Sustainability in quality improvement (SusQI): a case-study in undergraduate medical education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a pressing need for more sustainable healthcare. UK medical graduates are required to apply social, economic, and environmental principles of sustainability to their practice. The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare has developed a sustainability in quality improvement (SusQI) framework and educator's toolkit to address these challenges. We aimed to develop and evaluate SusQI teaching using this toolkit at Bristol Medical School.

Methods

We facilitated a SusQI workshop for all third-year Bristol Medical School students. We used mixed methods including questionnaires, exit interviews and follow-up focus groups to evaluate the outcomes and processes of learning.

Results

Students reported: improvements in knowledge, confidence, and attitudes in both sus

SUBMITTER: Clery P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8358256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature