title: Creating a Fellowship Curriculum in Patient Safety and Quality.
abstract: The authors sought to create a curriculum suitable for a newly created clinical fellowship curriculum across Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospitals as part of a newly created 2-year quality and safety fellowship program described in the companion article "Design and Implementation of the Harvard Fellowship in Patient Safety and Quality." The aim of the curriculum development process was to define, coordinate, design, and implement a set of essential skills for future physician-scholars of any specialty to lead operational quality and patient safety efforts. The process of curriculum development and the ultimate content are described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Houston Methodist, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Abookire
authors.affiliation: National Patient Safety Foundation, Boston, MA tgandhi@npsf.org.
authors.forename: Tejal K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kachalia
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sands
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mort
authors.affiliation: Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bommarito
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc. (CRICO), Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gagne
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc. (CRICO), Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Saul N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration; D061214:Patient Safety; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: medical education; patient safety; postgraduate training; quality