Quality Improvement Consultant (QIC) Program registration now open: The Health Quality Council's QIC Program will lead participants through an intense year-long professional development course in quality improvement science. Success is designed into the program by having participants immediately apply the skills and methods learned to an improvement project. (March 17, 2009)

Latest issue of Qreview newsletter now available: Read about a medication reconciliation project in Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region that has spread to over 26 sites, the state of clinical practice redesign in Saskatchewan according to Advanced Access guru Catherine Tantau, observations from CEO Bonnie Brossart about facing the challenge of overhauling health care head-on, and other articles. (March 6, 2009)

Awkward - New blog post by Kishore Visvanathan: The problem with first-year medical students is that they haven't yet learned which questions not to ask. Two weeks ago, I had a student spending the afternoon with me at my office. We met a patient and his wife, and talked with them about the results of a CT scan he had done earlier in the day. After the visit, the student asked me "Why did he have to come to your office today?" Her concern was that the man had difficulty walking and had recently moved into a care home an hour away from Saskatoon. (March 6, 2009)

Who should attend Releasing Time to Care workshop? The April 7th and 8th introductory workshop is open to anyone who wants to learn more about Releasing Time to Care: The Productive Ward© (RTC) - including physicians, pharmacists, RNs, LPNs, RPNs, aides, senior leaders, union representatives, educators, or staff from maintenance or housekeeping. Register today. (February 27, 2009)