QUALITY AND SAFETY CURRICULUM
Preparing Medical Students to be Physician Leaders
The Pritzker School of Medicine students participate in a mentored scholarly project during their four years focusing on one of five scholarly tracks: Scientific Investigation (Basic/Translational Sciences, Clinical Research, and Health Services & Data Science); Community Health; Global Health; Medical Education; and Healthcare Delivery Improvement Sciences.
Quality and safety topics have been fully integrated into the HDST curriculum. This initiative educates and prepares medical students to be physician leaders who are able to blend the science of health care delivery into their chosen area of practice.
Advancing through Education
HDSI Certificate Program
Launched in 2021, the Certificate in Healthcare Delivery Science and Innovation is designed to offer Pritzker Medical Students structured training in healthcare delivery sciences. Eligible to first- and second- year medical students, the HDSI Certificate Program requirements build on the foundation of the required curriculum for medical students, incorporating additional coursework and field experiences in real-life healthcare settings and value-added roles to emphasize healthcare delivery science and innovation principles.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
—Albert Einstein
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INNOVATION, RESEARCH AND TEAMWORK
Summer Research Program
The Pritzker School of Medicine’s Summer Research Program is an eleven-week medical research opportunity available to first year medical students. The number of students seeking research opportunities in healthcare delivery science continues to grow. HDSI provides funding for this program, offers an annual award for the Best Healthcare Delivery Science project and organizes unique learning opportunities to explore Chicago’s healthcare startup community. In addition to their research, students are required to attend weekly cluster meetings and seminars. At the end of the eleven weeks, participants present their research at the Summer Research Forum. There, students are judged and are eligible to receive cash prizes.
The 25th Annual Summer Research Program Award Winners
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2024)
- Alec Jacobson
Mentor: Elbert Huang
The Formation and Impact of Goals in Older Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2022)
- Meredith Hollender
Mentor: Kimberly Stanford, MD, MPH
Utilization of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) Leads to Improved Uptake of Recommended Services for Sexual Assault Survivors in the Emergency Department
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2021)
- Stratton Tolmie
Mentor: William Parker, MD
Improved Overall Survival for all Candidates as well as Survival Benefit Amongst Highest Priority Candidates Undergoing Heart Transplant in the US
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2020)
- Sukarn Chokkara
Mentor: Valerie Press, MD, MPH & Juan Rojas, MD, MS
Quality of Care for Patients Hospitalized for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2019)
- Nathan Muntz
Mentor: Shyam Prabhakaran, MD, MS
Stroke Mimic Burden: Review of Trends and Diagnostic Scoring Systems
Healthcare Delivery Science Award (2018)
- Maximilian Hemmrich
Mentor: Valerie Press, MD, MPH
Derivation and Validation of a COPD Readmission Risk Prediction Tool
