Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
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Please list 1-3 things your Chapter has accomplished during the past
year
Africa Region
1. Establishing Quality Improvement and Patient Safety as a field of study and of
graduation.
2. Formal recognition of our Chapter by the President of the University.
1. Developed student Chapter relationship.
2. Recruited 100 students.
3. Developing 48 debates on health reform and health issues.
1. Unfortunately, due the Ebola outbreak, everything is at a standstill.
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Asia-Pacific Region
Australian National University
Medical School
Chitkara School of Health
Sciences
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Mahidol University, Thai
Chapter
Namseoul University
University of Otago,
Christchurch Canterbury District
Health Board
University of Sydney
1. Final Year medical students produced 14 DVD's about Quality and Safety as part of
their final year exams. Top little winners judged by the ACT Health Board.
2. Integrated Patient Safety into the ANU Medical Curriculum using the 10 National
Quality and Safety Health Service Standards mandated for all Australian hospitals
since January 2013. Q&S now taught 1-4 graduate years
3. Seven 1st year Medical students now commencing Q&S projects as part of MD
Research project.
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Created new Chapter.
Set the Chapter name.
Established our future plans.
None at this time.
1. Increased student membership.
2. Created "wash your hands', "stop smoking" and "use the stairs" signs for use on
campus.
3. Held weekly meetings using Open School lessons and videos.
1. Distributed educational material to staff.
1. Establishing working relationship within the Health Services and Patient Safety
research theme.
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Canada
Brock University
University of Calgary, Calgary
Healthcare Improvement
Network (CHIN)
McGill University Health Center
Northern Ontario School of
Medicine
Queen's University
Simon Fraser University
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Health Improvement Network
(EHIN)
University of British Columbia
University of Manitoba
1. Developing a Brock University Chapter
2. Participating in the I-CAN course and developing a project around I-CAN
methodologies
3. Spreading awareness and recruitment of other members
1. Successfully maintained last year’s integration of 2 more disciplines into our
Chapter
2. Continued our seminar series on quality improvement and patient safety with
esteemed speakers, allowing students and all faculty opportunity to attend.
Increased our student and faculty engagement
3. The opportunity for 2nd year medical students to engage in Quality Improvement
projects as part of the Advanced Evidence Based Medicine (AEBM) course was
picked up for its 3rd year.
1. Presented at QuIPS conference
2. Expanded membership
3. Completed patient shadowing proposal
1. Improved Executive Group's awareness of IHI and how to engage medical students
and residents
1. Formation of a full new executive team
2. Create awareness for the institute all over campus.
3. Organize multiple speaker series events
1. Exposed IHI to the student body through an interactive Hand Hygiene Activity
2. Opened the Conversation of Project Management through a Philosophers cafe
featuring our mentor and biostatistician Dr. Charlie Goldsmith
3. Opened the opportunities of Healthcare Improvement to the students of SFU
through a partnership with Fraser Health Authority to allow students to work with
doctors of the health authority on varying quality improvement projects.
1. Hosted a workshop with Dr. Rose Yeung, endocrinologist and researcher, focused
on knowledge translation.
2. Hosted a talk by Dr. Michael Murphy, anesthesiologist and researcher, about
patient safety.
3. Hosted a talk by Shaunna Milloy (human factors safety specialist from Alberta
Health Services, Calgary) about human factors.
1. Launched practicum program based on QI201 for 12 students based at local
hospitals
2. Supported 8 students to attend local and international QI conferences
3. Hosted 7 QI workshops and 2 well-attended panel speaker events
1. Events: Delivered and facilitated an online course and held an inter-professional
seminar for health care students to support new mothers in breastfeeding, used
Open School modules in 3rd year medicine academic half day
2. Identified a new faculty advisor and several new areas for students to take on
quality improvement projects.
3. Held an information session on the Open School for students in the Faculty of
Health Sciences
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
University of Ottawa/The
Ottawa Hospital
University of Toronto
University of Windsor
York University
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Created basic website http://www.ohin.ca/
1. Hosted our fifth annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Improvement
conference with over 150 attendees
2. Hosted 5 seminars on quality improvement with over 250 attendees in total
3. Coordinated and oversaw 11 QI projects in various hospitals
1. Planned and designed a quality improvement project to increase reporting of near
misses during medication administration
2. Held 10 educational sessions on patient safety for students, faculty and
institutional partners; developed newsletter with safe practice tips
3. Developed posters to increase awareness of importance of near miss reporting by
nursing students
1. The chapter leaders met for a couple of times but we were not able to hold any
event/project
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Continental Europe
Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde
- Universidade da Beira Interior
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven University of Leuven
Ministry of Health - Turkey
Students for Safer Patient
(Studerende for Sikre Patienter)
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Universidad de Málaga Medical
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University of Porto
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FCS-UBI Patient Safety Curriculum for undergraduate students
ESME Student 2015 Course - Essential Skills
Chapter took IHI Open School courses and held case studies discussions
Involved junior docs in QI
Spread the news from IHI
Improved our expertise in QI Leadership
Initiated a Chapter board
Created a new website, www.kaliteturkey.org
Recruitment of new members from new programs
Took inventory of how much patient safety training is part of Danish healthcare
education
Presented the results from "Accomplishment #2" at the Danish Patient Safety
Conference 2015
Held workshop called, “Decision in Medicine”
New course on Preventing Diagnosis Error
Created a blog: www.foroosler.com
We are engaged in Quality Seminars in the University of Porto Masters of Public
Health
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Latin America
Capítulo Servicios de Salud
Pública del Distrito Federal
Centro de Estudios Para La
Seguridad del Paciente (CESPA)
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More graduates in QI
Spread Patient Safety content
Inspire people
Conference on error prevention for new residents
New communication process as of April
Blogging
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Clinica Universitaria Reina
Fabiola Universidad Catolica de
Cordoba
Fundación Valle del Lili
Hospital Aleman
Hospital General 450
Hospital Poliplaza Medica
Hospital Regional de Alta
Especialidad del Bajío
Instituto de Efectividad Clinica y
Sanitaria (IECS)
Instituto de Oncologia do Vale
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
Médicas y Nutrición Salvador
Zubirán
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
Neurológicas
Olga Lucia Corredor
Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile
Universidad Anáhua del Norte
Universidad Peruana Cayetano
Heredia
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Publication of research papers
Presentation of scientific posters
Meetings of scientific interest in the student community
Standardized clinical alert codes
SBAR implementation strategy
Developing guidelines on the basis of the evidence for clinical safety issues and
adherence of the same professionals
1. International patient safety goals training for 75% hospital personnel
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Held event for undergraduate and graduate medical students
First quality forum "Patient safety in our language"
Held publication/Poster competition on quality and patient safety
Started recruiting Chapter members
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We began less than two months ago and already have more than 50 participants
We are contributing to project quality and continuous improvement in hospital
The creation of the Chapter strengthened the system
The Chapter just started a month ago
1. Conducted and executed 17 Improvement Events/Project (90 days cycle
improvement project) in 6 different facilities in our network
2. Supported and managed 64 professional training using the Open School web
based courses
3. Started an online collaboration with other 4 cancer centers (in Brazil) for quality &
safety improvement projects (into a private collaboration network)
1. Starting Chapter
2. Disseminating Chapter materials
3. Including health personnel in Chapter
1. Implementation of the board of adverse events in the National Institute of
Neurological Sciences
1. Implemented new trainings
1. Our entire Chapter completed the Spanish version of the Open School course on
“Improvement Capability"
2. We used the model of improvement in an initiative "Post-surgery Pulmonary
Embolism"
3. We shared the concept of balancing measures with organization leaders
1. I am working with two Chapters, Universidad Anahuac and UNAM, of medical
students that now have a different vision for medicine.
2. Between 20 and 30 students joined this semester
1. Research on Quality and Safety in Healthcare with Undergraduate Students of
Faculty of Medicine
2. Research on Quality and Safety in Healthcare with Graduate Students of Faculty of
Medicine
3. Educational Intervention to Improve Low Health Literacy at Primary Care
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
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Middle East
Health Care Accreditation
Council
Riaz Medical Centre
Royal Commission Medical
Center - Yanbu
1. Building the capacity of more than 100 health care professionals in quality and
patient safety
2. Implementation of quality management systems in hospitals
3. Development of quality management system for family planning services
1. We have moved our Dubai branch to a new location. We hope to use the Chapter
toolkit once it's up and running and compare it to our other sites.
1. Held a workshop about performance measurement and improvement
2. Working to assess the patient safety culture within our organization
3. Chapter’s improvement project using LEAN methodology was presented at the IHI
Middle East Forum
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United Kingdom
Brighton & Sussex University
Hospitals
Care Right Now (CIC)
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Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Kings College London - Student
Healthcare Leadership
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Public Health England
Queens University, Belfast
RGU School of Pharmacy IHI
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Set up regular meeting slots
Engaged with multidisciplinary teaching
Invited inspiring speakers
Established a network of affiliates and started to set up on-line resource on
medicines and prescribing
Had our Pediatric Community Medicines project accepted for a presentation at
the UK NICE Annual Conference
Started to link with Primary Care and General Practitioners and provide services
for people with long term conditions
Established itself as n = 2 (myself + Improvement Hub lead)
Medicines Reconciliation compliance risen from 0% to 80% June 2013 to
November 2014
Introduced Stroke Care Bundle (Front Door)
Integrated QI projects into new medical curriculum
Held inter-disciplinary clinical risk workshops
Summer QI studentships
The first Public Health England Chapter proposal submitted and agreed with terms
of reference
Planning meeting held with Andy Carson Stevens, regional Leader UK & Ireland
Work programme for 2015-17
Higher profile
Event on change
Held on event on Quality Improvement
Had a Mental Health Workshop
Organized a student-lead, peer-to-peer style anaphylaxis treatment event (with
legal exemptions)
Organized a talk with our professional regulatory body regarding new legislation
(for assisted dying)
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Royal Brompton and Harefield
NHS Foundation Trust
Swansea University
University College London
Medical School
University of Birmingham
University of Edinburgh
University of Leeds
University of Stirling
1. Registered with IHI and set up for the first time
2. Started a Quality Improvement competition with 20 teams selected from over 40
entrants.
3. Opened 50 IHI Open School places for Trust staff
1. Introduction of the "My Name is........" badges on the BSc in Nursing programme
on the back of Hello my name is.... Campaign
2. Have begun a 'Silver award' project. Attended student led conference, induction
events, and Quality improvement seminars
3. Increase membership of chapter to over 60 students
1. Engaged with a student selected component of the medical school curriculum to
provide quality improvement teaching
2. Created quality improvement engagement sessions in the lead up to NHS Change
Day
1. Chapter was re-established in February 2015
2. Developed links with other local societies such as the Birmingham Medical
Leadership Society
3. Developed links with national organisations such as the FMLM, QuID, and
ProjectMatch
1. Re-started the Chapter from scratch, so managing to get some fellow students
interested is an accomplishment
2. Recruited over 15 interested individuals to our group Facebook page
3. Engaged with Quality Improvement professionals within our local health board
1. We secured QI, leadership & health economics projects for over 20 undergraduate
medicine students in Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds Clinical Commission
Groups and the Leeds Institute for Quality Healthcare
2. We successful advocated for a intercalated degree (Bachelor of Science) in
Leadership for Quality Improvement at the University of Leeds Medical School
3. We had 10 well attended events on healthcare leadership, quality improvement,
health policy and patient safety, including hosting a local health policy question
time with Prospective Members of Parliament in Leeds in the build up to the
General Election 2015
1. 250 pre-registration students have done a practicum as a assessed assignment for
a degree programme
2. 5 practitioners have done a degree-level practicum as an assessed in their practice
areas
3. 14 practitioners have done an MSc level practicum as an assessed assignment in
their practice areas
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(US) Midwest
AT Still University Kirksville
College of Medicine
1. Events: Helped plan and moderated panel presentation on immigrant health
issues during National Primary Care Week, Co-sponsored workshop with other
university organization -- (video on dignity with death, Screening of Remote Area
Medical documentary followed by group discussion, Participated in: "King v.
Burwell: How Millions Could Lose Health Insurance featuring Professor Nicholas
Bagley"
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Aurora Health Care
Bellin College
Case Western Reserve
University
Creighton University
Health Partners
HealthSpan Cincinnati
Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis
Marquette University, College of
Nursing
Northeast Ohio Medical
University
Rockhurst University
Rush Medical Center
Saint Louis University
2. Advocated for a state wide narcotics registry
3. Hosted a seminar/guest speaker on Medicaid expansion - presentation and
discussion on healthcare policy lead by local leader
1. Obtained organizational leadership approval to form chapter
2. Formed chapter in April 2015
3. Assigned leadership roles of co-faculty advisors and chapter leader
1. Chapter members attended the 26th IHI National Forum
2. Hosted student events with guest speakers
3. Work on quality projects within the healthcare system
1. Completed all of the necessary paperwork and processes to be recognized as an
official Graduate Student organization at the university
2. Received $500 in funding support from Recognition and Compliance of being in
compliance from Graduate Student Senate Organization and Allocation
Committee for IHI Case School Chapter's Interactive Discussion “ US Healthcare
System: What’s Broken and How Do We Fix It as a Team.”
3. 26 participants attended the IHI event from various majors- Business, Psych and
Mental Health, Nursing, School of Medicine, Engineering. 13 attendees interested
in joining, 5 interested in a leadership role. Interactive activities and discussion
allowed students to be able to share knowledge from the perspective of their
field. Activities were done to show how we are all interconnected.
1. Became a recognized student group chapter
2. Lead the CU's Patient Safety Conference
3. Assisted students with obtaining their IHI certificate of patient safety
1. Created subscription for use by 100 non-educational members of our organization
2. Collaboration with Graduate Medical Education and our Hospital Quality
Departments to improve use of Quality Improvement Tools and Methods
1. Launched work to support a value based payment network across the state of
Ohio
2. Participated in the development of a statewide clinically integrated network
3. Launched and completed an FQHC BTS on QI and Operations synergy
1. Plan to incorporate Open School Curriculum in medical school coursework
2. Plan for inclusion of members from other disciplines and training levels
1. We are just getting started and so far faculty have incorporated IHI into
undergraduate nursing program in order for students to obtain the Basic
Certificate upon completion of the BSN program
1. Quality Improvement project targeting asthma control at Summa Akron City
Hospital
2. Participated in the nationwide Script Your Future Campaign
1. Helzberg on Healthcare Events - Quarterly speakers on healthcare management
issues with 25-100 individuals in attendance
1. Recruitment of new members and leadership
2. Speaker event
3. QI and Safety in academic curriculum
1. Started the first IHI chapter at Saint Louis University
2. Held our first lunch meeting during which Dr. Buckhold, the internal medicine
residency director, led small groups through case study discussions
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
3. Had over 50 students attend our first meeting
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Iowa
University of Kansas
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota Rochester
University of Minnesota – Twin
Cities, Alliance for Quality
Advancement (AQUA)
University of Nebraska Medical
Center
University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City
University of Toledo College of
Medicine and Life Sciences
1. Medical Student and resident participation in UChicago Medicine Quality
Symposium
2. QI courses taught o MS1-2 students GPHAP students and IM residents
3. GPHAP brought a student to IHI Forum (IHI provided student scholarship rate;
GPHAP covered reduced rate registration and student's expenses).
1. Expanded Clinic services to include: dental hygiene screenings, vision and HIV
screenings, nutrition education
2. Trained 143 new volunteers who will serve at the SVDP clinic
3. Obtained a grant to do Pneumococcal screenings and vaccines. Chapter was also
able to provide Pneumovax 23 vaccine to the SVDP patients
1. Designed a pilot interprofessional clinical mentors/shadowing program
2. Provided input to campus-wide interprofessional curriculum design
1. Presented a poster at 26th annual IHI National Forum
2. IHI Open School integration with SIPE
3. Representation at the International Patient Safety and Quality Forum, London
2015
4. Participated in university-wide interprofessional education activities
5. Sponsored PI projects in six clinical units
1. We have established a strong social media presence on our Facebook (196 likes
and growing.)
2. Over 25 of our members participated in Lean projects throughout the year. This
represented 6 total projects, the most we've ever had in a single year.
3. We had our inaugural IHI Project Fair. The purpose of the IHI Project Fair is to
showcase the collaborative efforts of IHI Open School members and their clients
at the U-M Health System.
1. We began to complete new projects in the family med department of Mayo Clinic
2. 4 of our members traveled to the IHI Conference in December and presented our
pamphlet project
3. All full members completed Open School certification
1. Hosted Pizza and Conversation with Dr. Batalden, Co-founder of the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement: an evening for interdisciplinary health professional
students to learn from and engage with Dr. Paul Batalden, MD.
2. Hosted fall lunch lecture series that attracted 148 students representing ten
schools over three days.
3. Held a student panel in which eight students (representing six fields) shared their
experiences in quality improvement.
1. Got a new advisor
2. Got potential funding for the fall semester
3. Branched out to other colleges and gained a new member from Public Health
1. Sustainability after a huge leadership transition
2. Continued support from the University administration and faculty
3. Participation with I-CAN
1. Student involvement in quality improvement project based learning around the
hospital
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University of Wyoming
Washington University in St.
Louis - School of Medicine
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Wayne State University School
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Western Michigan University
Wright State University
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Interprofessional tutor day during finals
Administrative awareness and support of our new chapter
Root Cause Analysis Event
Hosted speaker at chapter meeting
Held chapter meetings two times per month
Organized a talk from the Zoo about their quality improvement and control
processes
Hosted a dinner talk on 2nd victims (adverse effects of medical errors on
physicians)
Piloted an SP session on apologizing for a medical error
Quality and Safety Seminar
Anatomy/OR Safety Integrated Lessons
We’re just getting started as a group!
1. Interdisciplinary Simulation Lab
2. End of Life Care Interdisciplinary Exercise
3. Hosted QI research presentations
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(US) Northeast
Berkeley College
Boston College
Boston University
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Dartmouth College
Greater Binghamton Health
Center - Binghamton University
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Howard University
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Minority Healthcare Awareness Events
Healthcare Diversity and Safety Initiatives
Recruitment Events
Sent 2 students to summer leadership academy and formed I-CAN group. 4 I-Can
scholars completed course
Presented to new student groups including pre-med and medical ethics students
Completed our first I-CAN project
QI introduction during first year medical students' orientation week
What is QI - Lunch talk with our faculty advisor, Dr. James Moses
How to get involved in QI - Lunch talk with Dr. Lakshman Swamy, 2015 IHI Forum
Co-Chair
Completion of the QI Clinic pilot project
Successful house staff quality council
Guest speaker Elizabeth Teisberg on Value Based Healthcare
Guest speaker Paul Batalden on Coproduction of Healthcare
Journal Club case study sessions
We presented a poster at the IHI Conference in Orlando and 2 leaders of our
group attended
We began developing ideas for an application for a Garrett Lee Smith Campus
Grant for Suicide Prevention
Held monthly meetings to work on suicide prevention as an IHI open school
chapter
Held consistent chapter meetings where we held case study reviews
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Hudson Valley Community
College
Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai
Lutheran Medical CenterDepartment of Dental Medicine
Massachusetts College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences
MedStar Health
MGH Institute
Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine
Rhode Island Chapter
Rowan University
Rutgers University
2. Established medical and pharmacy student team based rotations at a local free
clinic that is associated with Howard University Hospital. The participation of
nursing, social work, and health administration students are still pending.
1. Engage students in understanding quality improvement through IHI case studies
2. Promote interdisciplinary teamwork through outreach to other health programs
on campus
3. Organize and implement 2 Student-driven events to engage the college
community in promoting healthcare quality
1. Hosted a panel with Mount Sinai physicians who focus on quality improvement
work
2. Hosted a discussion on high-value care with Dr. David Newman (creator of
www.thennt.com)
3. Started a reading group to discuss articles related to quality improvement
1. Recruited a team of faculty advisors
2. Created an IHI-linked website and a stand-alone website
3. Began a membership recruitment drive
1. Preliminary discussion with interdisciplinary Deans.
1. Several Residents have completed IHI modules and are working on QI projects
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Program: Escape Fire
Program: Interprofessional Case Study discussion
Sent interprofessional team of students and faculty to IHI National Forum
SIM lab event - The First Four Minutes
lecture: Cost Effectiveness of health interventions
"Friday Night at the ER" Workshop Event
Workshop with Dr. Latha Sivaprasad, CMO of Rhode Island Hospital
Established pre-clinical elective, "Intro to Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement" at Warren Alpert Medical School
Established the Chapter in 2015
Selected a student leader
Created a mission and vision for the Chapter
All Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) first year medical students
read, watched, and discussed Dr. Don Berwick’s 1999 IHI keynote speech “Escape
Fire” as part of our PCM course on Wednesday February 18, 2015.
In 2014, thanks to the initiative of previous student leaders and our faculty,
RWJMS began having a required health policy component and a healthcare quality
improvement component of our Patient Centered Medicine (PCM) course. We had
four dedicated course dates for healthcare policy and quality improvement, and
we had additional lectures and discussions on quality improvement throughout
the year. On our own time, we read a healthcare policy textbook and took a
comprehensive examination, which was required for a passing grade for the PCM
course.
Students in the Class of 2018 made a formal proposal to faculty about including
the Open School courses as a required part of our medical school's PCM
curriculum.
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Saint Agnes Healthcare
St. John Fisher College
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Stony Brook
Medical Center
SUNY Upstate Medical
University
Temple University
The Mount Sinai House staff
Quality Improvement
Committee
Thomas Jefferson University
Unity Healthcare
1. Created a chapter website
2. Presented some of our QI work in a national conference and helped organize a
"Day of Safety" event at our institute
3. Integrated a QIPS curriculum into our medical residency training
1. Started a volunteering event at Urban Choice Charter in Rochester, NY. We had
multiple stations to educate the students on proper hand hygiene, nutrition, and
measurement to show students healthy food portions. The students took a prequiz and post-quiz to look at their knowledge of microbes, hand hygiene, and how
to measure liquids before and after - overall, the students grade improved on the
quiz after visiting our stations. We handed out notebooks to the students after
they were done.
2. We had our first official fundraising event for our chapter. It was held at our
school in the atrium on Veterans Day. We had a spaghetti dinner, and veterans ate
for free.
3. We hosted guest speaker Kiera Champlin-Kuhn, a registered nurse who is the
Director of Quality and Safety at Thompson Hospital in Canandaigua, NY. She
discussed the various improvement projects that they have completed at her
hospital, and the impact each of them had on her institution and their patients.
We have also started the process of doing a QI project at her site, focusing on pain
management. The project is currently limited to executive members until we get
the project going.
1. Increase use of IHI QI modules by Internal Medicine residents
1. Introduced chapter to Health Science Undergraduates
1. Introduced students to several hospital administrators via a series of leadership
lectures
2. Introduced our new Cancer Center's Integrative Therapy program to improve
patient outcomes
3. Working to introduce Business/Financial Skills for Medical Students into the 4th
year curriculum
1. IHI Open School Temple University Chapter became an official club of Temple
University
2. We developed a multidisciplinary club, including medical, nursing, pharmacy,
business and dental students, with a shared governance structure.
3. We are coordinating the curriculum with the TU Interprofessional Education
Committee
1. Held an interactive session on process mapping
2. Designed a survey to determine house staff attitudes regarding medical event
reporting
3. Suggested house staff to serve on the hospital wide root cause analysis team
1. Hosted Quality and Safety Poster Session
2. QI Panel Program
3. Participated in ACMQ Future leaders in Quality Seminar
1. Established our Chapter
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University of MassachusettsWorcester
University of New England
University of Pittsburgh Health
Sciences
University of Vermont Students for Quality
Improvement and Patient Safety
(SQIPS)
Worcester State University
Yale University School of
Medicine
2. Began discussion on how we can effectively work together to implement QI
projects
1. Secured leadership support for the Chapter from both the academic and clinical
leadership teams
2. Begun the process of integrating clinical and academic quality improvement
education and projects
3. Initiated the discussion of a formal role to bridge the clinical and academic quality
improvement efforts more formally
1. Promoted IHI at an interprofessional leadership meeting organized by Phi Lambda
Sigma
2. Students entered into local interprofessional case competition were required to
complete the IHI Open School Basic Certificate courses and provide evidence
before being randomized to a team for competition.
3. Provided a luncheon workshop for interprofessional students to explain IHI's
Triple Aim and apply the principals
1. Networked with another interprofessional group called Primary Care Progress
2. Hosted an interprofessional case study session
3. Enrolled members in the IHI Basic Certificate Program
1. Collaborate with the medical center's director of patient safety to support group
activities
2. Student leaders attend Resident Quality Council Meetings and relay the
knowledge learned to interest group members
3. Attend the Student Academy for Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety Summer
Camp
1. Created an I CAN/ WSU Chapter Bulletin Board in the Nursing Department at WSU
in September, 2014
2. Held a Chapter Re-launch and Informational and Networking Event with guest
speakers who have developed population health improvements March, 2015
3. Chapter volunteered as a group in the health tent for the Convoy of Hope program
to provide services to under-served people in Worcester MA (June 2015)
1. Hosted a large speaker event with Robert Nordgren MD, MPH, MBA, the CEO of
Northeast Medical Group to discuss challenges and opportunities in the field of
quality improvement
2. Hosted a large speaker event with Abbe Gluck, JD, Professor of Law at Yale Law
School to discuss the implications of the current supreme court case King v.
Burwell on the Affordable Care Act
3. Collaborated with the quality improvement team at Yale New Haven Hospital to
start work on an online "hub" to connect students, faculty and researchers across
Yale who are engaged with quality improvement work
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(US) Southeast
Central Kentucky Surgical
Technology
1. Started a SRG club membership
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Clemson University
Duke University
East Carolina University
Emory University
1. Became more engaged in finding ways to work on improvement projects in our
area
2. Had more faculty involvement with professors, who encouraged their students to
attend our meetings. We created new positions to involve more Chapter members
on the executive board.
3. Had more chapter activities for our members to get involved; began taking
member attendance and offering "points" for our frequent members. These
"points" can be redeemed for scholarships to attend IHI's National Forum as well
as SQLA. The point system is also used to ensure retention of our members. We
have been working hard to keep the members we gain and provide them with
opportunities to network and grow within our organization. Also created a Bank
Account.
1. Establishing an interdisciplinary cross-graduate school Quality & Innovation
Scholars Program (practicum-like experience linking student teams to ongoing QI
work in the Duke Health System; supported by the IHI QI curriculum and a
structured program with deliverables)
2. Creating novel programming that allowed interdisciplinary interaction and
problem solving skills development (i.e. speaker series and "opportunity swap")
3. Developing a network of support within faculty and administrators at the various
graduate school programs focused on healthcare, as well as within the Duke
University Health System (we have a council of advisors from across schools and a
growing body of faculty who are aware of our work as a chapter and QI resource)
1. We started an ICAN project where dental students taught our future health care
providers how to identify dental carries at the student run clinics.
2. We had our largest chapter meeting to date with 150 attendees. The topic of
discussion was culture competency in the workplace.
3. We collaborated with a fellow multidisciplinary student group in order to put
together a panel of recent graduates to discuss their transition into their
profession, and how they managed to do so without compromising patient safety
or quality of care.
1. Projects: We have expanded our chapter’s community-based QI project. Last year, we
initiated a student-led QI project at the Good Samaritan Health Center in Atlanta, a
community health center serving 25,000 low-income patients annually. This year we
have expanded our chapter’s Diabetes Improvement Team at the clinic to be
composed of four public health students, two medical students, a student advisor, and
a faculty advisor. This cycle, the team is focusing on developing the Diabetes Passport,
a standardized self-management tool for diabetics to track annual care processes and
diabetes outcomes (HbA1C, BP, etc.)
2. Education: We have formalized and diversified our educational initiatives. --We
have developed a monthly Quality Improvement in Clinical Practice Lecture Series.
Designed to dovetail with the first- and second-year medical school curriculum,
we host a physician with research and clinical interests in QI. To date, we have
arranged QI talks in the fields of cardiology, pulmonary medicine and critical care,
digestive diseases and general surgery, renal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology,
and neurology. --We have also organized a surgical QI journal club during which
students and general surgery residents meet over lunch to discuss a recent journal
article and learn how it relates to current surgical practice at Emory. --We work
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Fort Myers Institute of
Technology
Georgia Regents University
Georgia Southern University
alongside Emory’s Healthcare Innovation Program and the Goizueta Healthcare
Association at Emory’s Goizueta Business School to co-host events and send
students to their symposia. --We have designed and implemented a
multidisciplinary skills lab model as a means to inspire critical thinking about
health care systems and to equip graduate students with QI skills that they could
apply to their current and future work. In the fall semester, we held a Healthcare
Quality Improvement Training Day & Skills Lab, which consisted of three hourlong, student-led sessions. In the first session, students met in small groups to
discuss health care case studies and explore the human factors that typically lead
to errors. In the second session, the skills lab portion, they practiced writing aim
statements and participated in a hands-on team-building exercise illustrating the
stages of a PDSA cycle. Finally, they created flow charts of simple everyday
processes, and were introduced to the idea of applying change concepts. The skills
lab was attended by 50 students—10 each from the medicine, public health,
nursing, allied health, and business graduate programs at Emory. In the spring
semester, we organized two more multidisciplinary skills labs. The first, designed
for students new to QI, focused on applying the PDSA cycle to a team-based
activity. The second skills lab introduced more seasoned students to various Six
Sigma tools and techniques for process improvement. More than 20 students
attended each of the sessions. We have proven that this multidisciplinary skills lab
model works, and plan to offer similar sessions at Emory this coming school year.
3. Open School courses: We have inspired more students to become members of IHI
Open School and take the IHI Open School online courses. Last summer, we
helped our first cohort of students work through the online curriculum in an
organized manner, sending them weekly reminders and encouraging e-mails. We
knew of five students who completed all 16 courses. At the beginning of January,
we modified our strategy to see if we could inspire even more students to
complete the online courses. Through e-mails to five of Emory's graduate
programs (Allied Health, Business, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health), we
asked students to “make a pledge” to complete the Basic Certificate (16 online
courses) or our QI Crash Course (five high-yield online courses). Sixty-five students
were interested in the online courses. Of those students, through our instruction
and weekly reminder e-mails, 28 (43%) went on to become members of IHI Open
School, 11 (17%) completed at least one online course, and seven (11%)
completed all 16 courses to receive the Basic Certificate. Over the course of two
months, we were able to track all Emory students' engagement with the online
courses through tracking software provided to us by IHI Open School. This
provided us with data on membership and various degrees of course completion.
1. Progress on curriculum reform efforts
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Trained Residency Program Directors in Process Improvement Techniques
Provided Process Improvement training for Executive Leadership program
Submitted abstracts to IHI Forum
Started our Chapter
Recruited students to the Chapter
Was formally recognized by the university
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Greenville Clinical University
James Madison University
Lowcountry/Medical University
of South Carolina
Marshall University School of
Medicine
Old Dominion University
Rhodes College
Savannah Health Sciences
(Armstrong Atlantic State)
State College of Florida
University of Kentucky
University of Miami Miller
School of Medicine
University of South Alabama
1. Held our first three meetings as a Chapter
1. We have increased our membership by over 100% in just 4 months. January 1st
we had 25 members, and currently we have 56 official members
2. Our chapter was officially recognized by JMU as an organization they sponsor,
which allowed one of our members to obtain a scholarship for the IHI
International Forum in London
3. We were nominated for the prestigious award "Emerging Organization" at the
JMU Dolley Madison Awards for Leadership. There are only 12 organizations that
are recognized each semester and IHI was the 1st Finalist
1. Formed Chapter
2. Identified Faculty Advisors
3. Identified funding sources
1. Members attended Te4q session
2. Members participated in inaugural QI Poster Presentation
3. Member recruitment
1. Maintaining the chapter
2. Connecting members with research faculty they might be interested in
3. Recruited more members
1. Taught IHI open school courses
2. Had a medical board panel for students
3. Influenced students to become active in the medical field
1. Case Competition using flow chart and other QI tools
2. Meeting with excellent attendance with short film clips on health care
3. Opened active Linked-in site
1. Six students and two faculty members completed the IHI I-CAN Leadership and
Organizing to Achieve Population Health Improvement Course
2. Incorporated IHI Open School courses into RN to BSN curriculum
3. Faculty member "scouting" possible medical service project in collaboration with
local medical and dental school
1. Increased awareness of student interest in patient safety
2. Held a discussion contrasting healthcare professional and patient views of patient
safety
1. Academic: Completed first year of longitudinal medical student elective in quality
improvement. Patient Safety Rounds shadowing experience for medical students.
2. Events: Created Healthcare Improvement Jeopardy Session during Patient Safety
Week to raise awareness. Lunch time sessions: Journal Club for Hospital Acquired
Infections & Speaker Dr. Falconi presented on Patient Safety. Completed first
journal club.
3. Submitted Abstract for UMMSM Medical Education Research Day
1. We elected leaders for our newly established chapter, stepped up our recruiting
efforts, and began having meetings.
2. We have been talking to University leaders and faculty about integrating IHI
courses into their courses, with good response of interest and a few have
incorporated the courses.
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
Valdosta State University
Wake Forest University
3. We had interprofessional involvement of our members in a health fair where we
measured waist lines and did diabetic screening for at risk individuals.
1. Held 6 interactive lecture events with attendance ranging from 60-125 at each
event
2. Developed and moved forward with three service projects that will be ongoing
3. Strategized and made leadership changes to expand the chapter's breadth at our
University
1. Solidified partnership with USF free-run student clinic
2. Hosted three patient safety dinner meetings (well attended, ~40 people)
3. Quality improvement lunch talk given by Chief Resident in Quality Improvement
from the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa
1. Recently started a new student Chapter at our university
2. Will be the first healthcare organization on campus.
1. Elected new officers (President, Vice President, Secretary)
2. Implemented a change to improve needle stick precautions and sharps container
user.
3. Improved collaborative efforts between medical students and physician assistant
students; improved collaboration with clinical outcomes directors at our student
run clinic for uninsured populations.
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(US) Southwest
Arizona College of Osteopathic
Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
St. Joseph's Hospital and
Medical Center
Texas A&M Health Science
Center
University of Arizona College of
Medicine
1. Recruiting more first-year students to be involved and be aware of IHI
1. Annual BCM QI & PS Conference with over 120 attendees, keynote speakers, wellattended breakout sessions, and poster session with 44 posters
2. Mock root cause analysis in the MEDVAMC Simulation Center
3. Hand-offs learning workshop for preclinical and clinical students teaching the
iPASS tool
1. Have enlisted more Residents on Performance Improvement Teams of their choice
2. Presented to the Residency Program faculty on the benefits for doing the IHI Open
School modules resulting in the majority supporting this program
3. Had William Riley, world renowned public health expert and will lead Arizona
State University's new School for the Science of Health Care Delivery do a
presentation to the Residents at Grand Rounds. It was well received.
1. Provided white belt certification session for all of our students, and provided
information on other resources to continue certification.
2. We had guest speakers come in to talk about quality, including the COO of a large
hospital system in Houston
3. We had site visits to local health facilities, and toured the facilities. This gave
students a look at how facilities apply quality measures into the facilities
1. All entering residents are expected to complete the Basic Certificate before
starting residency
2. All Chief Residents are expected to complete the basic certificate
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
University of North Texas Health
Science Center
University of Oklahoma -Tulsa
University of Texas - Dallas
University of Texas at Houston
Medical School
University of Texas Health
Science Center - San Antonio/
Trinity University
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Western Governors University
3. GIM faculty completed the quality modules in interactive monthly faculty
meetings
1. All first year students are required to take Open School classes
2. All first year students are required to complete the Basic Certificate
3. Second year students encouraged to take advantage of offerings
1. Became more established as an interprofessional student organization
2. Have 4 campus wide Lunch and Learn Presentations each semester
3. Provide a royal blue cord for each graduate completing the IHI Open School Basic
Certificate of Completion
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Lecture Series- "Leading Healthcare in Two Directions: Quality Up, Cost Down"
Improving efficiency in a public health refugee clinic (I-CAN Project)
Introduced Trinity MHA student members to clinical health professions students
Met to determine areas of interest for the coming year
Cultivated interest in in QI by doubling the number of Medical students pursuing a
degree distinction in QI/PS
More than doubled the number of medical students involved in QI projects
Invited QI/PS experts to give monthly lectures to medical students
Our chapter is not actively working on activities other than using the Basic Course
as part of our course materials.
We have gotten to the point of requiring completion of the Basic Course in order
to pass our course
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(US) West Coast
Boise State University
Brigham Young University
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California State University Northridge (CSUN)
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Huntington Memorial Hospital
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Initiated chapter
Designated chapter leader
Organized a faculty steering committee
Engaged students in learning about patient safety then teaching to community
partners
Celebrated patient safety week by hosting a half day conference with guest
speaker Sorrel King
Interprofessional case study
All residents have completed the ACP High Value Care Curriculum
Poster presentations at Society for Hospital Medicine, Association of Clinical
Documentation Improvement Specialists, and AAMC Integrating Quality
Conferences
Engaged residents in multiple quality improvement initiatives throughout the
organization that received recognition at multiple international conferences
All residents have completed the ACP High Value Care Curriculum
Poster presentations at Society for Hospital Medicine, Association of Clinical
Documentation Improvement Specialists, and AAMC Integrating Quality
Conferences
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
Kaiser Permanente Antelope
Valley Medical Center
Marian Regional Medical Center
Portland State University and
Oregon Health & Science
University Chapter
Providence Health and Services
Sacramento Native American
Health Center
Samuel Merritt University
1. Twenty-two Chapter participants completed the course and received their
certificate
2. Partnered with local Community Hospital to implement the IHI Project JOINTS
evidence based interventions to prevent SSI
3. Web-Ex capabilities
1. Started a chapter this year
2. Administrative support for chapter
3. Support by Pt Safety committee
1. Our Chapter hosted the inaugural IHI Open School West Coast Conference in April.
160 students and community leaders attended this conference to learn about
interprofessional quality improvement. To coordinate the conference, the
Strategic Team employed a snowflake leadership model to effectively engage
multiple teams in planning efforts
2. In January, our Chapter host a Quality Initiatives Fair for students to learn about
local quality improvement work in our community and how to get involved
3. Getting more involvement from OHSU leaders. Four members completed the
second round of I-CAN courses
1. Primary Care NCQA Medical Homes
2. Quality of Safety/Ambulatory Clinics
3. Standard workflows for medical assistants/ambulatory
1. Several employees have begun to complete the modules
University of Alaska Anchorage
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University of Colorado Anschutz
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Started our chapter up with official recognition on campus
Recruited new members through four lunchtime activities
Volunteered at community health fair
We maintained our student membership
We designed a student governance structure
Encouraged other health profession programs to integrate IHI courses into their
curriculum.
Reviewed articles and case studies in monthly chapter meetings
Added Dignity and Respect course to MEDT A250 Cultural Diversity in Healthcare
Creation of a lunchtime seminar series on Quality Improvement: In order to help
teach and spread awareness for quality initiatives, we have hosted a series of 11
speaker events with leaders in Quality Improvement. Our interdisciplinary lineup
of speakers included individuals from fields such as Nursing, Medicine, and
Pharmacy, and topics ranged from the basics of Quality Improvement and Patient
Safety to performing root cause analyses.
April 2015 Healthcare Quality Forum: We continue to support the annual UC Davis
Healthcare Quality Forum, which since 2011 has provided a time and space to
share best practices and innovations in quality initiatives. Our April 2014 forum
allowed employees, staff, fellows, and students to share their quality
improvement research through poster and lecture presentations
We have restructured our journal club sessions to increase student attendance
We have held one fundraiser and are in the process of planning other fundraising
events
Chapter Accomplishments in 2014-2015
University of Hawaii - Manoa,
John A Burns School of Medicine
University of Southern California
– Keck School of Medicine
University of Utah
University of Washington
Willamette University
3. We have redefined our organizational structure and improved the transition
between elected positions
1. Organized a student directed interest group including all 4 years
2. Created a special recognition award for students devoted to patient safety and
quality improvement
3. Integrated students with private hospital patient safety committees
1. University Recognition
2. Invitation to be a keynote speaker at a QI symposium
3. Multiple research papers awaiting publication
1. Met with faculty supervisors to generate ideas for new projects
2. Created a tracker for Open School participation to help students obtain
certificates
3. Generated interest on campus for business and medical school students
1. Organized quarterly events aimed at educating students on different aspects of
healthcare improvement and encouraging inter-professional engagement
2. Established a group of student representative from several different professional
schools (medicine, pharmacy, MHA, social work, etc.) - develop an inter
professional shadowing program
3. Organized an intra-UW competition to select a team for the Clarion competition
and sent that team to compete at the Clarion National Case Competition
1. We just established an IHI Open School chapter here at Willamette!
2. We have held one information session for our Emergency Medical Services
student to recruit members to IHI
3. We have discussed with our faculty advisor what our future goals and activities
are for the chapter.
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