Shaping Future Healthcare Quality Leaders

Unique Post-graduate Opportunities to Engage in Association Management, Conduct Health Outcomes Research, Impact Value-driven Healthcare

PQA Executive Fellowship

Overview
The PQA Postdoctoral Executive Fellowship serves to produce the next generation of leaders in healthcare quality through a full-time, 12-month program based in the thriving Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The Executive Fellow collaborates with a wide variety of stakeholders at a national level to impact the quality of care patients receive. The program’s foundation begins with the applicant’s interests to foster development of core skillsets in:

  • Project management
  • Quality metric design and implementation
  • Non-profit administration and association management
  • Healthcare quality research
“The PQA Executive Fellowship has given me an exceptionally unique and comprehensive understanding of our nation’s health care system and the ever-increasing emphasis on value. Collaborating with the diverse PQA membership and leadership has supported my professional growth beyond the Fellowship, and set my career path on a trajectory for success.”
- Maria Scarlatos, PharmD, CPHQ; PQA Executive Fellow 2014-2015
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PQA Research Fellowship

Overview

The PQA Postdoctoral Research Fellowship is a full time, 12-month program designed to produce the next generation of leaders in healthcare quality research. Working from a national platform in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, the Research Fellow is immersed in a variety of public health issues surrounding appropriate medication management and use. The program focuses on the development of core skillsets as an independent healthcare quality researcher in the following areas:

  • Project management
  • Qualitative and quantitative research methods
  • Quality performance measurement design and implementation
  • Facilitation of diverse stakeholder groups to evaluate and improve the quality of medication use

The Research Fellow will further receive mentorship and training in grant and manuscript writing, teaching, and presentation experiences. Combined with significant healthcare stakeholder engagement, graduates of the program are well-positioned to begin careers in:

  • Pharmacy and other healthcare associations
  • Academia
  • Government
  • Quality organizations
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Health insurance plans
  • Healthcare technology vendors, and more
“As the first PQA Research Fellow, I have been given a uniquely dynamic and interactive opportunity to get involved in national-level healthcare quality research. The opportunity to hone my research skills through partnerships across PQA’s diverse, multi-stakeholder membership is invaluable. The PQA staff and thought leaders at various member organizations are incredibly supportive of my personal and professional growth making me feel positioned to succeed in the next phase of my career.”
- Lee Holland, PharmD, MPH; PQA Research Fellow 2018-2019
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