Building Capacity in Health Professionals to Conduct Quality Improvement: Evaluation From a Collaborative Interorganizational Program.
Background: The Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network Health Professions Innovation Fellowship Program began in 2014 as a pilot initiative among 4 academic teaching hospitals in Toronto, Ontario. The purpose of the Program was to cultivate applied leadership, interprofessional collaboration, and...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Nursing Care Quality Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 229 - 235 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jul-Sep2021
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