Creating a quality improvement elective for medical house officers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 861-867

  Weingart, Saul N ^a,b,c   Tess, Anjala ^a,c   Driver, Jeffrey ^b   Aronson, Mark D ^a,c   Sands, Kenneth ^a,b,c  

^a Stoneman Ctr Qual Improvement G   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interns and residents; Medical education; Patient safety; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CURRICULUM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TELEMETRY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4143093855     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2004.30127.x     Document Type: Review

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