title: Development of a quality improvement program in a department of ophthalmology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design and implement a quality improvement (QI) programme in an academic department of ophthalmology.
  
  
  METHODS
  The six core competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education serve as the model for this programme in an institutional practice. The authors review departmental rates of postoperative infections, unplanned reoperations, intraoperative complications, specific subspecialty postoperative complications and successes, and patient and staff compliments and complaints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors describe the structure and evolution of the QI programme in our ophthalmology department.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is possible to implement a structured QI programme in an academic department of ophthalmology. With healthcare oversight increasing, physician self-monitoring of quality of care measures will become even more important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School, University of Michigan, , Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weizer
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Brosnan
authors.forename: Rex M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: McCallum
authors.forename: Maureen S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Velazquez
authors.forename: Paul P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D000068:Accreditation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Medical Education; Public health