What is the IHI?
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)is the world's premiere patient safety organization. One program they run is called the IHI Open School.
How does the U of T chapter fit in?
The Open School has over 180 chapters at campuses around the world. Our group at the University of Toronto is one of those chapters. The school year starting in September 2009 is the first full academic year our chapter will be in operation.
Our chapter has an executive committee of 14 students and a faculty advisory council with five distinguished members from U of T faculty and from industry. The chapter is lead by Jason Coke, an Industrial Engineer and student in Health Administration. There are currently 215 members in our chapter representing at least eight disciplines.
What activities does the chapter do?
Starting in January, we will have a series of meetings where speakers come each month to discuss issues in patient safety and QI in healthcare. The first meeting is called "The Apple of His Eye: Learning from the Lived Experience" and will take place on Jan. 18 @ 5:30 in HS 208 (155 College St). It will be given by Katarina Busija, who lost her father due to medical error.
There will be several "introduction to process mapping" seminars. If you want to learn this valuable skill, this is the event for you!
Hospital QI projects are the activity with the highest level of commitment. See the post below for more details on this.
There may be other events and activities coming up as well. Check back regularly to stay posted (or just sign up and you'll get the emails).
Sounds great, how do I sign up?
See the posting above this one - it provides a link.
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