Integrate quality improvement in medical training

In Kenya, training of nurses and doctors has been highly structured, with government institutions like the Kenya Medical Training College driving the process for some healthcare workers. Private healthcare organisations such as the Nairobi Hospital and Aga Khan University have also rolled out their training programmes to augment efforts to meet the country’s health workforce availability. Although a few entries on quality and safety have been made in the healthcare management graduate courses, none had quality and safety training sufficiently integrated into the clinical curriculum as examinable subjects. In Kenya, only the Aga Khan University Hospital, has international certification for post-graduate education of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education(ACGME) with a quality improvement and patient safety programme.