Interprofessional education in action: the VA Quality Scholars fellowship program.

Although there are many examples of interprofessional education activities that focus on quality and safety, few include longitudinal experiences of teams working together over time. One exception is the Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars (VAQS) fellowship program. This article describes the integration of interprofessional education into the VAQS fellowship program, offers 2 examples of interprofessional projects conducted by the fellows, and discusses the VAQS program as a model for others to consider in developing interprofessional training programs in safety and quality improvement.

Selecting the best clinical vignettes for academic meetings: should the scoring tool criteria be modified?

Background: The performance of scoring tools to select clinical vignettes for presentation at academic meetings has never been assessed.

Objective: To measure the psychometric properties of two scoring tools used to select clinical vignettes and to determine which elements are most helpful.

Design: Prospective observational study.