Factors influencing family physician engagement in practice-based quality improvement: Qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the experiences of family physicians leading quality improvement (QI) efforts and to better understand facilitators and barriers related to advancing QI in family practice.

Design

Qualitative descriptive study.

Setting

The Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. The department launched a quality and innovation program in 2011 with the dual goals of teaching QI skills to learners and supporting faculty in leading QI efforts in practice.

Participants

Family physician faculty who held QI leadership roles at any of the department's 14 teaching units between 2011 and 2018.

Methods

Fifteen semistructured telephone interviews were conducted over 3 months in 2018. Analysis was informed by a qualit

SUBMITTER: Kiran T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10177636 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature