2010
Quality improvement in community health centres: the role of microsystem characteristics in the implementation of a diabetes prevention initiative
Santana C, Nunez-Smith M, Camp A, Ruppe E, Berg D, Curry L. Quality improvement in community health centres: the role of microsystem characteristics in the implementation of a diabetes prevention initiative. BMJ Quality & Safety 2010, 19: 290. PMID: 20558473, DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2009.033530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAttitude of Health PersonnelCommunity Health CentersCooperative BehaviorDiabetes MellitusEvidence-Based PracticeHealth Plan ImplementationHumansOrganizational ObjectivesOutcome Assessment, Health CarePatient Care TeamPatient SafetyPlanning TechniquesQualitative ResearchQuality ImprovementUnited States
2002
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