QISP Program History

2011-2012: Practicum

The Duke IHI chapter offered students the opportunity to work in small teams or alone, under the guidance of a faculty mentor, to conduct a 2-6 month quality improvement project.

Projects were identified from a solicited bank of projects from medical faculty who were interested in mentoring students. The program was supported by the national IHI Open School, who devised a curriculum for students to earn official certification from IHI on leading quality improvement work.

Two projects involving three students were undertaken. One project went on to be presented at the 2012 National Forum in Orlando, Florida.

The paradigm combining QI field project work with didactics (online modules, lectures series) inspired the development of what is now the Quality & Innovation Scholars Program.

2013-2014: Pilot Year

Duke IHI piloted QISP in 2013-2014. Four projects around Duke Health System were undertaken by five students. Some of the projects have gone on to be presented at conferences. Many of these pilot scholars continue to be involved with QISP at Duke with several in leadership positions.

2014-2015: Inaugural Year

Inaugural year of QISP! Check out our 15 students’ projects here. Our inaugural QISP Symposium in April 2015 described below.

April 2015

  • Hosted first multi-school symposium focusing on the work of the interdisciplinary 2014/15 Quality & Innovation Scholars, which included students from five graduate programs (Medical, Business, Nursing, Policy, Engineering). These students tackled strategic projects for a range of mentors at DUHS. Symposium attendees were invited to learn about 7 projects completed by these students and discovered opportunities to get involved.
  • Student presentations were followed by a panel of DUHS leaders from across several departments as they discussed the transformation of care delivery, and how students can energize, inspire, and participate in this work. Panel featured:
    • Dr. Jonathan Bae, MD (Associate Director for Quality, Duke Hospital Medicine)
    • Dr. Alicia Clark, MD (Associate Program Director, Duke Medicine Residency Program)
    • Dr. Alyson Shogan, MD, MBA (PGY-2, Management & Leadership Pathway for Residents)
    • Will Ellaissi, MBA (Duke Institute for Health Innovation)
    • Catherine McCarver, MBA/MHA (Duke Heart Center, Director, Quality and Growth),
    • Moderated by Janet Bettger, ScD, FAHA (School of Nursing, DCRI)

2015-2016: Year of Growth

In 2015-2016, QISP experienced incredible growth from 15 scholars last year to 42 scholars this year. QISP was also recognized by IHI National as a model for student QI leadership. Congratulations to all the QISP Scholars and mentors on a fantastic year! Our annual QISP Symposium in April 2016 is described below. A special thank you to QISP Co-Chairs Maria Andrews & Kathryn Hutchins (MS3s, SOM) for their wonderful management of the program this year.

April 2016

  • The 2015-2016 QISP Symposium showcased the work of this years Quality & Innovation Scholars to an audience of over 50 students across the schools of medicine, nursing, business, engineering, public policy, global health, as well as physicians and administrators from many departments of DUHS.
  • Twelve practicum teams had poster exhibitions, while of six teams gave brief oral presentations.
    • In recognition of their work, Elliot Le (SOM) and Patrick O’Shea (Fuqua/UNC SOM) were awarded full travel scholarships ($1,000 each) to present their project “Standardizing Text Paging to Improve Physician-Nurse Communication: A Pilot Study” at IHI’s National Forum in Orlando, Florida in December 2016. They were mentored by Alicia Clark, MD and Lindsay Boole, MD.
    • Yingna Liu (SOM) and Lauren Teague (SON) each received partial travel scholarships ($500 each) for their project entitled “Standardizing Protocols in the Duke Outpatient Clinic.” They were mentored by Julia Gamble, NP and Lynn Bowlby, MD.
  • Student presentations were followed by a panel of DUHS leaders from across several departments. Their discussion added insightful context to the work these students and their mentors have put in over the past academic year. The panel featured:
    • Dr. Jonathan Bae, MD (Duke IHI Faculty Advisor)
    • George Cheely, MD, MBA
    • Heather Marstiller, MBA
    • Cary Ward, MD
    • Janet Bettger, DSc, FAHA

2017-2019 Strides for Inter-professionalism 

2017

  • In recognition of her work, Nicole Dalal (SOM) were awarded full travel scholarships ($1,000 each) to present their project “Improving Continuity in the Internal Medicine Resident PRIME Clinic at the Durham VA” at IHI’s National Forum in Orlando, Florida in December 2018. They were mentored by Sonal Patel 

2018

  • In recognition of their work, Jordan Hildebrand(SOM) were awarded full travel scholarships ($1,000 each) to present their project “The Duke Heparin Protocol” at IHI’s National Forum in Orlando, Florida in December 2018. They were mentored by Sonal Patel 
  • Briana Shipley(SoN) and Alexandria Hurley were also awarded 1,000 each to present their work on  Improving Migraine Care for Children in the DUH ED. They were mentored by Emily Sterett

 2019

  • The 2018-2019 QISP Symposium showcased the work of this years Quality & Innovation Scholars to an audience of over 50 students across the schools of medicine, nursing, business, engineering, public policy, global health, as well as physicians and administrators from many departments of DUHS.
  • 18 practicum teams had poster exhibitions, while of teams gave brief oral presentations.
    • In recognition of their work, Alexander Gunn (SOM) and Alexis Musick(SOM)  were awarded full travel scholarships ($1,000 each) to present their project “Evaluating Pharmacy- Provider Discrepancies in Discharge Medication Reconciliation” at IHI’s National Forum in Orlando, Florida in December 2019. They were mentored by Joel Boggan