JAMA: 2007-09-05, Vol. 298, No. 9, Author in the Room Audio Interview

Interview with Romsai T. Boonyasai, MD, MPH, author of Effectiveness of Teaching Quality Improvement to Clinicians. Summary Points: 1. Quality Improvement (QI) curricula are often effective in improving learners plus or minus QI-related participation, attitudes, and knowledge. 2. QI curricula are less often associated with clinical improvements. 3. Clinical improvements occur more often when learners engage in multiple small cycles of change, and when they have individualized coaching in QI, access to their performance data, and access to pre-developed QI tools.