Overview
Quality Improvement is an application area in the Scholarly Concentration program. The goals of our program are to expose students to the primary issues in the field of Quality Improvement, and give them the tools to begin addressing these through hands-on field research. Some specific goals include:
- Expose students to quality improvement methodology
- Engage students in quality improvement projects as a part of their medical education
- Promote excellence in the areas of hospital metric data analysis and implementation science
- Prepare students to deliver safe and high-value care in the future
- Promote scholarship in QI
Coursework
Students who pursue Quality Improvement must take (a) 6 units of Foundation coursework and (b) 6 units of Quality Improvement (Application coursework).
Experiential Component
Complete basic QI modules in the Institute of Health Improvement Open School curriculum
Completion of Stanford student QI interest group (QIIG) curriculum
Participation in Stanford student QIIG
Participate in hospital quality meetings
Attend resident and hospital QI symposiums
Scholarly Project, to be completed in one of the following ways:
Resident or faculty-driven QI project
Hospital or department QI project
Participation in the SHIELD program