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The class of 2016 resident-led quality improvement (QI) project, Documentation of Quality Measures for Patients Discharged from the Hospital with an Acute Asthma Exacerbation, was awarded MOC Part 4 credit by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). This project is an ongoing multidisciplinary QI collaborative to improve the care for asthma patients admitted to Children's of Alabama. By implementing a standardized history and physical template for patients admitted for asthma exacerbations, they demonstrated statistically significant improvement in several measures including assessment and treatment of chronic level of asthma severity and smoking cessation counseling. This work also has been presented at SSPR and the UAB RIME conference. Investigators included: Drs. Christina Inman, Ryan Boggs, Sam Strachan, Natalia Lotz, Rose James, Brian Donahue, Ashley Dodd, Thanh Summerlin, and Charrelle Coates, along with faculty mentor Dr. Susan Walley.