Journal article
Can first-year medical students acquire quality improvement knowledge prior to substantial clinical exposure? A mixed-methods evaluation of a pre-clerkship curriculum that uses education as the context for learning
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Quality Improvement (QI) training for health professionals is essential to strengthen health systems. However, QI training during medical school is constrained by students' lack of contextual understanding of the health system and an already saturated medical curriculum. The Program for Improvement in Medical Education (PRIME), an extracurricular offered at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicineat McMaster University (Hamilton, …
Authors
Brown A; Nidumolu A; Stanhope A; Koh J; Greenway M; Grierson L
Journal
BMJ Quality & Safety, Vol. 27, No. 7,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
July 2018
DOI
10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007566
ISSN
2044-5415