Quality Improvement Writing Group

The Institute for Healthcare Quality, Safety and Efficiency (IHQSE) is requesting applications for entry into our QI Writing Group. This program will provide a structured and mentored manuscript preparation experience for QI scholars or those just looking to share their QI outcomes. Applicants should have a current or past project with results ready to publish. These type of results may include a project that has reached its goal, a project with a change in a process or outcome measure, a project with an important lesson learned, or a project with a unique intervention. At the end of the program, participants will have a complete and fully edited manuscript ready for submission. 

Writing Group Dates

The application cycle for the Fall/Winter 2023 cohort is closed. Spring dates will be announced soon.

Course Overview

This 10 session, 20-week experience will provide a structured and mentored manuscript preparation experience for QI scholars.  Sessions are 1 hour and delivered via Zoom.

• Sessions comprise a short didactic followed by mentored manuscript review;
• Core content include SQUIRE Guidelines, key section requirements, copy/line editing, and responding to reviewers;
• Participants will prepare manuscript section drafts between sessions;
• Mentors and peers will review each section draft between sessions and provide constructive feedback during sessions.

Topics Covered

Getting started writing and writing the Introduction
Writing a great paper
Methods section
Tables and figures
Results section
Editing and copy editing
Discussion section
Hitting submit
Abstracts
Responding to reviewers

Registration

Price: $999

Registration for the Fall/Winter 2023 cohort is closed. Spring dates will be announced soon.

Questions? Please direct all questions about the IHQSE or QIWG to Anne Kercsmar, Program Manager, IHQSE at ihqse@cuanschutz.edu.