VA Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Patient Safety

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Program Announcement

Program details and application procedures:
Program Announcement

Program Overview

The Office of Academic Affiliations and the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announce a one year fellowship in patient safety. The purpose of the Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Patient Safety is to provide post-residency trained physicians and post doctoral or post masters degree trained associated health professionals (such as nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, social workers and health care administrators) in-depth education in patient safety practice and leadership.

This program is accepting applications for two positions at each of the six training sites.

The Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Patient Safety links individualized, mentored training at the five training sites to a state-of-the-art curriculum in the science of patient safety improvement. Fellowship sites are linked electronically for didactic, academic and research efforts.

To apply, contact the Program Director(s) at on of the following sites:

Ann Arbor, MI
Linda Williams, RN, MSI
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Dr., Lobby M
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
(734) 930-5890

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Indianapolis , IN
Richard M. Frankel, Ph.D

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Lexington , KY
Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH

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Philadelphia, PA
Gregg Lipschik, MD
University and Woodland Aves
MS 111
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 823-4460

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Pittsburgh, PA
David Eibling, MD, FACS
University Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15240
(412) 360-6359

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Tampa , FL
Gail Powell-Cope PhD, ARNP, FAAN
Tatjana Bulat , MD

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White River Junction, VT
Bradley Vince Watts, MD
Julia Neily, RN, MS, MPH
Peter Mills, PhD, MS