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Preparing Physicians with Optimal Processes and Process Improvement Skills

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Current medical education concentrates on the first skill set – what to do – but not so much on the rest. Being knowledgeable and being effective are equally necessary, and they are not the same. Truly great health care won’t be ours unless we work more in teams and systems, get all the stakeholders involved, including patients, and employ clinical improvement (PDSA) methods.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    J. Timothy Harrington MD

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  1. University of Wisconsin, Rheumatology Division Department of Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    J. Timothy Harrington

  2. Division of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology Clinical Innovations, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

    Eric D. Newman

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Harrington, J.T. (2012). Preparing Physicians with Optimal Processes and Process Improvement Skills. In: Harrington, J., Newman, E. (eds) Great Health Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1198-7_26

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