Quality improvement (QI) empowers healthcare professionals to enhance professional development, improve patient care outcomes, address critical healthcare challenges and drive meaningful change.
This page provides faculty, fellows, and residents with essential QI tools, including a reference list of current QI projects, structured curricula, practical modules, specialty-specific resources and resources from diverse organizations such as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and UW Health.
DOM QI Projects
Resident and fellow QI projects: 2022-present
DOM QI Educational Resources
- Jones B, Vaux E, Olsson-Brown A. How to get started in quality improvement. BMJ. 2019 Jan 17;364:k5408. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k5437. PMID: 30655245; PMCID: PMC6335598.
- DOM QI Curriculum for Fellows
- GME QI Online Learning Module (developed by A. Gravel Sullivan)
- DOM QI Project Resources
- How to Create Posters and Presentations [video] (presented by Carole Wilson, PhD, at the Spring 2024 DOM QI Committee Resident/Fellow meeting)
Division-Specific QI Educational Resources
Gastroenterology
- Sullivan BA, Henson JB, Leiman DA, Moore J, Gellad ZF. Quality Improvement Training for Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship: More Than Just a GME Requirement. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jun;21(6):1390-1394. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.12.037. Epub 2023 Mar 13. PMID: 36924793.
- Lee-Allen J, Shah BJ. How to Incorporate Health Equity Training Into Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowships. Gastroenterology. 2021 May;160(6):1924-1928. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.03.018. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33736987.