Teaching quality improvement and patient safety in residency education: strategies for meaningful resident quality and safety initiatives. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Teaching quality improvement and patient safety in residency education: strategies for meaningful resident quality and safety initiatives. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published August 2017

Teaching quality improvement and patient safety in residency education: strategies for meaningful resident quality and safety initiatives.

Morrison RJ, Bowe SN, Brenner MJ. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 Aug 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Residency programs face barriers to incorporating patient safety and quality improvement learning opportunities into their curriculum. This commentary discusses how to address these challenges in subspecialty training and enhance the experience of trainees in safety and quality skill development.

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