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Center for Patient Safety Science

Education

Education is a core tenet at the Center for Patient Safety Science, and Columbia University Irving Medical Center is one of the few hospitals in the country with a fellowship program focused on quality and patient safety. 

Our advanced programs provide clinicians and researchers with the latest best practices and the skills needed to lead teams in building tomorrow’s patient safety innovations.

Quality and Patient Safety Academy

A 12-month program sponsored by NYP and CPSS at Columbia to deliver high quality performance improvement education.

Patient Safety and Health Services Research (PSR) Fellowship

Leveraging health IT and informatics to develop a diverse cadre of next-generation leaders and make important advances in healthcare delivery.

House Staff Training

Patient Safety Research Elective

We are seeking CUIMC House Staff (“Scholars”) with a strong interest in patient safety to join us for a research elective.

Medical Student Training

Learn about the SLIM Summer Patient Safety Research Intensive and Scholarly Projects in Patient Safety for 1st- and 4th-year medical students.

QPS Writing Core

This broad Learning Health System initiative from CPSS provides templates, tutorials, and other guidance to help develop abstracts, posters, and journal submissions.​