam Beniwal-Patel, Medical College of Wisconsin
2013 - Present Jennifer Schmidt, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Faculty
2013 - Present Jessica Kuester, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
2013 - Present Onur Asan, Medical College of Wisconsin
2014 - Present Amalia Wegner, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
2014 - Present Mary Rhodes, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
01/2001 Team Physician, with DePauw University Winter Term In Service (Siuna, Nicaragua)
01/2001 - Present Team Physician, with DePauw University Winter Term In Service (Siuna, Nicaragua)
01/2003 - Present Team Physician, with DePauw University Winter Term In Service (Quito, Ecuador)
01/2003 Team Physician, with DePauw University Winter Term In Service (Quito, Ecuador)
03/2007 - Present Science Advisory Board Member, DePauw University
03/2007 - Present Science Advisory Board Member, DePauw University
09/2010 Volunteered at the Milwaukee veterans stand down (supervised students doing BP readings and glucose checks)
09/2010 - Present Volunteered at the Milwaukee veterans stand down (supervised students doing BP readings and glucose checks)
06/2011 - Present Member, DePauw University Alumni Board
06/2011 - Present Member, DePauw University Alumni Board
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Jaselskis CA, Cook EH Jr, Fletcher KE, Leventhal BL. Clonidine treatment of hyperactive and impulsive children with autistic disorder. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1992 Oct;12(5):322-7.
2. Cook EH Jr, Fletcher KE, Wainwright M, Marks N, Yan SY, Leventhal BL. Primary structure of the human platelet serotonin 5-HT2A receptor: identify with frontal cortex serotonin 5-HT2A receptor. J Neurochem. 1994 Aug;63(2):465-9.
3. Cook EH Jr, Anderson GM, Heninger GR, Fletcher KE, Freedman DX, Leventhal BL. Tryptophan loading in hyperserotonemic and normoserotonemic adults. Biol Psychiatry. 1992 Mar 01;31(5):525-8.
4. Janicik RW, Fletcher KE. Teaching at the bedside: a new model. Med Teach. 2003 Mar;25(2):127-30.
5. Underwood W, FLETCHER KE, Chen SL. How will limiting resident work hours impact surgical training? Curr Surg 2003 Nov-Dec;60(6):578-84. PMC n/a
6. Underwood W, Boyd AJ, Fletcher KE, Lypson ML, Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons-Candidate Associate Society. Viewpoints from generation X: a survey of candidate and associate viewpoints on resident duty-hour regulations. J Am Coll Surg. 2004 Jun;198(6):989-93.
7. Fletcher KE, Stern DT, White C, Gruppen LD, Oh MS, Cimmino VM. The physical examination of patients with abdominal pain: the long-term effect of adding standardized patients and small-group feedback to a lecture presentation. Teach Learn Med. 2004;16(2):171-4.
8. Fletcher KE, Davis SQ, Underwood W, Mangrulkar RS, McMahon LF Jr, Saint S. Systematic review: effects of resident work hours on patient safety. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Dec 07;141(11):851-7.
9. Fletcher KE, Saint S, Mangrulkar RS. Balancing continuity of care with residents' limited work hours: defining the implications. Acad Med. 2005 Jan;80(1):39-43.
10. Fletcher KE, Rankey DS, Stern DT. Bedside interactions from the other side of the bedrail. J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Jan;20(1):58-61. PMCID: PMC1490039
11. FLETCHER KE, Underwood W, Davis SQ, Mangrulkar RS, McMahon LF Jr, Saint S. Effects of work hour reduction on residents' lives: a systematic review. JAMA 2005 Sep 7;294(9):1088-1100. PMC n/a
12. Kalet AL, Fletcher KE, Ferdman DJ, Bickell NA. Defining, navigating, and negotiating success: the experiences of mid-career Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar women. J Gen Intern Med 2006 Sep;21(9):920-5 PMC1831601
13. Shojania KG, Fletcher KE, Saint S. Graduate medical education and patient safety: a busy--and occasionally hazardous--intersection. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 17;145(8):592-8.
14. Fletcher KE, Furney SL, Stern DT. Patients speak: what's really important about bedside interactions with physician teams. Teach Learn Med. 2007;19(2):120-7.
15. Fletcher KE, Wiest FC, Halasyamani L, Lin J, Nelson V, Kaufman SR, Saint S, Schapira M. How do hospitalized patients feel about resident work hours, fatigue, and discontinuity of care? J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):623-8. PMCID: PMC2324147
16. FLETCHER KE, Parekh V, Halasyamani L, Kaufman SR, Schapira M, Ertl K, Saint S. Work hour rules and contributors to patient care mistakes: a focus group study with internal medicine residents. J Hosp Med 2008 May;3(3):228-37.
17. Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Gilligan MA, Hayes EA, LaForest TK, Laud PW, Matthews BA, Neuner JM. framework for health numeracy: How patients use quantitative skills in health care. J Health Commun 2008 Jul-Aug;13(5):501-17. PMCID: PMC4162627
18. Sharma G, FLETCHER KE, Zhang D, Kuo YF, Freeman JL, Goodwin JS. Continuity of outpatient and inpatient care by primary care physicians for hospitalized older adults. JAMA 2009 Apr 22;301(16):1671-80. PMC2771916
19. Zebrack JR, Fletcher KE, Beasley BW, Whittle J. Ambulatory training since duty hour regulations: a survey of program directors. Am J Med. 2010 Jan;123(1):89-94.
20. Schapira MM, Neuner J, FLETCHER KE, Gilligan MA, Hayes E, Laud P. The relationship of health numeracy to cancer screening. J Cancer Educ 2011 Mar;26(1):103-10. PMC4162638
21. Singh S, Fletcher KE, Pandl GJ, Schapira MM, Nattinger AB, Biblo LA, Whittle J. It's the writing on the wall: Whiteboards improve inpatient satisfaction with provider communication. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26(2):127-31.
22. Whittle J, Fletcher KE, Morzinski J, Ertl K, Patterson L, Jensen W, Schapira MM. Ethical challenges in a randomized controlled trial of peer education among veterans service organizations. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2010 Dec;5(4):43-51.
23. FLETCHER KE, Reed DA, Arora VM. Doing the dirty work: measuring and optimizing resident workload. J Gen Intern Med 2011 Jan;26(1):8-9. PMC3024105
24. Reed DA, Fletcher KE, Arora VM. Systematic review: association of shift length, protected sleep time, and night float with patient care, residents' health, and education. Ann Intern Med. 2010 Dec 21;153(12):829-42.
25. Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Ganschow PS, Walker CM, Tyler B, Del Pozo S, Schauer C, Jacobs EA. The meaning of numbers in health: exploring health numeracy in a Mexican-American population. J Gen Intern Med 2011 Jul;26(7):705-11. PMC3138587
26. FLETCHER KE, Reed DA, Arora VM. Patient safety, resident education and resident well-being following implementation of the 2003 ACGME duty hour rules. J Gen Intern Med 2011 Aug;26(8):907-19. PMC3138977
27. Singh S, Fletcher KE, Schapira MM, Conti M, Tarima S, Biblo LA, Whittle J. A comparison of outcomes of general medical inpatient care provided by a hospitalist-physician assistant model vs a traditional resident-based model. J Hosp Med. 2011 Mar;6(3):122-30.
28. Jackson JL, Srinivasan M, Rea J, FLETCHER KE, Kravitz RL. The validity of peer review in a general medicine journal. PLoS One 2011;6(7):e22475. PMC3143147
29. FLETCHER KE, Sharma G, Zhang D, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS. Trends in inpatient continuity of care for a cohort of Medicare patients 1996-2006. J Hosp Med 2011 Oct;6(8):438-44. PMC3201736
30. Lamba R, Schapira MM, Singh S, FLETCHER KE. Defining and measuring the effort needed for inpatient medicine work. J Hosp Med 2012 May-Jun;7(5):426-30. PMC n/a
31. Schapira MM, Walker CM, Cappaert KJ, Ganschow PS, FLETCHER KE, McGinley EL, Del Pozo S, Schauer C, Tarima S, Jacobs EA. The nNmeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument: A measure of health numeracy developed using Item Response Theory. Med Decis Making 2012 Nov-Dec;32(6):851-65. PMC4162626
32. Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Hayes A, Eastwood D, Patterson L, Ertl K, Whittle J. The development and validation of the hypertension evaluation of lifestyle and management knowledge scale. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2012 Jul;14(7):461-6. PMC4415151
33. Singh S, Tarima S, Rana V, Marks DS, Conti M, Idstein K, Biblo LA, Fletcher KE. Impact of localizing general medical teams to a single nursing unit. J Hosp Med. 2012 Sep;7(7):551-6.
34. FLETCHER KE, Visotcky AM, Slagle JM, Tarima S, Weinger MB, Schapira MM. The composition of intern work while on call. J Gen Intern Med 2012 Nov;27(11):1432-7. PMC3475836
35. FLETCHER KE, Nickoloff S, Whittle J, Jackson JL, Frank M, Schapira MM. Why residents consider working beyond the duty hour limits: Implications of the ACGME 2011 Duty Hour Standards. J Grad Med Educ 2011 Dec;3(4):571-3. PMC3244329
36. Rosenwald K, Ertl K, FLETCHER KE, Whittle J. Patterns of arthritis medication use in a community sample. J Prim Care Community Health 2012 Oct 1;3(4):272-7. PMC4843801
37. FLETCHER KE, Visotcky AM, Slagle JM, Tarima S, Whittle J, Weinger MB, Schapira MM. Self-reported subjective workload of on-call interns. J Grad Med Educ 2013 Sep;5(3):427-32. PMC3771172
38. Singh S, FLETCHER KE. A qualitative evaluation of geographical localization of hospitalists: how unintended consequences may impact quality. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Jul;29(7):1009-16. PMC4061372
39. Petroll AE, Phelps JK, FLETCHER KE. Implementation of an electronic medical record does not change delivery of preventive care for HIV-positive patients. Int J Med Inform 2014 Apr;83(4):273-7. PMC4371786
40. Whittle J, Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Hayes A, Morzinski J, Laud P, Eastwood D, Ertl K, Patterson L, Mosack KE. A randomized trial of peer-delivered self-management support for hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2014 Nov;27(11):1416-23. PMC4263938
41. FLETCHER KE. Capsule commentary on Turner et al., The impact of hospitalist discontinuity on hospital cost, readmissions, and patient satisfaction. J Gen Intern Med 2014 Jul;29(7):1055. PMC4061345
42. Arora VM, Reed DA, FLETCHER KE. Building continuity in handovers with shorter residency duty hours. BMC Med Educ 2014;14 Suppl 1:S16. PMC4304275
43. Schapira MM, Walker CM, Miller T, FLETCHER KE, Ganschow PS, Jacobs EA, Imbert D, O'Connell M, Neuner JM. Development and validation of the numeracy understanding in Medicine Instrument short form. J Health Commun 2014;19 Suppl 2:240-53. PMC4201377
44. Lamba AR, Linn K, FLETCHER KE. Identifying patient safety problems during team rounds: an ethnographic study. BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Aug;23(8):667-9. PMC n/a
45. Doers ME, Beniwal-Patel P, Kuester J, FLETCHER KE. Feedback to achieve improved sign-out technique. Am J Med Qual 2015 Jul-Aug;30(4):353-8. PMC n/a
46. FLETCHER KE, Tyszka J, Harrod M, Fowler KE, Saint S, Krein SL. Qualitative validation of the CAUTI Guide to Patient Safety (GPS) assessment tool. Am J Infect Control 2016 Oct 1;44(10):1102-9. PMC n/a
47. Carnahan J, FLETCHER KE. Discharge education for residents: A study of trainee preparedness for hospital discharge. Wis Med J 2015 Oct;114(5):185-9. PMC n/a
48. FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Whittle J, Ratkalkar V, Visotcky AM, Laud P, Kordus A, Schapira MM. Multi-site study to examine the amount of inpatient physician continuity experienced by hospitalized patients. J Grad Med Educ 2015;7(4):624-9. PMC4675421 (available on 2016-12-01)
49. FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Schapira MM, Ratkalkar V, Vistocky AM, Laud PW, Kallio C. Inpatient housestaff discontinuity and patient adverse events. Am J Med 2016;129(3):341-47. PMC n/a
50. FLETCHER KE, Reed DA. Are residency duty hour rules improving patient safety? [Perspective] (Invited review) AHRQ Web M&M [serial online]. 2013. Available at: http://webmm.ahrq.gov/perspective.aspx?perspectiveID=140
51. Zebrack JF, FLETCHER KE. Competency pocket cards: An effective ambulatory assessment too. Med Ed 206;40:480-1. PMC n/a
52. Chan MR, Dall AT, FLETCHER KE, Lu N, Trivedi H. Outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease referred late to nephrologists: A meta-analysis. Am J Med 2007;120:1063-1070.
53. Arora V, Reed D, FLETCHER KE. Internal medicine and residency duty hours: A “shift” from tradition. SGIM Forum 2010;33(12):1.
54. Mosack K, Wendorf A, Brouwer A, Patterson L, Ertl K, Whittle J, Morzinski J, FLETCHER KE. Veterans service organization engagement in “POWER,” a peer-led hypertension intervention. Chronic Illness 2012; 8(4):252-264.
55. Mosack KE. Patterson L, Brouwer AM, Wendorf AR, Ertl K, Eastwood D, Morzinski J, FLETCHER K, Whittle J. Evaluation of a peer-led hypertension intervention for veterans: Impact on peer leaders. Health Educ Res 2013;28(3):426-36. PMC 3716214
56. Whittle J, Daniels S, Wilke N, Ertl K, FLETCHER K. Group cohesion in a formal exercise program composed of predominantly older men. J Gerontol Nurs 2016 Apr 11:1-8. PMC pending
57. Fletcher KE, Tyszka JT, Harrod M, Fowler KE, Saint S, Krein SL. Qualitative validation of the CAUTI Guide to Patient Safety assessment tool. Am J Infect Control. 2016 Oct 01;44(10):1102-1109.
58. Jacobs EA, Walker CM, Miller T, Fletcher KE, Ganschow PS, Imbert D, O'Connell M, Neuner JM, Schapira MM. Development and Validation of the Spanish Numeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jun 16:(epub ahead of print). PMC pending
59. Serksnys D, Nanchal R, FLETCHER KE. Opportunities for interprofessional input into nurse and physician hand-off communication. J Crit Care 2016 (in press).
60. Asan O, Tyszka J, Fletcher KE. Capturing the patients' voices: Planning for patient-centered electronic health record use. Int J Med Inform 2016 Nov;95:1-7. PMC5055069
61. Croix M, Miller D, Whittle J, Singh S, Schapira MM, Carnahan J, Kuester J, Kallio C, Framberg S, Fletcher KE. The Missing Record of Mental Status in Written Sign-Outs. J Patient Saf. 2019 Dec;15(4):e40-e43.
62. Serksnys D, Nanchal R, Fletcher KE. Opportunities for interprofessional input into nurse and physician hand-off communication. J Crit Care. 2017 Apr;38:47-51.
63. Nanchal R, Aebly B, Graves G, Truwit J, Kumar G, Taneja A, Dagar G, Graf J, Hubertz E, Ramalingam V, Fletcher KE. Controlled trial to improve resident sign-out in a medical intensive care unit. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Dec;26(12):987-992.
64. Fletcher KE, Ertl K, Ruffalo L, Harris L, Whittle J. Empirically Derived Lessons Learned about What Makes Peer-Led Exercise Groups Flourish. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2017;11(4):379-386.
65. Fletcher KE, Asan O, Tyszka J. Residents' Insights and Ideas about Screen-Sharing in Primary Care Clinics. Appl Clin Inform. 2017 Oct;8(4):1153-1158. PMCID: PMC5802306
66. Roddy JT, Arora VM, Chaudhry SI, Rein LM, Banerjee A, Swenson SL, Fletcher KE. The prevalence and implications of copy and paste: internal medicine program director perspectives. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 Dec;33(12):2032-2033. PMCID: PMC6258631
67. Bergl PA, Taylor AC, Klumb J, Quirk K, Muntz MD, Fletcher KE. Teaching Physical Examination to Medical Students on Inpatient Medicine Teams: A Prospective, Mixed-Methods Descriptive Study. J Hosp Med. 2018 Jun;13(6):399-402.
68. Schapira MM, Swartz S, Ganschow PS, Jacobs EA, Neuner JM, Walker CM, Fletcher KE. Tailoring Educational and Behavioral Interventions to Level of Health Literacy: A Systematic Review. MDM Policy Pract. 2017;2(1):2381468317714474. PMCID: PMC6124923
69. O'Connor AB, Halvorsen AJ, Cmar JM, Finn KM, Fletcher KE, Kearns L, McDonald FS, Swenson SL, Wahi-Gururaj S, West CP, Willett LL. Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Burnout and Program Director Turnover: Results of a National Survey. Am J Med. 2019 Feb;132(2):252-261.
70. Lyons AJ, Davids S, Fletcher KE. Response to Factors Affecting Resident Satisfaction in Continuity Clinic. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Aug;34(8):1370. PMCID: PMC6667536
71. Dunbar S, Fletcher KE. Capsule Commentary for Rattray et al., "Do You Know What I Know?": How Communication Norms and Recipient Design Shape the Content and Effectiveness of Patient Handoffs. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jun;34(6):1006. PMCID: PMC6544721
72. Maatman TC, Prigmore H, Williams JS, Fletcher KE. Patient safety superheroes in training: using a comic book to teach patient safety to residents. BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 Nov;28(11):934-938.
73. Schapira MM, Fletcher KE, Ganschow PS, Jacobs EA, Walker CM, Smallwood AJ, Gil D, Faghri A, Kong AL, Yen TW, McDunn S, Marcus E, Neuner JM. Improving Communication in Breast Cancer Treatment Consultation: Use of a Computer Test of Health Numeracy. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 Oct;28(10):1407-1417. PMCID: PMC6797073
74. Patel JJ, Fletcher K, Chou E, Gilligan M, Pfeifer K, Muntz M. The Illusion of Selection Bias in Matters of Students. WMJ. 2019 Apr;118(1):4.
75. Jackson JL, Kay C, Scholcoff C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher K. Migraine prophylactic management in neurology and primary care (2006-2015). J Neurol. 2018 Dec;265(12):3019-3021.
76. Rana V, Thapa B, Saini SC, Nagpal P, Segon A, Fletcher K, Lamb G. Self-reflection as a Tool to Increase Hospitalist Participation in Readmission Quality Improvement. Qual Manag Health Care. 2016;25(4):219-224.
77. Daniels S, Wilke N, Ertl K, Fletcher K, Whittle J. Group Cohesion in a Formal Exercise Program Composed of Predominantly Older Men. J Gerontol Nurs. 2016 Aug 01;42(8):18-23.
78. Fletcher KE, Collins J, Holzhauer B, Lewis F, Hendricks M. Medical Patients with PTSD Identify Issues with Hospitalization. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jun;35(6):1906-1907. PMCID: PMC7280402
79. Schmidt JM, Adams J, Fletcher KE. Creating a Culture of Physician Event Reporting Through Resident Physician Education and Engagement. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Jan;35(1):389-391. PMCID: PMC6957656
80. Harrison JD, Archuleta M, Avitia E, Banta J, Benn J, Burden M, Chopra V, Coker R, Eid S, Fang MC, Fletcher K, Hagan J, Jaranilla J, Mullick M, Nyenpan C, Silva L, Wurst M, Ziegler G, Leykum L. Developing a Patient- and Family-Centered Research Agenda for Hospital Medicine: The Improving Hospital Outcomes through Patient Engagement (i-HOPE) Study. J Hosp Med. 2020 Jun;15(6):331-337. PMCID: PMC7289507
81. Catalanotti JS, O'Connor AB, Kisielewski M, Chick DA, Fletcher KE. Association Between Nocturnist Supervision and Perceived Overnight Supervision Adequacy Among Internal Medicine Residents in the US. JAMA. 2020 Apr 14;323(14):1407-1409. PMCID: PMC7157484
82. Fletcher KE, O'Connor AB, Kisielewski M, Willett LL. Why Do Residency Program Directors Consider Resigning? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a National Program Director Survey. Am J Med. 2020 Jun;133(6):761-767.
83. Dunbar S, Fletcher KE. Whiteboards: important part of the toolbox for improving patient understanding during hospitalisation. BMJ Qual Saf. 2020 Oct;29(10):1-2.
84. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL. The Experience of Male Physicians with Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Aug;35(8):2383-2388. PMCID: PMC7403262
85. Schapira MM, Faghri A, Jacobs EA, Fletcher KE, Ganschow PS, Gil D, Smallwood AJ, Walker CM, Neuner JM. Communication and Shared Decision Making in the Breast Cancer Treatment Consultation: A Comparative Analysis of English- and Spanish-Speaking Patients. MDM Policy Pract. 2019;4(2):2381468319881651. PMCID: PMC6820186
86. Scholcoff C, Farkas A, Machen JL, Kay C, Nickoloff S, Fletcher KE, Jackson JL. Sexual Harassment of Female Providers by Patients: a Qualitative Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Oct;35(10):2963-2968. PMCID: PMC7572907
87. Kalet A, Lusk P, Rockfeld J, Schwartz K, Fletcher KE, Deng R, Bickell NA. The Challenges, Joys, and Career Satisfaction of Women Graduates of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program 1973-2011. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Aug;35(8):2258-2265. PMCID: PMC7403242
88. Heppe DB, Beard AS, Cornia PB, Albert TJ, Lankarani-Fard A, Bradley JM, Guidry MM, Kwan B, Jagannath A, Tuck M, Fletcher KE, Gromisch ES, Gunderson CG. A Multicenter VA Study of the Format and Content of Internal Medicine Morning Report Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2020.
89. Maatman TC, Vugrnick B, Manak C, Wrzosek M, Usher C, Williams J, Fletcher KE. Emotional Content of Comics Drawn by Medical Students and Residents. Acad Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;44(5):572-576.
90. Fletcher KE, Steinbach S, Lewis F, Hendricks M, Kwan B. Hospitalized Medical Patients With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Review of the Literature and a Roadmap for Improved Care. J Hosp Med. 2021 Jan;16(1):38-43.
91. Snyder HJ, Fletcher KE. The Hospital Experience Through the Patients' Eyes. J Patient Exp. 2020 Jun;7(3):408-417. PMCID: PMC7410142
92. Heppe DB, Beard AS, Cornia PB, Albert TJ, Lankarani-Fard A, Bradley JM, Guidry MM, Kwan B, Jagannath A, Tuck M, Fletcher KE, Gromisch ES, Gunderson CG. A Multicenter VA Study of the Format and Content of Internal Medicine Morning Report. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Dec;35(12):3591-3596. PMCID: PMC7728907
93. Rhodes MG, Fletcher KE, Blumenfeld-Kouchner F, Jacobs EA. Spanish Medical Interpreters’ Management of Challenges in End of Life Discussions Patient Education and Counseling. 2021.
94. Bergl PA, Franco RM, Patel JJ, Khan M, Fletcher KE, Nanchal RS. Impact of Fellows-as-Teachers Workshops on Teaching Rounds: An Observational Study in an ICU. Crit Care Explor. 2020 Oct;2(10):e0235. PMCID: PMC7581023
95. Krein SL, Harrod M, Weston LE, Garlick BR, Quinn M, Fletcher KE, Chopra V. Comparing peripherally inserted central catheter-related practices across hospitals with different insertion models: A multisite qualitative study BMJ Quality and Safety. 2020.
96. Smallwood AJ, Neuner JM, Fletcher KE, Walker CM, Schapira MM. Patient-Physician Concordance for Quantitative Formats and Treatment Options and the Relationship with State Anxiety. J Cancer Educ. 2022 Dec;37(6):1684-1690.
97. Rhodes MG, Fletcher KE, Blumenfeld-Kouchner F, Jacobs EA. Spanish Medical Interpreters' Management of Challenges in End of Life Discussions. Patient Educ Couns. 2021 Aug;104(8):1978-1984. PMCID: PMC8217083
98. Catalanotti JS, O'Connor AB, Kisielewski M, Chick DA, Fletcher KE. Barriers to Accessing Nighttime Supervisors: a National Survey of Internal Medicine Residents. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jul;36(7):1974-1979. PMCID: PMC8298702
99. Krein SL, Harrod M, Weston LE, Garlick BR, Quinn M, Fletcher KE, Chopra V. Comparing peripherally inserted central catheter-related practices across hospitals with different insertion models: a multisite qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2021 Aug;30(8):628-638. PMCID: PMC8222389
100. Mu Q, Hagle ME, Bell K, Fletcher KE, Ladell LM, VanRuiswyk J. Outcomes of an Interprofessional Patient Safety Fellowship Program. WMJ. 2021 Dec;120(4):309-312.
101. Stewart EA, Kisielewski M, Fletcher K, Diemer G, Lane S, Spencer A, Willett LL. Why Internal Medicine Program Directors Remain in Their Positions and Are Effective and Thrive: A Qualitative Study. Am J Med. 2022 Jan;135(1):118-125.e2.
102. Jackson JL, Farkas A, Fletcher K, Kay C, Machen JL, Nickoloff S, Scholcoff C. Gender Differences in the Prevalence and Experience of Sexual Harassment of Internal Medicine Providers by Patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Nov;36(11):3598-3600. PMCID: PMC8606492
103. Patnaik R, Attlassy N, Davids S, Fletcher KE. A Reflection and Discussion Exercise on Racial Justice and Equity. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 Oct;14(5):554-560. PMCID: PMC9580319
104. Farkas AH, Scholcoff C, Lamberg M, Shah H, Fletcher K, Yecies E. Preparing Residents to Respond to Incidences of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment: An Interactive Workshop. South Med J. 2022 Oct;115(10):740-744.
105. Jagannath AD, Kwan B, Heppe DB, Beard AS, Cornia PB, Albert T, Lankarani-Fard A, Bradley JM, Guidry MM, Tuck M, Fletcher KE, Gunderson CG. A Comparative Study of Scripted versus Unscripted Morning Reports: Results from a Prospective Multicenter Study Southern Medical Journal. 1 July 2022;115(7):400-403.
106. Braun EJ, Singh S, Penlesky AC, Strong EA, Holt JM, Fletcher KE, Stadler ME, Nattinger AB, Crotty BH. Nursing implications of an early warning system implemented to reduce adverse events: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2022 Oct;31(10):716-724.
107. Berlin KE, Fletcher KE. A Proposed Systematic Approach to the Cognitive Autopsy for Internists. Cureus. 2022 Jan;14(1):e20965. PMCID: PMC8815710
108. Jagannath AD, Kwan B, Heppe DB, Beard AS, Cornia PB, Albert T, Lankarani-Fard A, Bradley JM, Guidry MM, Tuck M, Fletcher KE, Gunderson CG. A Comparative Study of Scripted versus Unscripted Morning Reports: Results from a Prospective Multicenter Study. South Med J. 2022 Jul;115(7):400-403.
109. Singh S, Laud PW, Crotty BH, Nanchal RS, Hanson R, Penlesky AC, Fletcher KE, Stadler ME, Dong Y, Nattinger AB. Effect of Implementing a Commercial Electronic Early Warning System on Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients. Am J Med Qual. 2023 Sep-Oct 01;38(5):229-237.
110. O'Connor AB, McGarry K, Kisielewski M, Catalanotti JS, Fletcher KE, Simmons R, Zetkulic M, Finn K. Internal Medicine Residency Program Director Awareness and Mitigation of Residents' Experiences of Bias and Discrimination. Am J Med. 2023 Jul;136(7):710-717.e3.
111. O'Connor AB, Blatt AE, Fletcher KE, Martin SK, Rasnake MS, Uthlaut BS, Williams DM. Multicenter Study of Optional In-Person Visits to Residency Programs After Virtual Interviews. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Dec;15(6):692-701. PMCID: PMC10686638
112. Vasudev K, Vasudev E, Lee C, Neumann AA, Regner A, Simpson PM, Dasgupta M, Fletcher KE. Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Care Career Interests Among High School Students Journal of Adolescent Health. 2023.
113. Jackson JL, Murphy MG, Fletcher KE. The "Difficult" Inpatient, a Qualitative Study of Physician Perspectives. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug;39(10):1858-1869. PMCID: PMC11281999
114. Vasudev K, Vasudev E, Lee C, Neumann AA, Regner A, Simpson PM, Dasgupta M, Fletcher KE. Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Care Career Interests Among High School Students. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Mar;74(3):621-624.
 
Editorials, Letters To Editor, Other
1. FLETCHER KE, Ranji S. Does it matter how much physician trainees work anymore? BMJ Qual Saf 2016;0:1–3. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005534.
2. Martin K, Frank M, FLETCHER KE. Intrateam coverage is common, intrateam handoffs are not (Research letter). J Hosp Med 2014 Nov;9(11):734-6.
3. Miller DM, Schapira MM, Visotcky AM, Laud P, Arora VM, Kordus A, Whittle J, Singh S, Fletcher KE Changes in written sign-out composition across hospitalization (Research letter). J Hosp Med 2015 Aug;10(8):534-6. PMC n/a
 
Non-Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. FLETCHER KE, Bates JT. Veteran’s Affairs education programs develop hospitalist leaders. The-hospitalist.org [online publication]. July 2015. Available at: http://www.the-hospitalist.org/article/veterans-affairs-education-programs-develop-hospitalist-leaders/?singlepage=1&theme=print-friendly.
 
Abstracts
1. FLETCHER KE, Furney SL, Stern DT. Patients speak: What’s really important about bedside interactions with physician teams. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2003;232.
2. FLETCHER KE, Davis SQ, Underwood WU, Mangrulkar R, McMahon LF, Saint S. Will patient safety be enhanced by limiting resident work hours? A systematic review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2003;240.
3. FLETCHER KE, Rankey D, Stern DT. Bedside interactions from the other side of the bedrail: Patients’ perspectives. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2004;125.
4. FLETCHER KE, Underwood WU, Davis SQ, Mangrulkar R, McMahon LF, Saint S. A systematic review of the observational studies of the effects of sleep deprivation on resident performance. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2004; 113.
5. FLETCHER KE, Parekh V, Halasyamani L, Kaufman S, Saint S. Internal medicine residents’ perspectives on contributors to patient care errors. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2005.
6. FLETCHER KE, Wiest F, Halasyamani L, Linn J, Nelson V, Saint S, Schapira MM. How do hospitalized patients feel about resident work hours, fatigue and discontinuity of care? J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2006.
7. FLETCHER KE, Schapira MM. Whittle J, Grippen AV. Structured review of EMRs to identify adverse events. Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September 2009.
8. Schapira MM, Gilligan M, FLETCHER KE, Neuner J, Laud P, Hayes E. Does numeracy predict adherence to cancer screening? Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2007.
9. Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Ganschow P, Jacobs EA, Schauer C, Del Pozo S. The meaning of numbers in health: Exploring health numeracy in a Hispanic population. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annutal Meeting, May, 2009.
10. Nickoloff S, FLETCHER KE. An uncommon presentation of a common pathogen. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
11. Miller D, Shapira MM, Visotcky AM, Arora V, Laud P, FLETCHER KE. Hospital handoffs: A descriptive analysis of written sign-out content and an exploration of a sign-out quality assessment tool. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
12. FLETCHER KE, Reed D, Arora VM. What was the Impact of the 2003 ACGME Duty Hour Rules? Patient safety, resident education and resident well-being. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
13. Reed D, Fletcher KE, Arora VM. Effect of shift length and protected sleep time on residents’ health, education, and patient care: A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
14. Arora VM, FLETCHER KE, Reed D. Systematic review of resident workload and work activity: Impact on resident education and patient care. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
15. FLETCHER KE, Lamba AR, Singh S, Schapira MM. Development of an internal medicine workload intensity measure for hospital work. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
16. Lamba AR, FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Schapira MM. Inpatient work: A comprehensive list of tasks and the intensity associated with them. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
17. Reed D, FLETCHER KE, Arora VM. association of shift length, protected sleep time, and night float with patient care, residents’ health, and education: A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
18. FLETCHER KE, Reed D, Arora VM. What was the impact of the 2003 duty hour rules on patient safety, resident education and resident well-being? A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
19. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Visotcky A, Schapira MM. How much intern time does a newly admitted patient take? Presented at the VA HSR&D Meeting, February 2011.
20. FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Ratkalkar V, Whittle J, Visotcky A, Laud P, Schapira MM. How much discontinuity does a hospitalized patient experience? Accepted as a poster for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
21. Miller D, Schapira MM, Whittle J, Visotcky A, Arora VM, FLETCHER KE. Hospital handoffs: A descriptive analysis of written sign-out content and an exploration of a sign-out quality assessment tool. Accepted as a poster for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
22. Nickoloff S, Schapira MM, Whittle J, Jackson J, Frank M, FLETCHER KE. Why would house staff choose to work beyond the hour limits? Accepted as an oral presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
23. FLETCHER KE, Visotcky AM, Slagle JM, Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. Predictors of subjective workload in on-call interns. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
24. Carnahan J, FLETCHER KE. Residents’ perspectives on discharge didactics. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
25. Lamba R, FLETCHER KE. Resident perceptions of factors contributing to adverse events and near misses. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
26. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Dye A, Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. How much time does an intern need to admit a new patient? Presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
27. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Dye A., Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. How much time does an intern need to admit a new patient? Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
28. Carnahan J, Vistocky A, FLETCHER KE. The relationship between experience and outcomes: Another look at the July effect. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
29. Nichols L, FLETCHER KE . Attitudes toward internal medicine resident professionalism training. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 24, 2014.
30. Kuester J, FLETCHER KE. Utilization of survey to identify hand-off related non-routine events. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2014.
31. Kuester, J, FLETCHER KE. Feedback to Achieve Safe Sign-Out Technique (FASST). Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
32. Lindeke, MD, FLETCHER KE. Using simulation to improve house staff ACLS skills. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
33. Schmidt JM, FLETCHER KE. Conceptual model of house staff workload in the inpatient setting. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
34. Wegner A, FLETCHER KE. Feedback as a tool for promoting high quality documentation among internal medicine residents. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
35. FLETCHER KE, Furney SL, Stern DT. Patients speak: What's really important about bedside interactions with physician teams. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2003;232.
36. FLETCHER KE, Davis SQ, Underwood WU, Mangrulkar R, McMahon LF, Saint S. Will patient safety be enhanced by limiting resident work hours? A systematic review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2003;240.
37. FLETCHER KE, Rankey D, Stern DT. Bedside interactions from the other side of the bedrail: Patients' perspectives. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2004;125.
38. FLETCHER KE, Underwood WU, Davis SQ, Mangrulkar R, McMahon LF, Saint S. A systematic review of the observational studies of the effects of sleep deprivation on resident performance. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2004; 113.
39. FLETCHER KE, Parekh V, Halasyamani L, Kaufman S, Saint S. Internal medicine residents' perspectives on contributors to patient care errors. J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2005.
40. FLETCHER KE, Wiest F, Halasyamani L, Linn J, Nelson V, Saint S, Schapira MM. How do hospitalized patients feel about resident work hours, fatigue and discontinuity of care? J Gen Intern Med (suppl) 2006.
41. FLETCHER KE, Schapira MM. Whittle J, Grippen AV. Structured review of EMRs to identify adverse events. Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September 2009.
42. Schapira MM, Gilligan M, FLETCHER KE, Neuner J, Laud P, Hayes E. Does numeracy predict adherence to cancer screening? Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2007.
43. Schapira MM, FLETCHER KE, Ganschow P, Jacobs EA, Schauer C, Del Pozo S. The meaning of numbers in health: Exploring health numeracy in a Hispanic population. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annutal Meeting, May, 2009.
44. Nickoloff S, FLETCHER KE. An uncommon presentation of a common pathogen. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
45. Miller D, Shapira MM, Visotcky AM, Arora V, Laud P, FLETCHER KE. Hospital handoffs: A descriptive analysis of written sign-out content and an exploration of a sign-out quality assessment tool. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
46. FLETCHER KE, Reed D, Arora VM. What was the Impact of the 2003 ACGME Duty Hour Rules? Patient safety, resident education and resident well-being. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
47. Reed D, Fletcher KE, Arora VM. Effect of shift length and protected sleep time on residents' health, education, and patient care: A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
48. Arora VM, FLETCHER KE, Reed D. Systematic review of resident workload and work activity: Impact on resident education and patient care. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
49. FLETCHER KE, Lamba AR, Singh S, Schapira MM. Development of an internal medicine workload intensity measure for hospital work. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
50. Lamba AR, FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Schapira MM. Inpatient work: A comprehensive list of tasks and the intensity associated with them. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
51. Reed D, FLETCHER KE, Arora VM. association of shift length, protected sleep time, and night float with patient care, residents' health, and education: A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May,2010.
52. FLETCHER KE, Reed D, Arora VM. What was the impact of the 2003 duty hour rules on patient safety, resident education and resident well-being? A systematic review. Presented at the Society of General Internal Regional Midwest Meeting, September, 2010.
53. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Visotcky A, Schapira MM. How much intern time does a newly admitted patient take? Presented at the VA HSR&D Meeting, February 2011.
54. FLETCHER KE, Singh S, Ratkalkar V, Whittle J, Visotcky A, Laud P, Schapira MM. How much discontinuity does a hospitalized patient experience? Accepted as a poster for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
55. Miller D, Schapira MM, Whittle J, Visotcky A, Arora VM, FLETCHER KE. Hospital handoffs: A descriptive analysis of written sign-out content and an exploration of a sign-out quality assessment tool. Accepted as a poster for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
56. Nickoloff S, Schapira MM, Whittle J, Jackson J, Frank M, FLETCHER KE. Why would house staff choose to work beyond the hour limits? Accepted as an oral presentation at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, May 2011.
57. FLETCHER KE, Visotcky AM, Slagle JM, Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. Predictors of subjective workload in on-call interns. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
58. Carnahan J, FLETCHER KE. Residents' perspectives on discharge didactics. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
59. Lamba R, FLETCHER KE. Resident perceptions of factors contributing to adverse events and near misses. Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
60. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Dye A, Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. How much time does an intern need to admit a new patient? Presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1-4, 2012.
61. FLETCHER KE, Slagle J, Dye A., Weinger M, Tarima S, Schapira MM. How much time does an intern need to admit a new patient? Presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
62. Carnahan J, Vistocky A, FLETCHER KE. The relationship between experience and outcomes: Another look at the July effect. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 35th Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 9-12, 2012.
63. Nichols L, FLETCHER KE . Attitudes toward internal medicine resident professionalism training. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 24, 2014.
64. Kuester J, FLETCHER KE. Utilization of survey to identify hand-off related non-routine events. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 37th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 23, 2014.
65. Kuester, J, FLETCHER KE. Feedback to Achieve Safe Sign-Out Technique (FASST). Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
66. Lindeke, MD, FLETCHER KE. Using simulation to improve house staff ACLS skills. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
67. Schmidt JM, FLETCHER KE. Conceptual model of house staff workload in the inpatient setting. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
68. Wegner A, FLETCHER KE. Feedback as a tool for promoting high quality documentation among internal medicine residents. Oral presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 38th Annual Meeting, Toronto, April 22-25, 2015.
69. Schmidt J, Adams J, FLETCHER KE. Jeepers Creepers, What About Those ePERs?: Creating a Culture of Physician Event Reporting. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 39th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 11-14, 2016.
70. Schmidt J, Singavi A, Herre R, Kaushal S, Tomlinson R, FLETCHER KE. Resident Education of RightCare Right Now. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 39th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 11-14, 2016.
71. Serksnys D, FLETCHER KE. Harnessing the Potential of Interprofessional Handoff Communication. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 39th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 11-14, 2016.
72. Asan O, FLETCHER KE, Tyszka J. Patient-Centered Use of EHRs: Capturing Residents' Perceptions. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 39th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 11-14, 2016.
73. Taylor A, Bergl P, Feagles J, Quirk K, Muntz M, FLETCHER KE. The Great Vanishing Act: A Lack of High Quality Clinical Instruction in Physical Examination. Poster presentation at Society of General Internal Medicine 39th Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, May 11-14, 2016.
74. Maatman T, FLETCHER KE. Disasters Waiting to Happen: Training students and residents to identify unsafe patient situations. Oral presentation at the SGIM Midwest Regional Meeting in Cleveland, OH, September 22-23, 2016.
75. Maatman T, FLETCHER KE. Using comics to understand stress in medical students. Poster presentation at the SGIM Midwest Regional Meeting in Cleveland, OH, September 22-23, 2016.
76. Fletcher KE, et al. Poster at AAIM Skills and Leadership Conference, Grapevine TX, October 2017: "The Extent and Implications of Copy and Paste."
77. Snyder HJ and Fletcher KE. Poster at SHM, Las Vegas NV, May 2017: ""The hospital experience through the patients' eyes." This was presented by my student Haverly Snyder based on our work together.