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The IHI-HarvardX MOOC is back! (For the uninitiated, MOOC stands for “massive open online course.”) PH 556x: Practical Improvement Science in Health Care starts again for a new wave of learners on January 18. Participants will gain valuable skills and simple, well-tested tools to translate promising innovations or evidence into practice. The course covers the basics of improvement science with video lectures, online discussions, and real examples from health care. Sign up for free or earn a verified certificate for $99.
Dr. Dhruv Khullar is a resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he’s witness to a troubling trend, especially acute around the holidays. “Social isolation is a growing epidemic — one that’s increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences,” Khullar writes for the New York Times. While the problem is clear, solutions to it are less so. Learn more about how to treat the whole patient in our course PFC 101: Introduction to Patient-Centered Care.
The “SQUIRE European Conference on Writing about Healthcare Improvement” takes place on March 7–8, 2017 at the College Court Conference Centre, University of Leicester, in England. Join an interprofessional group of attendees from around the world for talks, panel discussions, manuscript sessions, and networking.Sign up here.
