Quality Improvement, surgical outcomes, patient safety, population health and surgical leadership
The practice of surgery is continually changing. Data and metrics play an ever-increasing role in helping us continually improve the delivery of patient care. Data are how we are judged against our peers. Using our EHR, ACS NSQIP and QITI we are now able to evaluate our clinical performance and compare it to our peers in real time.
During your five years of residency you will be introduced to how these metrics are collected, how they are and will be shared locally and nationally and what it will mean for the future practice of surgery. You will finish residency with the skill set to use the current tools and have the foundation to adapt to future programs for quality improvement in your own practice.
As a resident at Baylor you will be involved in continuous quality improvement. A major project within the Department of Surgery is the 5 Phases of Care Teams, led by senior surgical residents under the supervision of our Surgical Safety and Quality Officer. You will also be assigned a hospital committee (see curriculum) to attend on a monthly basis to learn the inter workings of the hospital regarding patient care, financial, strategic, quality, efficiency and process/structure issues.
Our goal of involving you in what we call the intangibles of surgical training (the nonclinical) is to prepare you to be a leader in the field of surgery. The practice of surgery is rapidly changing and you will be the future of our profession. Not only will you need to learn to care for patients but you will need to learn how to navigate the changing world of medical delivery and influence how decisions are made. We feel this program along with the Leadership Seminars (see curriculum) will prepare you for local, regional or national involvement.