A Learning Community Supporting Experiential Education to Learn About Healthcare Equity Quality Improvement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality improvement (QI) for healthcare equity (HCE) is an important aspect of graduate medical education (GME), but there is limited published research on educational programs teaching this topic.

Aim

To describe and evaluate a novel curriculum and learning community for HCE QI.

Setting

Academic institution.

Participants

Forty-eight participants: 32 learners and 16 faculty.

Program description

This novel, longitudinal curriculum utilized a virtual hub-and-spoke learning community. Five interdepartmental teams of learners and faculty (spokes) used QI methods to address an existing institutional healthcare inequity (HCI). A team of experts (the hub) led monthly group meetings to foster the learning community and guide teams.

Program evaluati

SUBMITTER: Cheney-Peters D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10593695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature