Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Distinction

Requirements

• Apply for Distinction

  By January of MS3

  Submit a formal application for the distinction, curriculum vitae, and a personal statement describing your interest in quality improvement and patient safety. The personal statement should include a description of how the experience will be used in your future career path.

  Apply for Distinction
• Complete 24 weeks of Full-Time Quality Improvement Activities

  By January of MS4

  All activities should be preapproved by the Associate Dean.

  • Spring MS1 – Complete the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Boot Camp Training Course (1 week)
  • Complete summer employment in an approved quality improvement project (8 weeks)
  • MS2 or MS3 – Continue your quality improvement activities during the scholarly activity rotation (12 weeks)
  • Fulfill the quality improvement activities during the Quality Improvement elective (4 weeks during elective time)
  • MS2 – Serve in a leadership role approved by the Associate Dean of Quality, Safety, and Outcomes Education
  • MS1 – MS4 – Attend and participate in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Events
• Confirm Intention to Pursue the Distinction

  By August of MS4

  Confirm continued interest in seeking the distinction and meet with your mentor to ensure you will meet all distinction requirements.

• Submit Abstract & Posters

  Any time in MS1-MS4

  Submit abstracts and posters for state and national quality conferences and possible publication.

• Complete a Thesis & Thesis Presentation

  By March 15 of MS4

  • Obtain approval from the Associate Dean. Note that more than one student may work on the same project if approved by the QI/PS faculty.
  • Assemble a review committee of two or more faculty members who are qualified to assess the quality improvement being conducted. This committee will be responsible for assuring that the subject matter and scope of the project are adequate.
  • Complete a written thesis.
  • Include background, local problem, methods, interventions, outcomes, and conclusions of the project conducted.
  • Refer to the Library’s Electronic Theses and Dissertations Development Process for more information.
  • By Feb. 1 of MS4 – We recommend that students begin to circulate their thesis by Feb. 1 to make sure that committee members have time for change feedback. if needed.
  • Complete a formal thesis presentation to an audience including the student’s thesis committee.
  • By March 15 of MS4 – Final copy of thesis must be signed by the student’s thesis committee and the Associate Dean, then turned in to the Student Affairs office for submission to Library.