PARTICIPATE!
Are you interested in the opportunity to design and deliver initiatives to enhance Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in healthcare?
Would you like to gain hands-on experience in improving patient outcomes, system performance, and the prevention of medical errors and complications?
Participate in a quality improvement practicums offered by the IHI UBC in partnership with Providence Health Care!
Are you interested in the opportunity to design and deliver initiatives to enhance Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in healthcare?
Would you like to gain hands-on experience in improving patient outcomes, system performance, and the prevention of medical errors and complications?
Participate in a quality improvement practicums offered by the IHI UBC in partnership with Providence Health Care!
Applications for the Annual IHI UBC Quality Improvement Scholarship are now being accepted!
In partnership with the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council (BCPSQC), the scholarship will support students in attending and/or presenting at high calibre inter-professional QI conferences (locally, nationally, and internationally) to expand their knowledge in health care quality improvement during the 2015 – 2016 school year.
The top applicant will receive 100% support to attend an international conference (including registration fees, airfare, and accommodation) up to a maximum of $2000. The second place applicant will receive 100% support for national conference fees up to a maximum of $1250. And up to 10 runner ups will be supported to attend the 2016 Vancouver Quality Forum in Vancouver.
Deadline to apply is November 6th, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
Please email all required documents to [email protected] (subject line: IHI Scholarship Application)
Eligibility:
1) Be a full-time UBC student
2) Be an IHI UBC member
How to join:
1. Sign in to OrgSync using your CWL
2. Search “IHI UBC”
3. Press “Join Club” and complete the online waiver form
Please submit the following:
1) A letter of intent outlining:
This letter is an opportunity for you to describe a QI project you would like to present at the conference, or the QI work you are currently involved with or are planning to become with in the near future. Max 2 pages.
2) An up to date CV
3) Additional information:
Scholarship Recipients for 2014-2015
In partnership with the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council (BCPSQC), the scholarship will support students in attending and/or presenting at high calibre inter-professional QI conferences (locally, nationally, and internationally) to expand their knowledge in health care quality improvement during the 2015 – 2016 school year.
The top applicant will receive 100% support to attend an international conference (including registration fees, airfare, and accommodation) up to a maximum of $2000. The second place applicant will receive 100% support for national conference fees up to a maximum of $1250. And up to 10 runner ups will be supported to attend the 2016 Vancouver Quality Forum in Vancouver.
Deadline to apply is November 6th, 2015 at 11:59 PM.
Please email all required documents to [email protected] (subject line: IHI Scholarship Application)
Eligibility:
1) Be a full-time UBC student
2) Be an IHI UBC member
How to join:
1. Sign in to OrgSync using your CWL
2. Search “IHI UBC”
3. Press “Join Club” and complete the online waiver form
Please submit the following:
1) A letter of intent outlining:
- Name and purpose of the Quality Improvement (QI) conference you would like to attend
- Personal and professional motivations for attending the conference
- How you anticipate on applying what you learn at the conference to the local Vancouver community.
This letter is an opportunity for you to describe a QI project you would like to present at the conference, or the QI work you are currently involved with or are planning to become with in the near future. Max 2 pages.
2) An up to date CV
3) Additional information:
- Agreement to present a brief presentation about your experience at a 2015-2016 IHI UBC Speaker Series event
- Agreement to complete a blog post (uploaded to the IHI UBC website www.ihiubc.com) about your experience at the conference you attended.
Scholarship Recipients for 2014-2015
- Cody Lo
- Csilla Egri
- Daniel Raff
- Jacques Zhang
- Marissa Mar
- Mir-Kaber Mosavian-Pour
- Simon Adamson
- Taryn Gitter