Building the Bridge to Quality: An Urgent Call to Integrate Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education With

Brian M Wong1, Karyn D Baum, Linda A Headrick

  • 1B.M. Wong is associate professor of medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, and associate director, Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (C-QuIPS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. K.D. Baum is professor of medicine and adjunct professor, School of Public Health, and associate chief medical officer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. L.A. Headrick is professor emerita of medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. E.S. Holmboe is senior vice president for milestones development and evaluation, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Chicago, Illinois. F. Moss is dean, Royal Society of Medicine, and academic lead for collaboration, learning and partnerships, North West London Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, London, United Kingdom. G. Ogrinc is professor of medicine, Dartmouth Institute, and senior associate dean for medical education, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire. K.G. Shojania is professor and vice chair of quality and innovation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and director, Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (C-QuIPS), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. E. Vaux is consultant nephrologist, Royal Berkshire National Health Service Foundation Trust, Reading, and vice president of education and training, Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom. E.J. Warm is professor of medicine and program director, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-2434. J.R. Frank is associate professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, and director, Specialty Education, Strategy and Standards, Office of Specialty Education, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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