Curriculum

Background

• Intro to Quality Improvement
• Fundamentals of Patient Safety and Measuring Medical Quality
• Ethics and Quality Improvement
• Health Informatics

Process Improvement

• Data Analytics for the Improvement of Healthcare Quality
• Intro to Process Improvement
• Methods for Process Improvement

Systems of Care

• Utilization Management, Case Management, and Care Coordination
• Organizational Design and Management
• Economics and Finance in Medical Quality Management
• External Quality Improvement: Accreditation, Certification, and Education
• Interface Between Quality Improvement and the Law

Academic Expectations

• Completion of ABEM certification
• Enrollment in the Memorial Hermann Clinical Safety and Effectiveness Program
• Completion of one longitudinal quality improvement project
• One didactic presentation on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement topic
• Involvement in the Emergency Department and Hospital quality systems