The Open School is offering a new course on leadership skills to enable communities to improve health. With this eight-week course, Leadership and Organizing for Population Health, we’re testing a new format that features week-by-week lessons, video lectures, virtual meetings, and peer review of assignments. Health students must apply by Jan. 15, 2015 to take the free course, which begins on Feb. 15.As part of the course, students learn to tell personal stories that motivate others to take actio ... read full post

This is the newest installment in a series of posts written by chapter leaders and members. The goal, simply, is to share best practices and creative ideas with other chapters around the globe.I love happy hours. But I love them even more when they are an excuse to spread the word about the IHI Open School.My group, the Atlanta IHI Open School Chapter, is made up of students from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. We kicked off recruitment for 2011 on July 7th with an IHI ... read full post