Table 2.

Leaders of the QIPS committee

Guiding coalition
Roles	Description
QIPS committee co-chairs	•Dyad of physician–nurse leadership is often most effective •Advanced expertise in QIPS methodologies is very helpful (and should be supported if not already acquired)
Medical and nursing/allied health leadership	•Crucial to ensuring the engagement and buy-in of the ED’s interprofessional team •Necessary to ensure the alignment of the project with organizational priorities and the commitment of funds and resources (including limited but essential administrative support), and this must be explicitly emphasized as an important contribution
QIPS coordinator	•Helpful in supporting the work from an administrative and data management point of view •Position can be shared across research and other academic portfolios (e.g., a research coordinator providing one-day-a-week support to QIPS activities)

N.B.: QIPS  Quality Improvement and Patient Safety