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July 30, 2014
The IHI Open School is an innovative learning community where you can take free online courses, earn certificates, network with peers and experts, and gain confidence and skills in quality improvement and patient safety to change health care.
In recent years, hundreds of universities and organizations around the world have integrated IHI Open School online courses into their curricula and training programs. Meanwhile, health professionals and students have launched more than 600 Open School Chapters worldwide. We couldn’t be prouder of your efforts to learn about quality improvement and patient safety, and we’re committed to supporting you with many more (free!) offerings.
This year, we transformed our free online activities (case studies, videos, patient stories, and exercises) to complement the learning in our online courses. We’ve made them easy to bring to your Chapters, so that you can learn as a group. Each of these activities now has:
Learning objectives
A Facilitator Guide
Discussion questions
Links to browse by type, topic, or related courses
Every month or so, we’ll highlight a resource in this newsletter and encourage you to learn from it and share it with your network. Check out this month’s featured activity below!
Patient Story: ‘Enjoy What You Have Left of Your Life’
In this featured activity, you’ll hear the story of a nurse named Christiane who becomes a patient after she is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in the midst of her career. As you follow Christiane’s story, we’ll ask you to stop to consider questions about her care and the challenging transition from provider to patient. At the end of the story, you’ll hear from Christiane.
In a new article from New England Journal of Medicine, Brendan Reilly, MD, Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, ponders the delicate balance between teaching hospitals’ two missions: educating trainees and caring for patients. Are these different agendas at odds? Or does the very nature of the academic environment keep physicians vigilant — and patients safer? Regardless, in a patient-centered world, if the patient prefers to opt out of teaching services, what should the clinician say? Read the full article here.
Community Updates
Welcome, New Chapters
Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI
Do you want to inspire clinicians to rethink the way they care for patients? As medical students and clinicians, you have surely seen the harms your patients experience from over-testing, over-diagnosis, and over-treatment. Help counter the prevailing culture of overuse by developing or supporting innovative projects that assist your peers in recognizing, understanding, and avoiding overuse.
The RightCare Alliance’s Young Innovator Grant Program provides funding for students, residents, and junior faculty to pilot programs that teach trainees to recognize and avoid overuse; build more meaningful relationships with patients; and provide ethical, compassionate care. Apply by September 12 to receive up to $7,000 to cover project expenses, conference travel, and participation in a national RightCare Leadership Training. Click here to learn more.
