title: Using lean methodology to teach quality improvement to internal medicine residents at a safety net hospital.
abstract: The overall objective of this initiative was to develop a quality improvement (QI) curriculum using Lean methodology for internal medicine residents at Boston Medical Center, a safety net academic hospital. A total of 90 residents and 8 School of Public Health students participated in a series of four, 60- to 90-minute interactive and hands-on QI sessions. Seventeen QI project plans were created and conducted over a 4-month period. The curriculum facilitated internal medicine residents' learning about QI and development of positive attitudes toward QI (assessed using pre- and post-attitude surveys) and exposed them to an interprofessional team structure that duplicates future working relationships. This QI curriculum can be an educational model of how health care trainees can work collaboratively to improve health care quality.
authors: 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: Charlene
authors: C
authors: Weigel
authors: Winnie
authors: W
authors: Suen
authors: Gouri
authors: G
authors: Gupte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001900:Boston; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration; D064876:Safety-net Providers / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Lean; QI curriculum; curricular development; quality improvement