Interested in Becoming a Fellow?
The Fellows are a diverse group of motivated health care leaders working in patient safety, quality, performance improvement, and risk management. They include senior executives, medical directors, nurse executives and managers, patient safety officers, risk managers and consultants, physicians, nurses, infection preventionists, pharmacy leaders, performance improvement leaders, and other health care professionals. Fellows exhibit:
- Prior training and experience and/or demonstrated interest in working to develop and implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives
- Vision, passion and capability to make care safer in health care organizations
- Insight, courage and evidence of a commitment to lifelong growth and development
- Capacity and willingness to learn in collaboration with other health care professionals and leaders through action, reflection, feedback and support
- Commitment (from the employing organization and individual) for the fellow's continuing employment and active engagement in the fellowship throughout the year-long experience, as well as financial support for tuition and travel expenses
Organizations can send individuals or teams to participate in the AHA-NPSF Comprehensive Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. Sending a team of leaders is the most effective way to integrate and sustain the work of Fellows within your organization, making their learning process more rewarding and transferable across the organization. It is recommended that teams submit one Action Learning Project proposal as part of the application process.
