Improving Patient Care Outcomes by Teaching Quality Improvement to Medical Students in Community-based Practices
Gould BE, Grey MR, Huntington CG, Gruman C, Rosen JH, Storey E, Abrahamson L, Conaty AM, Curry L, Ferreira M, Harrington KL, Paturzo D, Van Hoof TJ. Improving Patient Care Outcomes by Teaching Quality Improvement to Medical Students in Community-based Practices. Academic Medicine 2002, 77: 1011-1018. PMID: 12377677, DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210000-00014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical studentsCommunity-based practiceUndergraduate medical educationQuality improvement curriculumSecond-year studentsChart abstraction processCommunity practice sitesEducational outcomesImprovement curriculumStudents' knowledgePerformance of footConnecticut SchoolMedical educationStudentsFormative inputCentury ProjectPatient care outcomesLikert scaleAttitudinal dataContinuous quality improvement projectCQI projectPractice sitesQuality of careCQI effortsPractice