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ALT INTRODUCTION: Does partnering with Continuous Improvement Specialists (CIS), non-clinical experts in health care quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS), improve project quality and outcomes from a residency QIPS curriculum? METHODS • Design: Restrospective cohort study, comparing pre (2009-2016) and post (2017-2020) intervention periods • Who: PGY-2 residents, (n=351 and 148, pre and post) • What: Scored residents’ pre- and post-intervention A3 documents (one-page reports that summarize QIPS projects), using validated assessment tool CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST ROLE: Curriculum enhancements & standardization, Access to data and institutional metrics, Link to key stakeholders, Tracking outcomes RESULTS MEAN A3 SCORES (out of 69) Pre: 29 Post:47 CONCLUSION Embedding CIS experts into residency QIPS curricula is associated with improved A3 document quality.

ALT Image of 10 headshots of RISE innovators: Michael Brenner, M.D., Heather Burrows, M.D., Ivan Co, M.D., Melanie Donahue, M.D., Chelsea Fisk, B.S., Glenn Fox, Ph.D., Alton Johnson, D.P.M., Elissa Patterson, Ph.D., Vitaliy Popov, Ph.D., Andrew Wong, M.D. RISE logo and title reads Cohort 3 Innovators





















