CEO-CLER Innovation Grants Program: Empowering Residents as Clinical Learning Environment Change Agents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many efforts over the past decade have focused on developing quality improvement and safety curricula for residents. Sponsoring institutions have encountered challenges aligning resident projects with institutional quality and safety priorities, engaging faculty mentors, and securing support for resident initiatives from executive leadership.

Objective

We developed a small grants program to support resident-led change projects intended to improve the clinical learning environment. We assessed program acceptability to residents and faculty, impact of program structure in supporting successful change projects, and program feasibility and financial sustainability.

Methods

Program acceptability was assessed through a review of resident participation. Three aspe

SUBMITTER: Batalden M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375339 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature