Bellack JP, Gerrity P, Harper DC, et al. Taking aim at interdisciplinary education for continuous improvement in health care. Nursing and Health Care Perspectives. 1997;18(6):308-315.

Over the last 30 years, nursing faculty have achieved varying levels of success in their efforts to engage in interdisciplinary education. To sharpen the focus, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement sponsored a national demonstration project in which nursing faculty from four universities participated.

Headrick LA. Learning to improve complex systems of care. In: Collaborative Education to Ensure Patient Safety. Washington, DC:HRSA/Bureau of Health Professions. 2000;75-88.

This paper can be used as a teaching tool to aid professionals in improving complex systems of care. The paper discusses effective ways to help young health professionals gain the necessary knowledge and skills about making improvement in health care as part of their core professional training. The goal of this paper is to summarize what has been learned so that it can be applied to collaborative education to improve patient safety.

Final Report: Community-Based Quality Improvement Education for the Health Professions, Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative. Health Resources and Services Administration and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. December 1999.

This report describes the Interdisciplinary Professional Education Collaborative (IPEC) co-sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.  The focus of the IPEC project was to improve health and health care through the use of interdisciplinary education and the ideas and methods of continuous improvement. The report provides an introduction to the work of the Collaborative as well as the objectives and results of the work over the duration of the project.  It also includes an extensive bibliography.

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Report of the Medical School Objectives Project. Contemporary issues in medicine: Quality of care. Association of American Medical Colleges. 2001.

This report is the result of an expert panel convened to recommend competencies expected of graduating medical students for the improvement of care. The recommendations of the panel included learning objectives for students, illustrative educational approaches, and strategies for implementation. The report led to the development of the IHI/Medical School Collaborative. Featured in the report are the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's suggested eight learning domains.

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The Academic Medical Center Working Group of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. The imperative for quality: A call to action for medical schools and teaching hospitals. Academic Medicine. 2003;78(11):1085-1089.

Representatives of 23 academic medical centers (AMCs) participating in IHI’s IMPACT network reflect on their experiences and suggest a number of approaches to help AMCs assume greater leadership in improvement of quality.

Ogrinc G, Headrick LA, Mutha S, Coleman MT, O'Donnell J, Miles PV. A framework for teaching medical students and residents about practice based learning and improvement, synthesized from a literature review. Academic Medicine. 2003;78(7):748-756.

An expert panel synthesized a framework of learning objectives from an analysis of relevant literature. The paper serves as a blueprint for teaching the knowledge and skills of practice-based learning and improvement to medical students and residents.