Internal Medicine — QI & Safety Course
Quality Improvement Project
Teaching
Competencies covered in this activity
| 5. Actively contribute, as an individual and as a member of a team providing care, to the continuous improvement of health care quality and patient safety | ||||||
| 5.1. Recognize and respond to harm from health care delivery, including patient safety incidents | ||||||
| 5.1.1. Intervene to mitigate further injury | ||||||
| 5.1.2. Identify the clinical circumstances, and human and systems factors contributing to an adverse event | ||||||
| 5.1.3. Report patient safety incidents to the appropriate institutional representative | ||||||
| 5.2. Adopt strategies that promote patient safety and address human and system factors | ||||||
| 5.2.1. Use cognitive aids, such as care paths, to enhance patient safety | ||||||
| 5.2.2. Model behaviours that support continuous improvement of health care quality | ||||||
Training experiences included in this activity
Core of Discipline
Required2.1.2. Patient safety, quality assurance and quality improvement methodology
Recommended
3.3. Experience in patient safety/quality improvement
Transition to Practice
Required2.1. Participation in a quality improvement initiative