Sketch of the CE-QI Bridge

The bridge between continuing education and quality improvement.

In September I attended a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on the topic of quality improvement in continuing education in the health professions. A major topic of discussion in Baltimore was how best to facilitate communication between professionals working in the quality improvment (QI) field, and professionals working in the continuing education (CE) field. After the Baltimore meeting ended, the discussion continued in a forum on LinkedIn. One of the discussants -- Tiffany Harazinova of Indianapolis, Indiana -- wrote that we need to build a bridge between the worlds of CE and QI. Her comment captured my imagination, and I had recently set up a drawing board in my basement workshop, so I had some fun with Tiffany's suggestion. Here's what came out. (My friend Matt really likes the sharks.)