The Experiential Improvement Curriculum: Teaching Improvement Science to Preclinical Medical Students in Primary Care

摘要

Systems improvement is an important domain in medical education,1,2 but best practices for engaging medical students in improvement work within primary care remain limited.3–7 At our institution, a medical student designed, implemented, and evaluated the Experiential Improvement Curriculum (EIC) for preclinical medical students to conduct improvement projects at primary care sites. The EIC’s inception relied on local experts in improvement curriculum design8 and primary care faculty who coordinated clinical sites for curriculum and project implementation.