Building experiential learning about quality improvement into a medical school curriculum: The Dartmouth experience

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 716-722

  Ogrinc, Greg ^a,b   Nierenberg, David W ^a   Batalden, Paul B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs (VA) Quality Scholars Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREGNANT WOMAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URINALYSIS;

CURRICULUM; HUMANS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955605476     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0072     Document Type: Article

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