With self-paced courses in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, faculty from institutions of higher learning and health and healthcare leaders around the world rely on the IHI Open School as an easy way to bring essential training in quality improvement and patient safety to students and staff — creating a common language around improvement and giving learners crucial skills to become leaders and agents of change in health care.

The Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety, comprising 13 courses (marked with an * asterisk below; 17.75 total hours), provides a well-rounded introduction to quality, safety, population health, equity, health care leadership, and person- and family-centered care. Advanced courses allow learners to go deeper into each of these topics, and our Faculty Guide and library of teaching resources help group leaders engage all types of learners in unique ways.

There are several approaches to integrating IHI Open School content into training programs. For example:

• Choose a few courses to teach specific concepts.
  
• Set students up with a solid foundation in quality and safety by assigning the Basic Certificate, comprised of 13 core courses
  
• Facilitate discussion and applied learning with activities available in the Educator's Toolkit (part of a group subscription)
  

No matter the approach, our free guide aims to support educators in their efforts to bring training in quality and safety to students or staff — with help from the IHI Open School. We invite you to download and share the IHI Open School Faculty Guide: Best Practices for Curriculum Integration.

Course Catalog

NOTES:

• Courses marked as [FREE] are currently being offered as free to all.
• Courses marked with an * asterisk are part of the Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety; this includes QI 101–Q105, PS 101–105, TA 101, PFC 101, and L 101.
  

An annual IHI Open School Subscription can provide access to all the courses and more.
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