Scholarship and Discovery: Health Care Improvement Sciences
2022-2023 academic year
MEDC 30114 | 50 units
Course Type: Elective - Non-clinical

Director:
    Oyler, Julie   
Primary Instructor:
    Oyler, Julie 773-834-7055 joyler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu  
    Vinci, Lisa 0 lvinci@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu  
Contact:
    Dr. Julie Oyler  773-834-7055  joyler@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu   
Campus:
    UCMC
Location on first day:
    MH L316
Included in Lottery:
    No
Included in MedReg:
    No
Course can be dropped:
    No
Visiting Students:
    No
Last reviewed:
    3/28/2023

Overview


The course will focus on the practical skills necessary to assess and improve quality of care in healthcare settings. Seminal literature in the areas of quality improvement and patient safety will be reviewed. Quality improvement skills such as writing aim statements, process mapping, choosing measures, and using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles will be taught and practiced.

Students will have the opportunity to review quality data collected from both inpatient and outpatient settings at the University of Chicago Medical Center and design interventions that have the potential to improve care delivery. The course will combine didactics with group exercises and projects. Visiting clinical sites to interview relevant stakeholders will be a required component of the course.

Student will have the opportunity to interact with quality leaders from across the medical center. We anticipate that students may choose to continue their projects through to the implementation stage as part of the Health Delivery Improvement Sciences Track.

Student will have the opportunity to interact with quality leaders from across the medical center. We anticipate that students may choose to continue their projects through to the implementation stage as part of the Health Delivery Improvement Sciences Track.

Objectives


1. Identify seminal papers in healthcare quality and safety
2. Review clinical quality data and be able to identify areas to target for improvement
3. Write an aim statement
4. Process map a healthcare process
5. Design a quality improvement intervention
6. Understand and use PDSA cycles
7. Identify quality leaders at UCMC

Evaluation


Students will be evaluated on class participation, a group project and a short final presentation. The feasibility and potential impact of the quality improvement project(s) which they will design in small groups will also be evaluated. Students will be expected to give a final presentation on their projects.

Schedules Offered


This course is offered on a Quarterly Basis during the following quarters:
    Spring Quarter


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Schedule Notes



Course Eligibility and Prerequisites


Max enrollment

12

Eligibility

    First Year


Prerequisites

    None