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IHI.org has two types of Improvement Stories:

IHI.org Stories that describe the changes and results in specific organizations.
Improvement Project Reports from IHI.org users that describe improvement projects in their organizations.

We all learn from others' experiences testing and implementing changes in real settings — who should be on the team; what measures were tracked; which changes worked best or didn't work at all; and what lessons were learned.

Improvement Project Reports, submitted by IHI.org users, accelerate our learning. In the spirit of "all teach, all learn," we encourage you to share your Improvement Report with the IHI.org community. Please click the Submit an Improvement Report button below.

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When Students Become Stakeholders in Quality Improvement
In 2004 Dr. Brian Koll was searching for a method to speed culture change at his institution, Beth Israel Hospital in New York. This story profiles efforts at the hospital to introduce quality improvement to the next generation of health professionals.

Graduate Nursing Education in Safe and Effective Care
Clemson University School of Nursing (Clemson, South Carolina, USA) paired Quality, Safety, and/or Risk Management Directors in upstate South Carolina health care organizations with graduate nursing students to conduct semester-long improvement projects focused on the application of performance improvement models to enhance patient care processes.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing Works to Include Quality and Safety Competency Development in Nursing Curricula
“By and large, hospitals that want to educate health professionals about quality, safety, and teamwork have to start from scratch with each new graduate they hire,” says Linda Cronenwett, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Nursing (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA). She is involved in a national initiative to change that reality.

Clarion Institutes a Student-Initiated Case Competition to Promote an Interdisciplinary Approach to Improvement
Students at the University of Minnesota Academic Health Center are not just learning to work in inter-professional teams; they are leading the way.

University of Minnesota Has Learners Train Together in Interprofessional Teams
Along with learning the skills of their profession, learners at University of Minnesota’s health professional programs are learning how to work with one another in interprofessional teams.

Clemson Students Apply Their Firsthand Learning from IHI’s National Forum
Clemson University nursing students who’ve had the opportunity to attend IHI’s National Forum with the help of a scholarship share their impressions about the experience.

Developing Health Professionals Capable of Continually Improving Health Care Quality, Safety and Value: The Health Professional Educator’s Work
This piece by Dr. Paul Batalden is a concise description of what has been learned by educators in the health professions about weaknesses in the curricula and settings for the improvement of care and offers a formula for change.



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