Scholarship and Professional Development Opportunities
Disseminating Your QI Work
We can think creatively about ways to disseminate our results with others – from a blog, to commentaries, to presentations, to a QI report, to a more traditional peer-reviewed publication. Here are some avenues to consider.
Blogs
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Share your improvement experiences with other colleagues engaged in improvement work via Quorum (hosted by Ontario Health)
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Share your experience with patients through HealthyDebate
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Many medical journals have associated blogs that would be good venues to share reflections
Presentations
The following conferences offer great opportunities to present primary care QI work:
Peer-reviewed publications
Full research papers can be published in a number of reputable journals. If a full research paper seems out of reach, here are some other options to consider:
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QI report in BMJ Quality Open
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Program Description or Commentary in Canadian Family Physician
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Innovations section in CMAJ
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Innovation report in Annals of Family Medicine
QI Professional Development
Maintaining knowledge and skills to improve quality is required to nurture a culture of curiosity and desire for ‘better’. There are many opportunities to continue your education in this regard:
Certificate programs:
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Centre for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety - https://www.cquips.ca
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Institute for Health Care Improvement - Improvement Advisor - http://www.ihi.org/education/InPersonTraining/improvement-advisor/Pages/default.aspx
Degree programs:
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Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) Open School -http://www.ihi.org/education/Pages/default.aspx
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University of Toronto’s Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) Master of Science in Quality Improvement & Patient Safety - https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/academics/rd/qips-msc/
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Queen’s University - Master of Science in Healthcare Quality - https://healthsci.queensu.ca/hqprograms/programs/master-science-healthcare-quality
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Queen’s University - Doctor of Philosophy in Quality - https://healthsci.queensu.ca/hqprograms/programs/doctor-philosophy-health-quality
Fellowships:
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VA Quality Scholars - https://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/veteran-affairs-quality-scholars-vaqs
Resources for Faculty
QI Publication Funding
Purpose
To help support DFCM faculty who have had peer-reviewed articles focused on improving quality accepted for publication.
Award
The DFCM will award 50% of a publication acceptance fee up to a maximum of $1,000 CAD per publication. An applicant must demonstrate availability of matching funds. Awards are based on availability of funds.
Eligibility
All faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine are eligible to apply. Preference will be given to Quality and Innovation Program Directors. The faculty member must be either first author or senior responsible author. Publications should relate to improving quality in primary care and summarize results of an original intervention. A maximum of one award will be granted per person per calendar year (January 1 - December 31).
Requirements
Completion of the online form.