By Tomoko McGaughey, Simon Fraser University, Chapter Leader, and Kerry Campbell, Simon Fraser University, Chapter Leader  As a new IHI Open School Chapter at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia, Canada, we were excited to host our debut speakers’ event this past November. It was our first opportunity to expose the students of SFU and surrounding institutions to the principles of IHI, and to show them how applying these principles can make a difference in the real world.  Our key ... read full post

By Jason Madsen, University of Utah, Chapter Leader At the University of Utah, our Open School Chapter has a vision to include as many departments with an interest in quality and safety initiatives in health care as possible. With that in mind, we used our Chapter steering meeting this November as an opportunity to gather at least one representative from each of these departments and give them an overview of our group, and how we could benefit students in their respective programs. Our hope is t ... read full post