A strategic approach to quality improvement and patient safety education and resident integration in a general surgery residency.
O'Heron CT, Jarman BT. A strategic approach to quality improvement and patient safety education and resident integration in a general surgery residency. J Surg Educ. 2014;71(1):18-20. doi:10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.09.018.
Health care has been challenged to integrate quality and safety competencies into medical education. This commentary describes how a surgical residency incorporated quality and safety curricula, which included a lecture series, mandatory attendance of morbidity and mortality conferences, and online didactic courses.