Quality improvement and practice improvement are the cornerstones of providing high quality and safe health care. The purpose of this curriculum is to provide medical students with an opportunity to plan a quality/practice improvement project that will be relevant both for the patients whom they serve and also to their future clinical practice.
On this webpage you will find some key readings for quality and practice improvement chosen to aid you in completing your project. You will also find an outline of the project expectations and project examples.
Quality Improvement Basics
Road Map for QI: A Guide for Doctors
The Basics of Quality Improvement
Quality Improvement Concepts
The Need for Change: Institute Of Medicine's Crossing the Quality Chasm
The How's and Why's of Chart Audits: Learning Modules for completing a chart audit
Quality Improvement Resources
Institute for Health Care Improvement Resources
Institute for Health Care Improvement Open School
International Perspectives on Quality Improvement
Curriculum Resources
Introduction To Clerkship Quality Improvement presentation
Course Outline Continuous Quality Improvement