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Early Immersion In Team-Based Event Review: Experiential Patient Safety Education For Pgy 1 Internal Medicine Residents, Michelle Perkons, Alexis Wickersham, Sonia Bharel, Timothy Kuchera, Rebecca Jaffe

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: In recent years, there has been a national push to incorporate high-fidelity quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) education into physician training programs. In fact, integration of robust patient safety education became an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Common Program Requirement for residency programs in 2017. We developed a curriculum to not only fulfill the ACGME's requirement but also provide PGY 1 internal medicine residents with the skills needed to become active participants in ongoing patient safety work throughout their training and careers.

METHODS: Our patient safety curriculum was woven into residents' existing protected educational time and …

Adverse Events In Veterans Affairs Inpatient Psychiatric Units: Staff Perspectives On Contributing And Protective Factors., Gala True, Rosemary Frasso, Sara W. Cullen, Richard C. Hermann, Steven C. Marcus

College of Population Health Faculty Papers

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to identify risk factors and protective factors in hospital-based mental health settings in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goal of informing interventions to improve care of persons with serious mental illness.

METHODS: Twenty key informants from a stratified sample of 7 VHA inpatient psychiatric units were interviewed to gain their insights on causes of patient safety events and the factors that constrain or facilitate patient safety efforts.

RESULTS: Respondents identified threats to patient safety at the system-, provider-, and patient-levels. Protective factors that, when in place, made patient safety events less likely to occur …

Pitfalls And Problems Abound: A Medical Student Shares A Family Experience With The Health Care System, Cole Zanetti

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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Amsa's 3rd Annual Patient Safety And Quality Leadership Institute, Boris Rozenfeld, Marina Zeltser

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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2009 Annual Quality/Risk Management Retreat

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

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