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IHI and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) kick off Patient Safety Awareness Week with the news that the two organizations have agreed to merge, effective May 1. In a press release and video issued Monday, IHI President and CEO, Derek Feeley, and NPSF President and CEO, Tejal Gandhi, said health care systems must maintain a sharp focus on safety for their patients and workforces, even as new challenges such as value-based care demand attention. The leaders believe that IHI and NPSF, combined, can help chart that path and re-energize the safety agenda.
Dr. Alla Smith, then a senior resident at Boston Children’s Hospital, once took the time to write her important advice to medical students facing Match Day. Match Day, for those who don’t know, is the life-altering day in March when graduating medical students learn where they will perform their residencies — and perhaps even what kind of doctors they will become. “First, some perspective,” she wrote. “On the spectrum of life problems, these are good ones. Really good ones.” Gearing up for Match Day, we are reflecting on her encouraging words from the Open School blog. Good luck on Thursday, from all of us at the Open School.
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University developed its “Teachers of Quality Academy” program to build the capacity of faculty to teach quality and better prepare medical students for working in a changing health care delivery system. A recent article in Academic Medicine highlights the institution’s approach for building this innovative program, along with key findings since its launch in 2014. One of the program requirements? Completing the IHI Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety. Learn more about integrating our courses into programs for all levels of learners in the new Faculty Guide: Best Practices for Curriculum Integration.
IHI and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) kick off Patient Safety Awareness Week with the news that the two organizations have agreed to merge, effective May 1. In a 
Dr. Alla Smith, then a senior resident at Boston Children’s Hospital, once took the time to write her important advice to medical students facing Match Day. Match Day, for those who don’t know, is the life-altering day in March when graduating medical students learn where they will perform their residencies — and perhaps even what kind of doctors they will become. “First, some perspective,” she wrote. “On the spectrum of life problems, these are good ones. Really good ones.” Gearing up for Match Day, we are reflecting on her 
