Creating Change: An Experiential Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Curriculum for Medical Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical students are the future drivers of change in health care. The AAMC encourages quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) education. Unfortunately, many schools do not have a formal QI/PS curriculum. To offer the patient-centered, safe, evidence-based, and high-value care patients deserve, students will be expected to have both knowledge of and experience in QI/PS. This extracurricular experiential QI/PS curriculum is designed to prepare medical students for this role.

Methods

The curriculum includes six monthly didactic and work-group sessions that cover QI/PS fundamentals and facilitate the design and implementation of student projects.

Results

Twenty-two medical students, with representation from academic years 1-4, completed the curriculum.

SUBMITTER: Bartlett CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342400 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature