Building infrastructure to teach quality improvement

Teaching Quality Care for Healthcare Professionals: Delphi Consensus on Designing Drama

“…According to the main themes of the scientific content that was suggested in the designed drama, the expert panelists in the present study strongly agreed on tools and models of continuous quality of care improvement and international patient safety goals, which is in line with Lavin and Kao (2023), who reported the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) stated the educational elements for medical graduates and trainees include patient safety and all areas of quality improvement.…”

Development of a Train-the-Trainer Quality Improvement Curriculum

“…Curricular leaders and project mentors have been repeatedly identified as necessary components of QI training. 6 – 8 Universally required training elements include a focus on QI methodology, how to choose a project, stakeholder engagement, measurement, implementation, and scholarship. While these are universal elements, tailoring the instruction on methodology to that of the local health system can facilitate learner engagement in health system improvement initiatives.…”

“…While these are universal elements, tailoring the instruction on methodology to that of the local health system can facilitate learner engagement in health system improvement initiatives. 8 Additionally, involving faculty mentors specific to the discipline or clinical specialty of the learners increases effectiveness of the training by permitting trainees to recognize the application of their new knowledge. 8 The training materials provided here incorporate these necessary required training elements.…”

“… 8 Additionally, involving faculty mentors specific to the discipline or clinical specialty of the learners increases effectiveness of the training by permitting trainees to recognize the application of their new knowledge. 8 The training materials provided here incorporate these necessary required training elements. Yet the slide set can be easily adapted to the local health system's methodology, and the exercise examples can be easily manipulated to a specific discipline or clinical specialty.…”

“… 7 Training faculty mentors specific to a clinical discipline or medical specialty is an important tactic to enhance didactic and experiential QI training. 8 …”