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Explore by Interest

Use Explore by Interest to delve more deeply into the content on IHI.org in multiple ways: by Topic, Care Setting, Role or Profession, or IHI Offering. Content is gathered from across the site to present a more comprehensive view of available resources:

  • Knowledge Center: Tools, change ideas, measures, audio and video, and other resources to help you make improvements in a specific area
  • IHI Offerings: Training and learning opportunities that support your improvement efforts
  • User Communities: Discussion groups, wikis, blogs, and other resources that are shared among a connected group of users around a specific topic

 

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  • ​During a 50-year career in medicine, Dr. Paul Griner accumulated hundreds of patient stories. He’s turned the stories into case studies and will be sharing them with the IHI Open School audience in the coming months.

    ​Case Study: The Protective Parent

    Dr. Paul Griner, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Rochester, presents the first in a series of IHI Open School case studies.

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    ​The Ministry of Health is complementing the Open School’s online courses with work-related projects and will be awarding a diploma for course completion in continuous improvement, patient safety, and health leadership.

    IHI Open School Grows in Mexico

    Mexico’s Vice Minister of Health urges the country’s students and professionals to join the IHI Open School.

  • ​Kansagra, who has more than 20,000 followers at the Twitter handle @MedSchoolAdvice, sat down for an interview with the IHI Open School. Watch it here.

    Lessons Learned from (Writing) a Book

    Sujay Kansagra, a pediatrician in North Carolina, shares his learning after writing a book that gives advice to medical students.

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    ​Partnering to Heal: Teaming Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections teaches students and health care professionals about using teamwork to prevent these harmful, costly infections. It is freely available to any registered IHI user.

    ​New Online Course: Partnering to Heal

    In partnership with the US Department of Health and Human Services, the IHI Open School adds an innovative new course to its catalog.

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    At this year’s Student Quality Leadership Academy, held June 24-25 in Cambridge, MA, we sat down with six students – future nurses, physicians, and health care administrators – and asked them a few questions about leadership. Watch their videos.

    ​Profiles in Student Leadership

    Attendees of the 2011 IHI Open School Student Quality Leadership Academy share their thoughts on becoming a leader in health care.

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    ​If you’re interested in contributing to our blog and sharing your thoughts with thousands of students, email us at openschool@ihi.org.

    ​The IHI Open School Blog

    Patient stories. Advice from students and experts. Chapter ideas. Take a look at this week’s post and share your comments with our community.
 

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International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community

March 18-20 | Washington, DC | Learn more.
 

Chapter Spotlight

A feature highlighting innovative Chapters in the IHI Open School network
Chapter: University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Founded: 2009
 

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  • Case Study: The Protective Parent
    During a 50-year career in medicine, Dr. Paul Griner accumulated hundreds of patient stories. Most of his stories – including this case study "The Protective Parent" - are from the 1950s and 1960s, prior to what we now refer to as “modern medicine.”
  • Lessons Learned in Medical School: An Interview with Sujay Kansagra
    Sujay Kansagra, author of Everything I Learned In Medical School – Besides All The Book Stuff, discusses using his book as a teaching tool for students, watching a senior physician make a mistake, and learning from Twitter and social media.
  • Lakshman Swamy at the 23rd Annual National Forum
    IHI TV interviewed Lakshman Swamy, a Chapter leader from Wright State University, at the 23rd Annual National Forum.
  • Responding in Times of Crisis
    Jo-Inge Myhre, an IHI Open School Regional Chapter leader from Norway, recalls the terrorist attacks that rocked his country during the summer of 2011.
  • Chapter Activity: The Medication, A Patient Story
    A patient story activity – The Medication – that describes a patient’s journey to get her anticonvulsant medications. The breakdown in continuity of care and communication is an ideal learning opportunity for students and professionals.
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By the Numbers

Students and residents registered on IHI.org 81,318progress.png
 
Faculty and deans registered on IHI.org 9,636
 
Participants who have taken a course 45,983
 
Participants who have earned a certificate 3,180
 
402 Chapters in 46 U.S. states and 54 countries

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