Quality, Safe, Effective Healthcare
Baylor Students Partner with Providence to
Develop Research Projects
by Katherine Maler, Cardiology Department Clinic Coordinator
In 2012, the M. Brian Aynesworth Research Department
began collaborating with Baylor University through their Research
Associates Program. At the request of Dr. Richard Sanker, Director
of the Office of Pre-Health Studies, 3 undergraduate students
entered a program at Providence Health Center developed by
Dr. Samina Ali to give selected students the opportunity to obtain
experience in medical research.
Baylor research students presented research project
posters at Providence's first annual Student Research Day.
Students apply and are chosen by Baylor University staff for the internship position and receive college
credit for one year participation. Through working with Principal Investigators and research staff, selected
students learn how to develop a research project, write a protocol, navigate the IRB submission process,
and collect and analyze data.
Valuable clinical experience is gained through collaboration with various hospital departments and
personnel. Students are required to prepare a poster board presentation on their projects. These posters were
presented by the students at the Family Health Center Residency Research Forum on April 15, and at Baylor
University Annual Research Day in March 2014.
On April 25, the first Student Research Day at Providence was held. The current Baylor Research
students presented posters on the following topics: Radiation Exposure During Vertebroplasty; a Breast
Cancer Patient Satisfaction Study; and Improving CHF Care through Factors Associated with 30 Day
Readmission Rates. Providence associates were given the opportunity to view the student’s posters and
interact with the students on their projects.
Dr. Ali and research coordinator Julia Armstrong would like to thank those who attended Providence
Research Day and especially Dr. Adam Borowski and Dr. William Turney for their collaboration and
mentorship of the research students on these projects. Click Here for more photos.
Greeted at the Door by Service of the
Poor, Reverence, Integrity, Wisdom,
Creativity and Dedication
When you walk through the doors of 4 East, you are greeted by
both friendly staff, and beautifully crafted images of our Core Values.
Nurse Manager Tammy Tillery describes the story behind them:
Tammy Tillery, RN, 4 East nurse manager,
stands by our Mission and Core Values.
I made those a couple of years ago by printing our Core Values on pretty paper and framing them. They
first hung in the Education Department and when I transitioned to 4 East, Ellen asked me to hang them on our
unit. Of course, it was my pleasure to do so. I am a firm believer in keeping your goals before you and it is my
hope that by posting our Mission and Core Values where you enter and exit our floor, every staff member will
remember and reflect upon why we are here and what we are called to do.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8 tells us: “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and
all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving
you today." Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when
you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and
wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
6 • The Pulse of Providence