A Quality Improvement Curriculum for Pathology Residents

Introduction: The multidisciplinary nature of modern health care makes it susceptible to disruptions, waste and errors. These problems are potentially preventable by improving the systems, processes and environment of care, an approach described as quality improvement (QI). The need for resident education in QI is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME), which requires competence in practice-based …