HMS MISSION

To create and nurture a diverse community of the best people

committed to leadership in alleviating human suffering caused by disease.
DEAN'S OVERVIEW

Harvard Medical Schools Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership program (SQIL) offers an exclusive opportunity to explore the cornerstones of high-
quality healthcare. It is an intensive one-year certificate program designed to develop knowledge and skills in the science and implementation of safety and
quality programs in a hospital setting, the fundamental premise of the Institute of Medicines Learning Health System concept.

The exposure to top Harvard faculty and clinical experts and administrative leaders from our Harvard-affiliated hospitals, including the Massachusetts
General Hospital, the Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Childrens Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Joslin Clinic, and the Brigham and
Womens Hospital make this a unique program. But thats not all. Two of our three program directors, Professor Friedman and Professor Sheikh, from the
University of Michigan and Edinburgh University, respectively, provide this program with a global perspective that enriches the experience for all students.
Best practices and pragmatic solutions from different parts of the world are showcased. Students interact and learn from each other.

Our pedagogic model of hybrid education provides learning ideally suited to the busy professional. It allows you to learn while still working.

We anticipate that graduating students will acquire many of the skills required to take their organization to a new level of performance. Indeed, we expect
graduates to become leaders in quality, safety and informatics.

David Roberts, MD
Dean for External Education
Harvard Medical School

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

SQILs blended-learning style combines interactive web-based learning with face-to-face, team- and individual-based teaching methods. All instructional
materials are prerecorded and available online, making this a truly global and continuously available virtual classroom. During each workshop, which
complements the online learning activities, students will interact with Harvard-based faculty and instructors from other leading institutions and learn or
improve integral skills like critical thinking, team-building and problem solving.

The program curriculum is comprised of approximately 15 interactive webinar lectures and 30 recorded online lectures of 45 minutes in each area, patient
safety, quality and informatics, with an ongoing focus on leadership. The webinars and lectures are supported by the three workshops, involving case
discussions around the Learning Health System, implementing change in the skills development setting of a simulation center, and learning how to
integrate quality, safety and informatics into the healthcare delivery environment.

During the programs final phase, participants will be expected to develop and present a capstone project, which will demonstrate a strategy for measurable
improvement in an area that addresses patient safety, quality or informatics. All participants who achieve the program objectives are granted a certificate
of completion, and will be eligible to become associate members of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard University Alumni Association.

The SQIL curriculum will enable participants to:

Understand the scientific underpinnings of patient safety, healthcare quality and clinical informatics
Develop leadership skills, focused on implementing change
Address quality and safety issues in a clinical context using a case-based approach
Organize, write and potentially implement a proposal for a safety, quality and informatics project relevant to their clinical setting.

Learn more about the SQIL program on the web at hms.harvard.edu/sqil

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CORE CURRICULUM

SQILs core curriculum is divided into four components: quality improvement, patient safety, health informatics and leadership. The curriculum is delivered
through the live webinars and recorded online lectures, and is anchored by the three workshops which will concentrate on elements of the Learning
Health System. A common thread in the SQIL program is an emphasis on the Institute of Medicines concept of the Learning Health System. This
concept is designed to generate and apply the best evidence for the collaborative healthcare choices of each patient and provider, to drive the process
of discovery as a natural outgrowth of patient care, and to ensure innovation, quality, safety, and value. Science, informatics, incentives and culture are
aligned for continuous improvement and innovation, with best practices seamlessly embedded in the delivery process, and new knowledge captured as
an integral by-product of the delivery experience.

Patient Safety Informatics

-Understanding the epidemiology, causes and consequences -Using clinical decision support to enhance quality and safety
of medical errors -Utilizing databases and data mining
-Strategies to reduce iatrogenic harm
Quality Leadership
-Measuring quality in clinical practice -Implementing change in healthcare
-Engaging frontline staff in improving quality -Assessing organizational structures and priorities

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PROGRAM STRUCTURE

PROGRAM DIRECTORS
CHARLES FRIEDMAN, PhD
Josiah Macy, Jr Professor of Medical Education
Chair, Department of Learning Health Sciences
Professor of Learning Health Sciences
Medical School, Professor of Information
School of Information and Professor of Health
Management and Policy
University of Michigan Medical School
AZIZ SHEIKH,
OBE, BSc, MBBS, MSc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP,
FRCPE, FRSE, FFPH, FMedSci, FACMI
Professor of Primary Care Research &
Development Co-Director
Centre for Population Health Studies
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
University of Edinburgh
AJAY K. SINGH, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Senior Associate Dean
Global and Continuing Education
Harvard Medical School
Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ajay_Singh@hms.harvard.edu

PROGRAM OUTLINE
This program has a course design that combines traditional, face-to-face class time with online and out-of-class course work. In addition to the workshop
learning, there are approximately 50 didactic recorded online lectures and approximately 10 interactive webinars. Students work in teams and participate in 3
team assignments over the course of the year as well as working on an individual capstone project in the second half of the year.

WORKSHOPS
MAY 19th - 21st, 2017
The first workshop takes place in London, UK. It includes sessions on the principles of patient safety, potential errors and corrective action, performance
improvement models, performance measurement and analytics, and choosing targets for quality improvement intervention. During this workshop, SQIL
participants will be organized into their working teams for the entire 12-month program.

NOVEMBER 11th - 14th, 2017

The second workshop takes place at the Harvard Center in Shanghai, China and focuses on the principles of quality improvement and safety, and importance
of teamwork and team leadership.

MAY 10th - 13th, 2018

The third and final workshop takes place at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. Sessions will focus on leadership in healthcare, using examples of learning
health systems, and strategies for long-term sustainment and feasibility. The workshop will include sessions in a simulation center to replicate operating room,
emergency room and ward-based situations. At the workshops conclusion, each student receives a certificate of completion.

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HARVARD FACULTY
HEATHER BAER, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Epidemiologist
Brigham and Womens Hospital
MUJEEB BASIT, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
JENNIFER BELOFF, MSN, RN, APN-C
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Director of Quality
Brigham and Women's Hospital
ALEXANDER CARBO, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
BRADLEY CROTTY, MD, MPH
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director of Patient Portals
Associate Director of Informatics Training
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
REBECCA CUNNINGHAM, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director
Integrated Care and Management Program
Brigham and Women's Health Care
CHRISTIAN DANKERS, MD, MBA
Instructor in Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Medical Director
Department of Quality and Safety
Brigham and Women's Hospital
SONALI DESAI, MD, MPH
Director of Quality
Department of Medicine
Director of Ambulatory Patient Safety
Attending Rheumatologist
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
JESSICA DUDLEY, MD YAEL HEHER, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School
Chief Medical Officer Director of Quality Assurance and
Brigham and Women's Physicians Improvement in Pathology Beth Israel
Organization Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
SUSAN EDGMAN-LEVITAN, PA ALLEN KACHALIA, MD, JD
Lecturer on Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School
Executive Director Associate Professor of Health Policy and
John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Management
Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Chief Quality Officer
HENRY FELDMAN, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School GREGG MEYER, MD, MSc
Chief Information Architect Lecturer on Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School
Chief Clinical Officer
PATRICIA FOLCARELLI, RN, PhD Partners HealthCare
Director of Patient Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CHARLES POZNER, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
ERIC GORALNICK, MD, MS Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical Director
Harvard Medical School Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for
Instructor of Health Policy and Management Medical Simulation
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Brigham and Women's Hospital
Medical Director of Emergency Preparedness
Brigham and Women's Health Care SANDHYA K. RAO, MD
Instructor in Medicine
DOROTHY GOULART, MS, RN Harvard Medical School
Director of Performance Improvement Medical Director, Population Health
Center for Clinical Excellence Partners HealthCare
Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Medical Director for Quality
Improvement
JEFFREY GREENBERG, MD, MBA Massachusetts General Physicians
Assistant Professor of Medicine Organization
Harvard Medical School
Associate Medical Director JOHN ROSSI, MBA
Brigham and Women's Lead Consultant, Performance Improvement
Physicians Organization Brigham and Women's Hospital
Medical Director, Innovation Hub
Medical Director of the Standardized Clinical CHARLES SAFRAN, MD, MS
Assessment and Management Program Professor of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics
JOHN HALAMKA, MD, MS Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Harvard Medical School KENNETH SANDS, BIDMC, MD, MPH
Chief Quality Office
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
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KATHERINE SANTOS
Director of Performance Improvement
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
GORDON SCHIFF, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Patient Safety
Research and Practice
Brigham and Women's Hospital
JO SHAPIRO, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Otolaryngology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
SARA SINGER, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Professor of Management and Policy
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
ROBERT SUTFIN, MBA
Director, Decision Support Systems
Brigham and Women's Hospital
JONATHAN TEICH, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Elsevier
ANJALA TESS, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Quality Improvement and Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
YURI QUINTANA, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Global Health Informatics
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
LI ZHOU, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Senior Medical Informatician
Partners HealthCare
GUEST FACULTY

JULIA ADLER-MILSTEIN, PhD ANDREW MORRIS, FRSE, FMedSci
Assistant Professor Professor of Medicine
School of Information and School of Public Health University of Edinburgh
University of Michigan Director
Institute of Population Health Sciences University of
DAVID BLUMENTHAL, MD, MPP Edinburgh
Samuel O. Their Professor of Medicine, Emeritus Vice Principal of Data Science
Harvard Medical School University of Edinburgh
President, The Commonwealth Fund
ROSALIND RAINE, MBBS, PHD
SIMON DENEGRI Professor of Health Care Evaluation
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) National Applied Health Research
Director for Patients and the Public in Research, Chair UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health
INVOLVE Faculty of Population Health Sciences
Director of NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in
DIPAK KALRA, PHD, FRCGP Applied Health Research and Care North Thames
Clinical Professor of Health Informatics, Director of the
Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional SAMEEN SIDDIQI, MD, MSc, DrMED
Education (CHIME), UCL Director, Department of Health Systems Development,
President of the European Institute for Health Records Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
(EuroRec) World Health Organization
HARDEEP SINGH, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Section of Health Services Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Chief, Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center
for Innovations in Quality
Effectiveness and Safety
DEAN SITTIG, PhD
Professor, University of Texas Health School of Biomedical
Informatics
JONATHAN WEINER, DrPH
Professor, Health Policy & Management and of Health
Informatics, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School
of Public Health
Director, Center for Population Health IT
The Johns Hopkins University
Bloomberg School of Public Health

The SQIL program will bring together current and emerging leaders in healthcare with top Harvard faculty. The goal
of SQIL is to develop physicians, nurses and administrators into better leaders. By attending this program, you will
acquire knowledge and skills that will make you more effective, and you will also develop your global network of like-
minded people who work in healthcare.
Ajay K. Singh, MBBS, FRCP (UK), MBA
Senior Associate Dean
Global and Continuing Education
Harvard Medical School

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TESTIMONIALS

"SQIL provides an unrivaled opportunity for those interested in health policy, management, service delivery and/or research
to learn from and engage with world-class faculty in safety, quality and informatics. Students will emerge with the insights,
skills and network needed to lead and contribute to building the next generation health systems."
Charles Safran, MD, MS, FACMI
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

"SQIL has been invaluable to me as a physician leader. Quality and safety are the new holy grail for healthcare. Until now
I have been lost in the acronym soup of meeting with nursing managers and others who have masters degrees in these
topics. SQIL has put me in the conversation and on equal footing with non-physician managers and directors when it
comes to the use of technology and strategies to improve quality and patient safety."
Jim Keany, MD
Associate Director, Emergency Services
Mission Hospital Regional Medical and Trauma Center
Viejo, California, USA

"The SQIL course is an assemblage of professionals from all over the world which make the workshops ideal for students to
network professionally and socially and to learn from each others experiences of working in different healthcare systems.
While a great deal of insight is gained from course faculty, even more comes from the exchange of ideas with fellow
students."
Nairah Rasul-Syed, MBChB
Specialist in Family Medicine
Health Point Hospital, Mubadala Healthcare
Abu Dhabi, UAE

"The SQIL program attracts a truly international cohort of highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals from diverse
backgrounds of proven prior success. Already a variety of spin-off projects and partnerships have commenced among
program alumni and I expect that these relationships will continue long-term and produce some real game-changing
innovations."
Vinay Rane, MBBS
Forensic Physician, Obstetrician
Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital
Brisbane, Australia

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APPLICATION INFORMATION

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
The Harvard Medical School Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership program is designed for clinicians, administrators and policy makers in
leadership roles in clinical quality and/or patient safety. Candidates for the program should indicate any doctoral-level degree (for example: MD,
PhD, MBBS, MBChB, DNP, MSN, DMD, DDC, PharmD), or masters level degree (for example: MBA, MPH, MSc).

APPLICATION DEADLINES
Early Application: February 17th, 2017
Final Application: April 17th, 2017

REGISTRATION
The early registration payment for accepted applications of $13,900 (USD) must be received by March 24th, 2017
The final registration payment for accepted applications of $14,900 (USD) must be received by April 28th, 2017
The online application form is available at: http://hms.harvard.edu/sqil.
To qualify for early registration tuition, all application materials must be received by the early registration date. All applications will
be reviewed by a faculty admissions panel. Tuition includes fees for the three workshops and all four modules (summer, fall, winter and
spring). Fees do not include books, supplies, statistics software or travel expenses.

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