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Training

Physician Engagement in Quality and Safety is IHQI’s six-hour course for residents, fellows and faculty that highlights safety and quality challenges in healthcare and physicians’ role as leaders in improvement. Contact the IHQI Program Coordinator for additional information.

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) offers IHI Open School, online courses that teach the foundations of improvement, safety, system design and leadership. IHQI strongly recommends IHI’s Open School courses as they offer exceptional content and are very well-produced.

IHI Open School is free to faculty, residents and students. When you create an account, type in, “UNC School of Medicine – Chapel Hill, NC” for the organization. If you are faculty, select “Teacher/Professor” as your primary role on the demographic information page. You should then be able to access the full catalog of courses. Complete instructions for accessing IHI Open School for free are explained by IHI. For additional questions, please contact the IHQI Program Coordinator.

UNC Health employees who don’t qualify for free access can access IHI Open School by contacting Tess Paratory, Hospital Quality & Innovation. Therese.Paratory@unchealth.unc.edu

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At UNC Health, Lean Six Sigma training is provided by the department of Operational Efficiency (OE). OE offers training in Yellow Belt, Blue Belt, Purple Belt and Kaizen Coach. For more information you can email oe@unchealth.unc.edu.

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UNC launched a graduate certificate in Improvement Science & Implementation in Spring 2023 and is recruiting more students for Spring 2024.

The three-course, nine credit-hour program adopts a flipped classroom model, with asynchronous lectures, readings, podcasts, and video, blended with in-person weekend project-based learning. The courses are:

  • Change Leadership & System Improvement
  • Design Thinking for the Public Good
  • Implementation and Equity

Dr. Lora Cohen-Vogel, Professor of Public Policy and Education is the Program Coordinator. cohenvog@email.unc.edu

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The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health offers courses in healthcare quality improvement from the Departments of Health Policy and Management and Public Health Leadership. Provided is a list of courses and syllabi.

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