Rapid Health Care Improvement Science Curriculum Integration Across Programs in a School of Nursing

Brant J Oliver1, Mertie Potter, Mimi Pomerleau

  • 1Author Affiliations: Adjunct Associate Professor (Dr Oliver), Professor (Dr Potter), Assistant Professor (Drs Pomerleau, Phillips, O'Donnell, and Sipe), and Adjunct Instructor (Dr Cowley), School of Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts; Assistant Professor (Dr Oliver), Geisel School of Medicine, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, New Hampshire; and post-doctoral fellow (Drs Pomerleau and Cowley), Department of Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Program (VAQS), White River Junction VA Medical Center, Vermont.

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|August 24, 2017
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