TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence and Characteristics of House Staff Quality and Safety Councils Within Clinical Learning Environments
T2 - Results of a National Survey
AU - Meo, Nicholas
AU - Diveronica, Matthew
AU - Jaffe, Rebecca
AU - Mallin, Emily
AU - Starks, Helene
AU - Luty, Jacob
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors 2021.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - House Staff Quality and Safety Councils (HQSCs) are relatively new multispecialty groups led by residents and fellows that focus on quality and safety activities at their training site. The authors sought to estimate the prevalence of HQSCs, describe their common characteristics and determine any perceived impacts. A national survey was conducted with Designated Institutional Officers (DIO) of graduate medical education programs in 2019. For institutions with an HQSC, a second survey was sent to program leaders to obtain additional details. Responses were obtained from 204 DIOs, 47% of whom currently have an HQSC. Forty-five percent of sites provided details about HQSC membership, leadership, funding, activities/initiatives, facilitators, and barriers. The majority reported positive program outcomes. This study found that HQSCs are common and share key characteristics, yet at the same time have many unique features tailored to their clinical learning environment. Participants report positive outcomes associated with these groups.
AB - House Staff Quality and Safety Councils (HQSCs) are relatively new multispecialty groups led by residents and fellows that focus on quality and safety activities at their training site. The authors sought to estimate the prevalence of HQSCs, describe their common characteristics and determine any perceived impacts. A national survey was conducted with Designated Institutional Officers (DIO) of graduate medical education programs in 2019. For institutions with an HQSC, a second survey was sent to program leaders to obtain additional details. Responses were obtained from 204 DIOs, 47% of whom currently have an HQSC. Forty-five percent of sites provided details about HQSC membership, leadership, funding, activities/initiatives, facilitators, and barriers. The majority reported positive program outcomes. This study found that HQSCs are common and share key characteristics, yet at the same time have many unique features tailored to their clinical learning environment. Participants report positive outcomes associated with these groups.
KW - clinical learning environments
KW - graduate medical education
KW - patient safety
KW - quality improvement
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U2 - 10.1097/01.JMQ.0000735500.18608.fa
DO - 10.1097/01.JMQ.0000735500.18608.fa
M3 - Article
C2 - 34264878
AN - SCOPUS:85121402660
SN - 1062-8606
VL - 36
SP - 408
EP - 414
JO - American Journal of Medical Quality
JF - American Journal of Medical Quality
IS - 6
ER -