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Effectiveness of a quality improvement curriculum for medical students.
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- Co-Designing and Evaluating a 1-Day Quality Improvement Workshop for Medical Students and Resident Physicians: Tutorial on Applying Kern's Curriculum Development Framework.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- The RISE Assessment: A Tool to Evaluate Competencies in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement.Journal of graduate medical education · 2025Article
- Enhancing Resident Education by Embedding Improvement Specialists Into a Quality and Safety Curriculum.Journal of graduate medical education · 2023Article
- Implementation and evaluation of an elective quality improvement curriculum for preclinical students: a prospective controlled study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review.Human resources for health · 2020Review
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- Introduction of a quality improvement curriculum in the Department of Internal Medicine, Lincoln Medical Center.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2017Article
- Learning by Doing: Design and Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Curriculum for Pediatric Hospitalists.Pediatric quality & safetyArticle
- Teaching Root Cause Analysis Using Simulation: Curriculum and Outcomes.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
introductionAs health systems find ways to improve quality of care, medical training programs are finding opportunities to prepare learners on principles of quality improvement (QI). The impact of QI curricula for medical students as measured by student learning is not well delineated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a QI curriculum for senior medical students as measured by student knowledge and skills.
methodsThis study was an observational study that involved a self-assessment and post-test Quality Improvement Knowledge Application Tool (QIKAT) for intervention and control students. A QI curriculum consisting of online modules, live discussions, independent readings and reflective writing, and participation in a mentored QI project was offered to fourth-year medical students completing an honor's elective (intervention group). Senior medical students who received the standard QI curriculum only were recruited as controls.
resultsA total of 22 intervention students and 12 control students completed the self-assessment and QIKAT. At baseline, there was no difference between groups in self-reported prior exposure to QI principles. Students in the intervention group reported more comfort with their skills in QI overall and in 9 of the 12 domains (p<0.05). Additionally, intervention students performed better in each of the three case scenarios (p<0.01). DISCUSSION: A brief QI curriculum for senior medical students results in improved comfort and knowledge with QI principles. The strengths of our curriculum include effective use of classroom time and faculty mentorship with reliance on pre-existing online modules and written resources. Additionally, the curriculum is easily expandable to larger groups of students and transferable to other institutions.
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