IHI’s 27th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care is taking place in less than one week — and we couldn’t be more excited to see many of you! Hundreds of students, residents, and university faculty will come together next week in Orlando, Florida, for a week filled with workshops, networking, and celebration. We’re taking a brief hiatus from our newsletter, returning with a new issue on December 16. If you’re attending the Forum, we hope you’ll join us at the special sessions for students. Can’t make it this year? Join Forum discussions on Twitter by following @IHIOpenSchool and the hashtag #27Forum.

What role can students play in improving care? Justin Slade, fourth-year medical student at Boston University, recently appeared on WIHI to share his experience in health care quality improvement. As a first-year medical student, Slade worked on a project that helped improve care for sickle cell patients at Boston Medical Center. In a Q&A on the Open School blog, he explains why students can help accelerate improvement.

We’re a week late on the interesting story that Uber delivered 2,000 flu shots to people in their homes and workplaces in a one-day test initiative as part of UberHEALTH. John Brownstein, PhD, an epidemiologist who worked with Uber on the initiative, explains why he wants to rethink health care delivery in a post on Medium. “In exploring ways to truly change the game of health care access, I thought: Instead of bringing the people to health care, why not bring health care to the people?” Learn more about innovative approaches to population health in our course TA 101: Introduction to Population Health.