There are numerous opportunities for career development related to Quality Improvement (QI), patient safety, and high value care.
Faculty Planning
There are numerous ways to learn about quality improvement, patient safety, and high value care. Opportunities range from brief, online modules to certificate and formal education programs.
Faculty Educational Opportunities
Selected UVM Courses
Body
Designing, Conducting, and Presenting (including Quality Projects)
- PH 6102: Designing Clinical and Translational Research
- PH 6103: Conducting Clinical and Translational Research
Statistics
- PH 6030: Biostatistics 1: App Research in PH
- PH 6090: Public Health Biostatistics 2
- PH 6020: Epidemiology 1
- PH 6070: Epidemiology 2
- STAT 3000: Medical Biostatistics & Epidemiology
- STAT 3210: Statistics for Quality and Productivity
Access the UVM course directory
Certificate Programs and Other Training
Body
- Quality and Safety Educators Academy, Society of Hospital Medicine and Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
- Patient Safety Practitioner Certificate Program, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Patient Safety Leadership Training, Patient Safety Center, Duke University Health System
- Advanced Training Program, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare
- Excellence in Quality Improvement Certificate Program, University of Toronto
- MSc in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto
Online Programs and Resources
Body
- Open School, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
- Mayo Clinic Continuous Professional Development QI/PS Online Courses
- ACP High Value Care Resources
Resident Planning
We have a structured, formal curriculum to learn and apply important tools and concepts to QI, patient safety, and high value care.
Quality Program Curriculum Syllabus (PDF)Internal Medicine Resident Curriculum
Questions? Email us with your questions at quality_program@uvmhealth.org