{"id":8898,"date":"2023-06-29T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T17:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/?page_id=8898"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:47:22","slug":"improvement-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Improvement Scholars Program is a structured, experiential learning program. Improvement Scholars learn clinical improvement leadership by proposing, designing and leading a project with guidance and support from experienced clinical improvement leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Improvement Scholars receive training, mentorship and guidance from IHQI Faculty Coaches as well as support of an IHQI project manager for 12 months. Improvement Scholars and project managers meet with IHQI Faculty Coaches monthly, except for the three months when all Improvement Scholar project teams meet together for half-day learning sessions. Improvement Scholars present project results at the annual IHQI Improvement Scholars Symposium and are expected to publish project results in an academic or professional journal.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of participating in the program, Improvement Scholars gain experience with the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lean.org\/WhatsLean\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lean<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihi.org\/resources\/how-to-improve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Model for Improvement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Project Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork<\/li>\n<li>Partnering with Patients and Families<\/li>\n<li>Using Data for Improvement<\/li>\n<li>Presenting and Publishing Improvement Results<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/how-to-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Apply<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a> page for additional support.<\/p>\n<h2>Projects<\/h2>\n<p>Project information is\u00a0provided below\u00a0for each cohort of Improvement Scholars. Presentation slides from our annual <a href=\"https:\/\/uncch.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?pid=047e2116-c773-49eb-b6fe-ae240057bd75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Improvement Scholars Symposium<\/a> are included with each project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/improvement-scholars-projects\/\">Complete Project list here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a class=\"btn btn-warning btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2025-2026-projects\/\">2025-2026 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-danger btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2024-2025-projects\/\">2024-2025 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2023-2024-projects\/\">2023-2024 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-success btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2022-2023-projects\/\">2022-2023 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-info btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2021-2022-projects\/\">2021-2022 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a class=\"btn btn-success btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2020-2021-projects\/\">2020-2021 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-warning btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/2019-2020-projects\/\">2019-2020 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/projects\/2018-2019-projects\/\">2018-2019 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-danger btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/projects\/2017-2018-projects\/\">2017-2018 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a class=\"btn btn-info btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/projects\/2016-2017-projects\/\">2016-2017 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-success btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/projects\/2015-2016-projects\/\">2015-2016 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"btn btn-warning btn-lg  oscitas-bootstrap-container\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/projects\/2014-2015-projects\/\">2014-2015 Projects<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Improvement Scholars Program is a structured, experiential learning program. 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