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Engaging Others in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

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Quality Improvement and Patient Safety curricula that are designed for trainees can improve the learners’ knowledge, provide an invaluable skillset and hence lead to safer clinical care. It requires a robust approach with curricula, faculty, and mindfulness of the requirements of the training program. The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has developed new requirements to incorporate such learnings in graduate medical education.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 12401 E. 17th Avenue, Mailstop F782, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Darlene Tad-y & Patrick Kneeland

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Robert J. Habicht

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    Mangla S. Gulati

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Tad-y, D., Kneeland, P. (2017). Engaging Others in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. In: Habicht, R., Gulati, M. (eds) Hospital Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49092-2_20

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