American Medical Student Association

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The Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Institute (PSQLI) is a three‐day long intensive inter-professional leadership training program for medical students, residents, and students of allied health professions from across the nation. The PSQLI will offer interactive training on the following topics:

• Historic significance as well as current methods, terminology, and innovation in the field of quality and safety
• Knowledge and skills to identify an error, perform a root cause analysis, and devise a quality improvement intervention
• Guidance for the creation of the student projects for implementation at their school, teaching hospital, or clinic
• Essential communication, teamwork and leadership skills as they relate to creating a culture of safety and steering change within an organization 

Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety: History, Status and Vision
Speaker: Malcolm Daniel, MB ChB, FRCP, FRCA
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Fellow & Consultant on Anesthesia and Intensive Care for the Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland

This webinar provides an overview of the current status of healthcare quality in the United States with a strong emphasis on patient safety. Through examples that apply to an interdisciplinary audience, the webinar highlights specific areas of improvement and offers some solutions. It also provides a glimpse into the programming of the 3rd Annual Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Institute.