Academic Psychiatry

, Volume 38, Issue 4, pp 502–505 | Cite as

Quality Improvement (QI) Education in a Psychiatry Residency Program: “Diagnosis and Consultation” as Key QI Skills

Column: Educational Case Report

Notes

Disclosures

Mark Cheren is president of Improvement Learning, LLC and Editor in Chief of Improvement Learning’s Healthcare Improvement Skills Center (HISC). The HISC website is a resource used in the educational program described in this article.

Susan Stagno has nothing to disclose.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.University Hospitals Case Medical CenterClevelandUSA

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