Table 1

Topics for Duke Global Health Patient Safety Fellowship

Patient safetyQuality improvementInfection controlHospital operations

  • Just culture.

  • Core safety teams.

  • Safety culture data.

  • Safety culture debriefings.

  • Global medical errors.

  • Leadership walk-rounds.

  • Safety simulations.

  • Conflict resolution.

  • Leading as a patient safety officer.

  • Quality improvement.

  • Process improvement.

  • Lean safety principles and waste reduction.

  • Learning from defects.

  • Root cause analysis.

  • Failure mode and effects analysis.

  • Proactive risk assessment.

  • Leadership engagement.

  • Quality improvement in complex systems.

  • Quality indicators.

  • Framework of infection control.

  • Infection prevention teams.

  • Antibiotic control and stewardship.

  • Infection control strategies.

  • Data collection for surgical site infections.

  • Care coordination and handoffs.

  • Institutional safety and operational reports.

  • Data presentation for executive committees.

  • Physician engagement strategies.

  • Talking to physicians about performance.

  • Fundamentals of physician leadership.