Introduction Theory plays an important role in education programming and research.
However, its use in quality improvement and patient safety education has yet to be fully …

Purpose To systematically review published quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS)
curricula for medical students and/or residents to (1) determine educational content and …

Background Recent educational initiatives by both the World Health Organization and the
American Association of Medical Colleges have endorsed integrating teaching of patient …

Introduction: Quality improvement and patient safety are important elements of quality
patient care. National medical boards and graduate medical education accreditation …

There is definitely no time to waste in building a cadre of faculty experts in the field of QI/PS.
These faculty experts must know how to teach and inspire students to respect the ever …

Purpose There is a growing emphasis on teaching patient safety principles and quality
improvement (QI) processes in medical education curricula. This paper aims to present how …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Educators in all health care disciplines are increasingly
aware of the importance and value of teaching improvement as an integral part of health …

The purpose of this article is to briefly review the history of how quality and safety have been
addressed in the United States by those who have been teaching medical students and …

Educating physician trainees in the principles of quality improvement (QI) and patient safety
(PS) is a national imperative. Few faculty are trained in these disciplines, and few teaching …

Objective Quality and safety are high priorities for US hospitals today. This focus is likely to
intensify, given the rapidly changing and complex health care environment. While health …