GME Quality & Safety Foundations Course

Now available at no cost to all UW training programs and redesigned to be modular.

See below for session dates and content and enroll your program here.

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Overview

The Graduate Medical Education (GME) Quality & Safety Foundations Course provides residents and fellows with efficient, high-quality training in quality improvement and patient safety. Participation satisfies Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) common program requirements for practicing communication after harm, and prepares learners to engage with QI and safety clinical activities.

Key Details

  • WHO: Designed for UW training programs and their complete roster of residents and fellows.
  • WHAT: Modular, targeted sessions mixing in-person, virtual, and asynchronous learning. Offered on a recurring basis to facilitate attendance in the complete series over time.
  • WHERE:  Some sessions held live online, others in person at Seattle Children’s Hospital Sand Point Learning Center.
  • COST: Freely available to all UW training programs.

Modules and dates

Quality Improvement Modules

QI Design Workshop 

Offered in-person at Sand Point Learning Center
  • Friday, November 6, 2026 8am-11am PT
  • Monday, December 14, 2026 8am-11am PT
  • Tuesday, March 2, 2027 8am-11am PT

Get Data with Slicer Dicer 

Offered virtually
  • Tuesday, September 29, 2026 12pm-2pm PT
  • Wednesday, December 2, 2026 5pm-7pm PT
  • Thursday, February 11, 2027 12pm-2pm PT
  • Wednesday, April 28, 2027 5pm-7pm PT

QI Measures and Analyzing Data

Offered as an asynchronous video module

Patient Safety Modules

Patient Safety Event Analysis & Communication After Harm

Offered virtually
  • Thursday, October 29, 2026 8am-11am PT
  • Friday, January 29, 2027 8am-11am PT
  • Monday, May 24, 2027 8am-11am PT

Cognitive Bias and Diagnostic Error

Offered as an asynchronous video module

TeamSTEPPS

Offered in-person at Sand Point Learning Center
  • Dates TBD

Learning Objectives and Curriculum

Upon completion, trainees will be able to: 

  • Apply foundational quality improvement tools
  • Contribute to patient safety efforts
  • Participate in error disclosure programs
  • Activate UW Medicine specific resources to address quality and safety problems 

Enrollment

Program Directors and Administrators: Please indicate interest for your program and enroll using this link.