MED 210: Principles and Practice of Healthcare Quality Improvement
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.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 1
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
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