Using Dashboards to Support Continuous Quality Improvement in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Identifier/URL
41474896 (Pure); 39230808 (PubMed); PMC11780057 (PubMedCentral)
Abstract
Like other complex systems, medical education programs require a systematic continuous quality improvement (CQI) approach to drive effective improvement. Accreditation bodies in both undergraduate medical education (UME) and graduate medical education (GME) require programs to have effective CQI processes. Dashboards facilitate visualization and tracking of key metrics that impact medical education programming, thus driving excellence. Keys to developing useful dashboards include using existing program evaluation frameworks to identify desired outputs, determine acceptable evidence, and identify key data sources. In developing dashboards, it is important to consider data management including oversight and appropriate sharing of reports. When effectively developed and delivered to key parties, data dashboards serve as valuable tools to drive improvement of medical education programing. The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance for dashboard implementation and use in medical education, with a focus on UME and GME, based on available literature and experiences in our own institutions.
Repository Citation
Dufault, C. L.,
Colson, E. R.,
Dallaghan, G. L.,
Buchanan, A. O.,
Aagaard, E. M.,
Blaylock, L.,
Wroblewski, M.,
Osterberg, L.,
Roman, B. J.,
& Coplit, L.
(2025). Using Dashboards to Support Continuous Quality Improvement in Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 40 (1), 171-176.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/psychiatry/81
DOI
10.1007/s11606-024-09011-2
Comments
Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2024.