Resources for the Leader KC1 Competency – Quality Improvement

Key Competency 1

Contribute to the improvement of health care delivery in teams, organizations, and systems

Enabling Competencies

• 1.1 Apply the science of quality improvement to contribute to improving systems of patient care
• 1.2 Contribute to a culture that promotes patient safety
• 1.3 Analyze patient safety incidents to enhance systems of care
• 1.4 Use health informatics to improve the quality of patient care and optimize patient safety

Resources

1. How to create a QI curriculum for residents - module (Enabling Competency 1.1)
2. Lead the change - module (Enabling Competency 1.2)
3. Psychological safety (Enabling Competency 1.3)
   • Presentation slide deck
   • Lesson plan
   • Handout
4. Patient safety workshop – (Enabling Competencies 1.2 and 1.3)
   • Presentation slide deck
   • Lesson plan
5. Patient safety incident (PSI) cases (Enabling Competencies 1.2 and 1.3)

In addition to the resources listed above, we recruited a large group of patient safety/quality improvement experts across Canada to help you with your PS/QI challenges:

Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Community of Practice

The CanMEDS Leader Role key competency 1.0 includes the following enabling competency: 1.2 Contribute to a culture that promotes patient safety.

In an effort to promote patient safety, resource stewardship, and quality improvement, we have recruited over 125 patient safety/QI experts across Canada who have volunteered to share their knowledge and provide quick consults to residency program directors, curriculum developers, and faculty developers looking to augment a culture that promotes patient safety.

Are you looking for a near-peer expert to help contribute to a culture that promotes patient safety/quality improvement/resource stewardship? Or do you have a patient safety/quality improvement question for someone in this new community of practice? If so, please contact canmeds@royalcollege.ca and someone will connect you with the right expert(s). When you write to us, kindly indicate:

1. Your name and university affiliation
2. Your institution affiliation and title(s)
3. Your specialty
4. Your request

Our volunteers look forward to helping you!