Memorial University Wins 2nd Annual Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chicago University and Vanderbilt University also Recognized
For the second year in a row, Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada has claimed the top prize in the competition for the Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation. The interprofessional team of 14 educators, led by Dr. Anne Kearney, developed and deployed a comprehensive patient safety curriculum within their School of Medicine, two Schools of Nursing, and their School of Pharmacy. An outstanding example of interprofessional curriculum, both in its scope and in the quality of the outcomes assessment, the "Patient Safety Interprofessional Education Module" serves as a great template for other schools seeking examples of interprofessional patient safety education.
Dr. Les Hall presents the first place award to Dr. Anne Kearney of Memorial University
The second place prize was awarded to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School for their patient safety curriculum "Stoneman Rotation in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety: A Resident-Focused Initiative." Dr. Anjala Tess led a team of 15 faculty in developing this mandatory rotation as part of the internal medicine residency. Learners were paired with safety experts to investigate and address safety events within the system. Although developed for medicine residents, such an approach would likely prove equally successful with other types of health professionals in training.
Les Hall presents the second place award for curricular innovation to Drs. Anjala Tess and Kenneth Sands
The third place prize was awarded to a team comprised of Drs. Lisa Vinci, Julie Oyler, and Vineet Arora from the University of Chicago. Their curriculum, "Integrating Quality Improvement Education Across the Continuum: The University of Chicago Journey," constituted a comprehensive QI training program developed in the medicine residency over the past five years. Pharmacists, medical students, and hospital staff have subsequently also participated.
Drs. Lisa Vinci and Vineet Arora receive the third place award for curricular innovation
Vanderbilt University received a Special Recognition for Excellence in a Student Led-Initiative for their submission, "Fundamentals of Quality Improvement in Health Care: An Interdisciplinary Elective." Irving Ye, a student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, worked with 13 additional students from the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Management to develop this interprofessional elective curriculum in quality improvement. Of particular note was their ability to integrate locally developed didactic material with other curricular resources from the IHI Open School and AHRQ M&M website, forming a seamless educational process.
Carol Callaway-Lane, Irving Ye, and Piotr Pilarski of Vanderbilt University receive special recognition for a student-led curricular initiative
The Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation was established in 2009 to honor the contributions of Duncan Neuhauser, Ph.D., who has devoted a lifetime to the teaching of improvement science. The award recognizes new curricular material that has the potential for significant impact in the teaching of improvement, is innovative in its educational approach, and has the ability to be adopted by other schools, institutions, or professions. The Academy for Healthcare Improvement experienced over a 50% increase in the number of submissions for consideration of the Duncan Neuhauser Award this year. AHI members are encouraged to begin planning now to submit curricular innovations for consideration of the 3rd annual Duncan Neuhauser Award for Curricular Innovation, which will be presented in December, 2011 at the AHI Scientific Symposium.