Demonstrating the value of postgraduate fellowships for physicians in quality improvement and patient safety.

Background: Academic fellowships in quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS) have emerged as one strategy to fill a need for physicians who possess this expertise. The authors aimed to characterise the impact of two such programmes on the graduates and their value to the institutions in which they are housed.

Methods: In 2018, a qualitative study of two US QIPS postgraduate fellowship programmes was conducted.

Qualitative Methods in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), created to fund research guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader health care community, offers a new research venue. Many (41 of 50) first funded projects involved qualitative research methods. This study was completed to examine the current state of the science of qualitative methodologies used in PCORI-funded research.