Teachers of Quality Academy - Curriculum
The Teachers of Quality Academy is a faculty development program that includes online modules, face-to-face learning sessions, and project work focused on leadership, patient safety, quality improvement, population health in an environment of interprofessional, team-based care.
- Institute in Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety
- Includes completion of 12 online modules
- Visit Institute for Healthcare Improvement for more information
- Six Face-To-Face Learning Sessions
- Learning Session 1: Model for Improvement & Clinical Microsystems
- Learning Session 2: Measuring for Quality
- Learning Session 3: High Reliability Principles
- Learning Session 4: Patient Safety
- Learning Session 5: Communication & Teamwork
- Learning Session 6: Population Health and Experience
- Leadership Thread: Longitudinal thread woven into each learning session focusing on leadership principles of leading self, leading others, and leading change.
- Quality Improvement Projects
- Each TQA fellow completes a small quality improvement project over a 8-9 month period.
- Visit the QI Symposium page to view the TQA Scholar projects.
- Quality Improvement Symposium
- Half-day program for TQA fellows to present outcomes of their QI projects
- Visit the QI Symposium page
- Medical Education Day
- Half-day program for TQA fellows to present educational strategies, materials and research to enhance the BSOM curriculum
- Visit the Medical Education page
- Graduate Medical Education Courses
- TQA fellows have the option to complete three graduate courses through the ECU College of Education to earn a Credential in Medical Education.
- Courses include:
- ADED 7580: Introduction to Medical Education
- ADED 6487: Instructional Strategies
- ADED 6495: Program Evaluation