The 19th annual Patient Safety Fellowship is looking toward the future. During the Patient Safety Challenge Fellowship this summer, fellows will reimagine health care starting from a patient/family perspective and designing it to be vastly safer. Leaving legacy systems behind, fellows will produce a vision of a safer model of care. Fellows will have access to mentors – nationally recognized leaders in patient safety – to help shape their vision. The curriculum will inform the fellows’ understanding of the existing patient safety landscape and opportunities for reinventing the system.

The outcome will be a concept presentation that fellow teams will present in-person at the expo-style Finale on August 14. Academic and healthcare leaders from the Pittsburgh-region will be invited to the finale to hear fellows ideas. A panel of judges will pick a winner, and the winning team will receive a $5,000 cash prize.