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“I’ve recently discovered quality improvement methods,” writes a medical student in a Chapter of the IHI Open School in the latest installment of “Dear IHI,” the advice column for improvers. “What can I do now and in the next five years to advance my career in quality improvement?” IHI’s Don Goldmann suggests asking yourself three questions: Where is your heart and passion? What are you good at? What can you get paid to do?
If you think having conversations about end-of-life care is difficult enough, try doing it across language and cultural barriers. That’s the increasingly common challenge for caregivers in the United States, where close to 9 percent of the population speaks limited English. But medical interpreters may not have the right words to have these conversations, according to Stat News. Learn more in our course PFC 202: Having the Conversation (free for students and professionals!).
Registration is now open for this year’s conference on writing about quality improvement, taking place from November 15–16, 2016. At the Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) Writing Conference, you can develop your writing skills alongside interprofessional and global peers. Dr. Greg Ogrinc, a foremost expert in QI publishing and one of the conference planners, recently shared tips for publishing QI work on an IHI Open School Global Chapter Call — read his tips here.