Jennifer Best, MD | Division of General Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Medicine

Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, UW School of Medicine

Associate Program Director for Resident Professional Development, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Northwestern University Medical School

Chicago, IL

2000

Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine

University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals

Seattle, WA

2000–2003

Honors:

Alpha Omega Alpha

Fellow, American College of Physicians

Fellow, Society of Hospital Medicine

Resident Excellence in Teaching Award

02 & 03

Chief Resident in Medicine

2003–2004

Clinician-Educator of the Year, Northwest Region of the Society for General Internal Medicine

2012

Contact

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Research & Clinical Interests

Research Interests:

Hospital Medicine
Vulnerable Populations
Care Transitions
Educational Climate
Healthcare Systems Education

Publications

Publications:

Best JA. 2009. A piece of my mind. Is there a doctor in the house? JAMA: The journal of the American Medical Association. 301(21):2191–2. PMID: 19491174.
Best JA, Young A. 2009. A SAFE DC: A conceptual framework for care of the homeless inpatient. Journal of hospital medicine: An official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine. 4(6):375–81. PMID: 19670362.
Best JA, Smith MW. 2010. Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma originating at lumbar arteries in context of cirrhosis. Journal of hospital medicine: An official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine. 5(5):E4–5. PMID: 20533583.
Schleyer AM, Best JA, et al. The advocate for clinical education: A point of care coaching and feedback model for resident education in quality improvement and patient safety. SHM Academic Hospital Medicine Leadership Summit 2010, Washington DC.
Best JA. 2011. Improvement happens: an interview with Furman McDonald, MD MPH. J Gen Intern Med. Sep;26(9):1067–71. PMCID: PMC3157537.