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