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Alberta Tran, PhD, RN
Fellowship Class
Senior Research Scientist
MedStar Health Research Institute and MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety
Hartford “Age-Friendly” Fellow

Fellowship Project

Dr. Tran seeks to understand and leverage opportunities to better engage nurses, who make up the largest component of the healthcare workforce, in diagnostic improvement efforts for the older adult population. Her project aims to 1) identify examples of nurses' contributions to diagnostic safety in older adults and 2) co-design a nurse-led diagnostic safety checklist to improve diagnostic communication between older adults, their families/caregivers, and healthcare team members in hospital settings.