UT IHI Open School Chapter

Who We Are

The University of Toronto Chapter of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (UT IHI) Open School is an interdisciplinary educational community that gives students the skills to become change agents in health care improvement.

Our Chapter believes that, to provide the best care possible, we should demand the best of ourselves and the best of the system in which we work. Everyone deserves safe and effective health care, and we have been working with health care providers and leaders to fulfill that promise.

In 2004, it was estimated that of the 2.5 million annual hospital admissions in Canada, nearly 70,000 were associated with potentially preventable adverse events, including disability, prolonged hospital stays, and death (Baker et al., 2004)

Since January 2009, we have been providing students from health care (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, etc.) and health care related (engineering, health policy, public health, etc.) disciplines with educational and practical experience opportunities in leadership, patient safety, and quality improvement.

We strive to improve health care through…

• Awareness: Building the will for change and the conviction that improvement is possible.
• Education: Building the capacity for change through knowledge exchange and training.
• Collaboration: Working together to spread best practices and yield breakthrough results.