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March 19, 2014
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Best of luck to all 4th year medical students on Match Day this Friday! Let us know where you've been matched by emailing us at openschool@ihi.org or tweeting us at @IHIOpenSchool


Mastering PDSA Cycles and Run Charts: Take Our Newly Updated Course

waiting_roomnewlsetterIs there room for improvement in your work? If you’ve got an idea for improvement in the back of your mind, but need some help putting it into action, we have a course for you. Check out QI 106: Mastering PDSA Cycles and Run Charts.

Within the four lessons of this newly updated course, you’ll find new versions of two essential tools for clinical improvement from IHI — our PDSA template and our run chart template — and improved instructional content (expect to see some of Bob Lloyd’s famed whiteboard videos!) to help you use them to their fullest potential. Get started on this essential course today:

  • Lesson 1: Using a PDSA Template for Tests of Change
  • Lesson 2: A Deeper Dive into PDSA
  • Lesson 3: Using a Run Chart Template to Display Data
  • Lesson 4: A Deeper Dive into Run Charts  

What We’re Reading: ‘Engaging Patients Improves Health and Health Care’

“Not all patients are the same,” says a new brief from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “so there are many different ways to engage them, depending on a patient’s skills and interests.”

No big surprise there. But what’s interesting is that, regardless of the situation, RWJF finds successful patient engagement programs require the same three core components. What are they? Check out the brief and a three-level framework for engaging patients at all levels to improve health for populations here

 
Community Updates

Now Hiring! Opportunity to Join the IHI Open School Team

The IHI Open School is looking for a full-time Community Coordinator to join our team in Cambridge, MA. This position is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the leadership and development of new programming to mobilize our Chapters and support our community. Interested candidates can learn more here.

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