title: Teaching quality essentials: the effectiveness of a team-based quality improvement curriculum in a tertiary health care institution.
abstract: A unique quality improvement (QI) curriculum was implemented within the Division of General Internal Medicine to improve QI knowledge through multidisciplinary, team-based education, which also met the QI requirement for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the Mayo Quality Fellows program. Participants completed up to 4 QI learning modules, including pretest and posttest assessments. A participant who successfully completed all 4 modules received certification as a Silver Quality Fellow and credit toward the quality requirement for ABIM MOC. Of 62 individuals invited to participate, 33 (53%) completed all 4 modules and corresponding pretests and posttests. Participants substantially improved knowledge in all 4 quality modules. Study group participants' pretest scores averaged 71.0%, and their posttest scores averaged 92.7%. Posttest scores of reference group participants compared favorably, averaging 89.2%. Initial assessments showed substantial knowledge improvements and successful implementation of staff-developed QI projects.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Majka
authors.forename: Katlyn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Stacia L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: Vesna D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Garovic
authors.forename: Amit K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Colin P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Wayne L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Feyereisn
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Paat
authors.forename: Brandon J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Curt W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: Catherine T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Botz
authors.forename: Ashley E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Phul
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mueller
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration; D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D015397:Program Evaluation; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000458:organization & administration