Quality Sessions, Leaders, and Curriculum

Annually several institution-wide sessions on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) topics are incorporated as part of our institutional core curriculum series called Healthcare Principles in Practice (HPP) — held monthly at Noon on the 2nd Tuesday of each month via Zoom.

All 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year residents and fellows are required to attend or view a recording of each session that is available on the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga YouTube Channel within a few days of each session. All Residents, Fellows, Faculty, and Medical Students are encouraged to participate in the live Zoom sessions or view the recordings as well. 

2021-2022 QIPS topics included in our HPP Series are:

Tue, July 13, 2021 (Noon - 1:00 pm)  Topic: Patient Safety/Do No Harm      Speaker:  Dr. Marvin Hall,  Pediatric Intensivist, Children's Hospital at Erlanger

Tue, October 12, 2021 (Noon - 1:00 pm) Topic: Simpler: Quality Improvement   Speakers: Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, Senior Physician for Quality Improvement

Tue, November 9, 2021 (Noon - 1:00 pm) Topic: Teaming and Communication  Speakers:  TBD

Tue, January 11, 2022 (Noon - 1:00 pm) Topic: Adverse Events and Reporting  Speakers:  TBD

Tue, March 8, 2022 (Noon - 1:00 pm) Topic: Professionalism Speakers: TBD

Tue, May 10, 2022 (Noon - 1:00 pm) Topic: Quality Metrics  Speakers:  TBD

Our leadership (James Haynes, MD, Interim Dean; Robert Fore, EdD, Associate Dean/DIO ; and Alan Kohrt, MD, Assistant for Faculty Development) have asked each department or program to identify a Quality Leader who will work with our overall leaders to define and institution-wide curriculum to educate Residents, Fellows, Faculty, and Medical Students regarding Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. 

2021-2022 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Leaders:

Emergency Medicine: W, Doug Gregorie, MD, Program Director

Emergency Medical Services Fellowship:  TBD

Family Medicine:  James Haynes, MD, Chair of Family Medicine

Internal Medicine: Eric McCartt, MD, Internal Medicine Faculty (also representing Cardiology and Gastroenterology)

OB/GYN: Angela Yates, MD,  OB/GYN Faculty

Orthopaedic Surgery:  Rob Quigley, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty

Pediatrics:  Jeffrey Bennett, MD, Senior Physician For Quality Improvement

Plastic Surgery: Todd Thurston, MD, Plastic Surgery Faculty

Surgery:  Darren Hunt, MD, Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Faculty

Urology: Henry Okafor, MD, Urology Faculty

Adam Campbell, PhD, Erlanger VP of Patient Safety and Quality

Rachel Harris, DNP, RN, Interim Erlanger Chief Nursing Executive

Mike Bettinger, Director, Erlanger Process Improvement Office

Mukta Panda, MD, Assistant Dean for Medical Student Education and Well-Being

We are discussing incorporating required modules from the IHI Open School Online Curriculum as part of our institutional curriculum.

For more information about our Quality Improvement and Patient Safety programs, please contact:

• Robert Fore, EdD, Associate Dean and DIO at robert.fore@erlanger.org
• Alan Kohrt, MD, Assistant Dean for Faculty Development at alan.kohrt@erlanger.org
• Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE, Senior Quality Physician at jeffrey.bennett@erlanger.org