2013 Symposium Details 

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UC Davis Health System launched the annual Integrating Quality Symposium: Linking Clinical and Educational Excellence in 2011. Since then, the health system community has led the rest of the country with quality improvement initiatives. The IQ Symposium is our time to share best practices and innovations in quality initiatives that include trainees and students, or that integrate into undergraduate, graduate or life-long learning programs. Engaging these individuals in clinical quality-improvement and safety efforts creates a pathway to a culture of quality at academic health centers.

The Integrating Quality Symposium is an all-day event during which attendees will have several opportunities to review poster presentations.To view the 2013 Symposium materials, click here.

"Life-long learning must be accompanied by active participation in the continual process of improving the quality of health care and of the health of populations we serve," said Fred Meyers, Executive Associate Dean of the School of Medicine and organizer of the symposium. "I encourage everyone to attend the symposium to learn from colleagues about their diverse efforts to link education to health-care improvement."

Employees, house staff, fellows and students at UC Davis Health System as well as Volunteer Clinical Faculty at affiliated institutions are encouraged to participate. The symposium is held in early March. A call for abstracts is available early in December with a due date in early January.

Continuing Education

AMA PRA Catergory 1 Credits ^TM acceptable for interprofessional team members, including nurses, physician assistants, dietitians, veterinarians, pharmacists and others. For more details, please click here.

Symposium Committee

The committee oversees the annual Integrating Quality Symposium: Linking Clinical and Educational Excellence. The committee selects interprofessional and multi-disciplinary speaker, podium and poster presentations and promotes quality improvement projects in clinical practices throughout UC Davis Health System.

Co-Chairs

Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Executive Associate Dean, School of Medicine

Ulfat Shaikh, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Pediatrics, and Director, Healthcare Quality Integration

Members
John Drummer, Academic Coordinator, Office of Medical Education

John Grubbs, M.S., M.B.A., R.Ph, Director of Pharmacy

Janet Heath, Manager, Continuing Medical Education

Stephen McCurdy, M.D., M.P.H., Vice Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, Professor in Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

Hien Nguyen, M.D., Associate Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Electronic Health Records; Medical Director, Acute Infections Management Service

James Nuovo, M.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, School of Medicine

Roy Rai, M.B.A., Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Medical Education

Allan Siefkin, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, UC Davis Medical Center

Jacqueline Stocking, R.N., M.S.N., M.B.A., Director, Quality and Safety, Patient Care Services, UC Davis Medical Center

Deborah Ward, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Dean and Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Peter Yellowlees, M.B.B.S., M.D., Director, Graduate Program in Health Informatics, Professor of Psychiatry

Committee and Symposium Coordinators

Deb Patterson, Manager, Student Life, Office of Medical Education

Kristy Bird Trouchon, Executive Analyst, School of Medicine