Letters
Space for quality improvement
Students are underused and undervalued in quality improvement
BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2602 (Published 19 June 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2602
- Binay Gurung, fourth year medical student
- Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre for Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7HA, UK
- binay.gurung{at}doctors.org.uk
Allwood and colleagues discuss the importance of quality improvement.1 More than two decades after the UK government made it statutory for all health organisations to seek quality improvement through clinical governance,2 the collective effect of improvement projects is still far below the potential. One of the reasons for this is the failure to recognise the role and contribution of students.
Students are highly capable …
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