Education

Orientation

The orientation module covers the purpose and structure of the Leadership and Organizing for Change course. We’ll discuss course goals, introduce faculty, and describe how learners can get the most out of the learning experience.

After you view the orientation lectures, introduce yourself to your fellow learners on the course discussion board .

Learners must also complete an online IHI Open School course as a pre-requisite for the program. These courses are asynchronous, featuring three to five modules and taking only one to two hours to complete.

All three courses are free with enrollment in the course. Navigate to www.ihi.org/LOcourse to access the course catalog to take the pre-requisite courses without a passcode.

Learners can select between three topics, based on which will best support the focus of their project work in the course.

Leading a QI project: If you are leveraging quality improvement in your project and would like a refresher on the foundations of improvement science, please take QI 102: How to Improve with the Model for Improvement.

Improving health: If you will be working in a community setting or addressing population health in your project, please take TA 101: Introduction to the Triple Aim for Populations.
Developing an IHI Open School Chapter: If you are interested in learning more about the IHI Open School Chapter Network, or if the focus of your project will be launching or growing an IHI Open School Chapter at your university or organization, please take OS 101: Introduction to the IHI Open School: Join the Movement to Improve Health & Health Care.

If you have previously taken all three, then you are all set on pre-work.

Orientation Objectives:

At the end of the orientation, learners will be able to:

Describe the IHI Open School and vision of the IHI Open School Change Agent Network (I-CAN)
Explain the course components, goals, and curriculum flow
Understand how to get the most out of the course
Summarize the difference between organizing and mobilizing

Faculty:

Donald Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP
Jessica Perlo, MPH

Orientation Lecture Videos

Lecture 1: Introduction