Promoting scholarship in improvement science: A model for academic clinical departments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Clinical departments at academic medical centers strive to deliver clinical care, provide education and training, support faculty development, and promote scholarship. These departments have experienced increasing demands to improve the quality, safety, and value of care delivery. However, many academic departments lack a sufficient number of clinical faculty members with expertise in improvement science to lead initiatives, teach, and generate scholarship. In this article, we describe the structure, activities, and early outcomes of a program within an academic department of medicine to promote scholarly improvement work.

Methods

The Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont Medical Center launched a Quality Program with three primary goals: (a) impro

SUBMITTER: DeVoe SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10091202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature