Education
We are committed to providing educational opportunities for our residents, fellows, faculty and healthcare professionals. Drs. Gunjan Tiyyagura and Noa Fleiss co-direct our quality education program. For residents and fellows, we partner with the GME office and offer a distinction track. For faculty and healthcare professionals we offer our Pediatric Quality Academy which will begin its 3rd year this spring.
Residents and Fellows: Quality Improvement Track
The GME based HEPSQI track will provide practical and real-world education and experience for trainees who desire to begin a journey in healthcare improvement through rigorous improvement science and collaboration. Trainees who complete this pathway will have a firm foundation to continue and begin to lead quality improvement efforts in their next roles. Fulfillment of the requirements of this work will be awarded a certificate of distinction in quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare equity. Noa Fleiss, MD and Gunjan Tiyyagura, MD, MHS are co-directors of pediatric quality and safety education.
Noa Fleiss joined the Yale Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine faculty in 2020 as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, after completing her Neonatology Fellowship and Pediatric Residency at New York Presbyterian - Columbia University. Dr. Fleiss serves as the Director of Quality Improvement for the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital NICU, leading several projects focused on non-invasive respiratory care, infection prevention, and maternal mental health. She is the co-director of the quality improvement pediatric residency curriculum and is a mentor to trainees interested in improvement work. Her clinical research interests are in neonatal infectious diseases, specifically the diagnosis and management of neonatal sepsis.
Gunjan Tiyyagura completed her pediatric residency and chief residency at Columbia University before coming to Yale University for her Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship and a Masters in Health Science. Her primary interests are in improving recognition and reporting child abuse and neglect in acute care settings and developing family-centered interventions for household violence. She is the co-director of pediatric quality and safety education and the co-director of research in pediatric emergency medicine. She loves mentoring and teaching trainees and has worked with numerous trainees in research and QI.
2024-25 Yale GME Distinction Pathway in Healthcare Equity, Patient Safety, and Quality Improvement (HEPSQI)
SIGN-UPs are now open!
We are excited to welcome you to the Yale GME Distinction Pathway in Healthcare Equity, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety. The goal of the distinction pathway is to ensure a firm foundation to continue and begin to lead quality improvement efforts in their next roles.
The Yale GME Distinction Pathway in Healthcare Equity, Patient Safety, and Quality Improvement (HEPSQI) will provide practical and real-world education and experience for trainees who desire to begin a journey in healthcare improvement through rigorous improvement science and collaboration. Trainees who complete this pathway will have a firm foundation to continue and begin to lead quality improvement efforts in their next roles. Fulfillment of the requirements of this work will be awarded a certificate of distinction in quality improvement, patient safety, and healthcare equity.
Yale Gme Distinction Pathway: Healthcare Equity, Patient Safety, And Quality Improvement
To ensure longitudinal learning, the pathway typically takes 12 months or more and should be completed by the time that candidate graduates from their program. Successful completion of the checklist elements will be determined by departmental vice-chair or designated QI Educator, in conjunction with the GME QI Educators Committee.
Required Elements
- Obtain the Basic IHI Certificate ~17 hours
- Attend the GME sponsored Fall/Winter QI Bootcamps or departmentally sponsored didactics with similar learning objective ~8 hours
- Launch a QI project culminating in project presentation using recommended rubric (Variable time)
- Participate in a safety event analysis-simulation, departmental or hospital event review, RCA, M&M ~3 hours
- Submit a safety event report (SAFER, JPSR)
- Conduct (1) Peer Teaching Sessions related on any topic in QI/PS ~3 hours
- Attend (1) relevant YNHH, VA, or YHHS QI Workgroup, committee, or leadership meeting ~1 hour
Optional and Encouraged Elements
- Submit abstract for annual spring GME QI night and/or Health System annual spring QI Conference
- Local/regional/National presentation of QI/PS project
- Scholarship/manuscript publication
Sign Up
Because this is a rolling process, there will not be a deadline for the distinction pathway. Please direct questions to Linda Fan.
For Faculty and Healthcare Professionals: Pediatric Quality Academy
The Pediatric Quality Academy is a comprehensive nine-month course designed for medical directors and their nursing leader partners to enhance their skills in quality improvement within pediatric healthcare. Meeting monthly for 90-minute sessions, the program includes brief five-minute presentations from each student group, followed by a focused didactic session. To support participants in applying their learning, each team is paired with an expert coach who provides guidance between sessions. The next cohort, launching in March, will mark the final group exclusively for medical directors. Beginning in 2026, the course will be expanded to welcome the general faculty, broadening its impact on pediatric healthcare quality initiatives.