The Society of Academic Urologists is forming a Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Education Task Force, and seek your help.  Since the ACGME’s 2017 revision of the Common Program Requirements, safety and quality expectations for residency programs have expanded significantly.

Programs must build a culture of safety, educate residents in QI methodology, ensure participation in safety event reporting and analysis, train in adverse event disclosure, and maintain safe transitions of care — among other requirements. Many programs lack faculty with dedicated quality and safety expertise, and these deficiencies are a frequent cause of ACGME citations.

What We’re Building

We are developing a national, freely available educational toolkit for urology residency programs and directors.  We anticipate partnering and collaborating with the AUA, likely through representatives of the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee of the AUA Science and Quality Council. Content will include recorded expert didactic lectures, educational video scenarios, structured workshop and role-play scripts for local use, templates and handouts, and knowledge assessments. Potential topic areas include safety event reporting, QI methodology, root cause analysis, adverse event disclosure, M&M optimization, and structured handoffs and transitions of care, fatigue mitigations, among others.

Who We Need

We are looking for SAU members with significant experience in patient safety, quality improvement, surgical quality programs, adverse event disclosure, ACGME quality/safety requirements, or medical education curriculum development in these areas.

Timeline

Once charged, the task force would liaise with the AUA, develop a working plan for project management, and prioritize deliverables and provide periodic updates to the SAU Board of Directors in anticipation of the September 2026, February 2027, and May 2027 in person BOD meetings.

Deadline to apply is June 5, 2026.