The Role of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Academic Promotion: Results of a Survey of Chairs of Departments of Internal Medicine in North America

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• Personal Author:
  Bremner WJ ; Levinson W ; Martin DP ; Schleyer AM ; Staiger TO ; Wong EY
• Description:
  Academic health centers (AHCs) are devoting substantial and increasing resources to improving quality and safety. Strong physician engagement and leadership in quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS) are critical to the success of these efforts. Many AHCs face challenges in enlisting faculty to participate in these activities. Academic infrastructures are currently geared towards physician-scientists and clinician-teachers. Traditionally, research, peer-reviewed publications, grant funding, and regional or national reputation are required for promotion and academic success. In response to the changing needs of academic medicine over the past 2 decades, excellence in teaching, clinical care, and medical education have been integrated into the promotions process at many institutions within clinician-educator pathways. Similar promotion pathways for faculty leading QI/PS efforts have not yet been developed. To understand whether faculty are currently being promoted for QI/PS work and to identify what is needed to address the challenge of how to reward faculty for this work, we surveyed leaders of departments of internal medicine. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Quality Control Safety
• Keywords:
  Health Care Information Dissemination Physicians Quality Standards
• ISSN:
  0002-9343
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  277-280
• Volume:
  124
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057183
• Citation:
  Am J Med 2010 Mar; 124(3):277-280
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas O. Staiger, MD, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356330, Seattle, WA 98195
• Email:
  staiger@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  The American Journal of Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:99e1533216b878fa6cf8bfc5d408f0c6202a68bbaf44913ff92dd667c01bf00bfdb43ffe564c91d98ca8a68e15c4b880e87fb9b8b544368298007eac094d60c2
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