Principles and Practice of Healthcare Quality Improvement

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to foundational concepts in healthcare quality improvement, and provide tools for translating these principles into practice. Topics include: current state, A3, SMART goals, root-cause analysis, metrics and measures, PDCA cycles, process controls, systems, and sustainability. Students have the option of completing the course curriculum in conjunction with a quality improvement/patient safety project offered through the SMS Quality Improvement Interest Group. This course will meet for 5 sessions throughout the quarter, with students reviewing the online materials before each session. May be repeated for credit up to three quarters with continued work on a quality improvement project, and all units count towards the Quality Improvement Scholarly Concentration. Open to all.