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. 2016 Mar 18:7:171-2.
doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S101395. eCollection 2016.

Quality improvement teaching at medical school: a student perspective

Pooja Nair  1 , Ishani Barai  1 , Sunila Prasad  1 , Karishma Gadhvi  1
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Quality improvement teaching at medical school: a student perspective

Pooja Nair et al. Adv Med Educ Pract. .

Abstract

Guidelines in the UK require all doctors to actively take part in quality improvement. To ease future doctors into the process, formal quality improvement teaching can be delivered during medical school.

Keywords: clinical audit; medical school; medical student; patient safety; patient satisfaction; quality improvement.

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