Headrick LA, Knapp M, Neuhauser D, et al. Working from upstream to improve health care: The IHI Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative. Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement. 1996;22(3):149-164.

This article describes the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative which began in August of 1994. The goal was to teach and train medical students in quality improvement theory, as a means to improve health care as they joined the medical workforce.

[See related information: Final Report: Community-Based Quality Improvement Education for the Health Professions, Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative]

Batalden PB. If improvement of the quality and value of health and health care is the goal, why focus on health professional development? Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):52-61.

Connecting organization and issue-centered strategies for the improvement of health care with health professional development strategies offers an exciting opportunity for the next efforts to improve health care.

Chessman AW, Bellack JP, Lahoz MR, et al. Students add value to learning organizations: The Medical University of South Carolina experience. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):38-43.

This article describes the influx of new energy and ideas that often accompany students who enter health care organizations.  As these students learn quality improvement principles they can often greatly help organizations improve their quality.

Balestreire JJ, Gerrity P, Geller A, et al. Teams in a community setting: The AUHS experience. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):31-37.

The article describes the Pennsylvania Local Interdisciplinary Team which was created to develop and implement an innovative model for the education of students from multiple backgrounds in quality improvement. The lead poisoning prevention project is presented as an example of the work of an interdisciplinary student team in a community setting in Philadelphia.

Horak BJ, O'Leary KC, Carlson L. Preparing health care professionals for quality improvement: The George Washington University/George Mason University experience. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):21-30.

This article describes a study where 77 medical, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and health services management students were provided training in quality improvement, community-oriented primary care, and teamwork. These students were then formed into 13 interdisciplinary teams to apply their knowledge in underserved areas ("service learning") under a community and faculty preceptor.

Headrick L, Moore SM, Alemi F, Hekelman F, Kizys N, Miller D, Neuhauser D. Using PDSA to establish academic-community partnerships: The Cleveland experience. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):12-20.

This article describes an interdisciplinary course in continuous improvement developed by the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and the Program in Health Administration at Cleveland State University, which focuses on learning through experience. The course accommodates a large number of students, and has created new partnerships with Cleveland area health care organizations.

Baker GR, Gelmon S, Headrick L, et al. Collaborating for improvement in health professions education. Quality Management in Health Care. 1998;6(2):1-11.

This article describes the lessons learned by teams working in an Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative in making continuous improvement in a medical education setting.

[See related information:  Final Report: Community-Based Quality Improvement Education for the Health Professions, Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative] 

Walker LR, Alemi F, Headrick LA, et al. Use of voice mail in teaching commuting students. The Journal of Health Administration Education. 1998;16(3):315-322.

This article describes the use of voice mail when educating medical students who commute.

Plumb JD. Homelessness: Care, prevention and public policy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1997;126(12):973-975.

This article describes the link between poverty, homelessness, and health problems.  The author goes on to implore policy makers to implement targeted care strategies and new approaches to primary care to help lower the barriers between homelessness and good primary health care.

Gelmon S, Wilson W, Norman L. Formulating the mess: Lessons of building knowledge of health care as a system. Quality Management in Health Care. 1997;5(3):13-17.

This article describes the experiences of a group of health administration educators, a group of medical educators, and a group of nursing educators in applying the lessons of the exercise "Building Knowledge of Health Care as a System" to the organization of health professions education.