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Quality Improvement
Practical Quality Improvement for Safe, Reliable Healthcare
Format
Online
Course
Price
FREE
A Few Words about the Course
Quality improvement is an essential skill for health care professionals seeking to improve patient outcomes, safety, and system reliability. This course provides a clear, practical introduction to quality improvement methods, with a strong focus on applying these tools to real clinical problems.
Throughout the course, learners will develop a quality improvement project step by step, from identifying a problem to designing, testing, and sustaining meaningful improvements. Concepts are illustrated using real examples, with adaptations relevant to low resource and global health care settings.
By the end of the course, participants will have a practical framework and core skills to lead quality improvement efforts in their own clinical environments.
Throughout the course, learners will develop a quality improvement project step by step, from identifying a problem to designing, testing, and sustaining meaningful improvements. Concepts are illustrated using real examples, with adaptations relevant to low resource and global health care settings.
By the end of the course, participants will have a practical framework and core skills to lead quality improvement efforts in their own clinical environments.
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Course Contributors
Course Director
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Candace Chang, MD, MPH
Associate Course Director
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California, Davis
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California, Davis
Somya Mishra, MD, MPH
Content Development
Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Clinical Instructor in Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Maegan Tupinio, MD
Content Review
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Utah
Scott Junkins, MD
Course Design and Platform Integration
Medical Student, University of Utah School of Medicine
Medical Student, University of Utah School of Medicine
Colton Gardner, BS
Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for their contributions to the Quality Improvement course:
Karyn Baum, MD, MSEd, MHA, Market Chief Medical Officer at UnityPoint Health–Meriter in Madison, Wisconsin, and Professor of Medicine with academic affiliations at the University of Minnesota.
Joss Thomas, MBBS, MHA, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Fellowship Program Director in Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Momodou Mousa Baro, RN, RNA, MSc, FWACN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Head of the College of Nursing, and Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program at the American International University of West Africa, The Gambia.
Scott Adair, MD, Radiology Resident Physician, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine.
Holgar Mua Fung, MD, MPH, Physician and public health professional, Consultant Anesthesiologist, and global health educator based in Cameroon, with experience in anesthesia delivery, health systems strengthening, and quality improvement in resource-limited settings.
Haruka Torok, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Hospitalist with M Health Fairview.
Karyn Baum, MD, MSEd, MHA, Market Chief Medical Officer at UnityPoint Health–Meriter in Madison, Wisconsin, and Professor of Medicine with academic affiliations at the University of Minnesota.
Joss Thomas, MBBS, MHA, MPH, Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Fellowship Program Director in Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Momodou Mousa Baro, RN, RNA, MSc, FWACN, Associate Professor of Nursing, Head of the College of Nursing, and Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program at the American International University of West Africa, The Gambia.
Scott Adair, MD, Radiology Resident Physician, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, University of Utah School of Medicine.
Holgar Mua Fung, MD, MPH, Physician and public health professional, Consultant Anesthesiologist, and global health educator based in Cameroon, with experience in anesthesia delivery, health systems strengthening, and quality improvement in resource-limited settings.
Haruka Torok, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, and Hospitalist with M Health Fairview.