About this course: In this course you will learn about the importance of quality in healthcare and how you can contribute by implementing a quality improvement (QI) project to improve processes of care and patient outcomes. You will learn about powerful tools to add to your QI ‘toolbox’ during short lectures and reflective exercises. You will apply these tools to the implementation of a QI project in your own practice setting or an area of personal improvement. At the completion of the course, you will have a storyboard that captures your QI project success to share with others. The QI project will be considered within the context of interprofessional teams and from a systems perspective. The objective of this course is to empower you, the working healthcare professional, to improve your knowledge and skills in the science of quality improvement so that you can take action in your own clinical setting to improve the quality of care for your patients and their families.
Who is this class for: 1) Any healthcare professional interested in improving care at the front-line of practice. 2) Faculty interested in learning more about quality improvement methods 3) Faculty interested in ways to teach quality improvement to students. 4) Students interested in learning more about quality improvement.
Taught by: Mary A. Dolansky, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing; Director, QSEN Institute; VA Quality Senior Nurse Fellow, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA
Taught by: Shirley Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN, Edward J. and Louise Mellen Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean of Research
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Taught by: Mamta K Singh, MD, MS, Physician Director of the Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA; Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 6 hours videos and quizzes |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
- Reading: Improvement Project Worksheet
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: HRSA Quality Improvement Article
- Video: Theory Video
- Video: Application Video
- Video: Case Study Video
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Duncan Neuhauser
- Peer Review: Improvement Opportunities & Baseline Data
- Reading: Module 1 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Resources
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Farrohk Alemi
- Reading: Module 2 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: Core Competencies for Inter-professional Collaborative Practice
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Nancy Tinsley
- Reading: Module 3 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: QSEN: The Key is Systems Thinking
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Shirley Moore
- Reading: Module 4 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: The Science of Improvement: Setting Aims
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Mamta Singh
- Reading: Module 5 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: Science of Improvement: Establishing Measures
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Reading: Module 6 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: The Science of Improvement on a Whiteboard!
- Video: Theory
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Brook Watts
- Reading: Module 7 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: Diffusion of Innovations
- Video: Theory
- Video: Application
- Reading: Module 8 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Learning Objectives
- Reading: Tests of change
- Video: Theory
- Video: Guest Lecturer: David Aron
- Reading: Module 9 CE Contact Hours
- Reading: Module 10 Learning Objectives
- Reading: Making a Storyboard
- Video: Theory
- Video: Guest Lecturer: Pete Spanos
- Reading: Module 10 CE Contact Hours
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The course itself is good, You learn a lot and very practical, Recommend to anyone trying to enhance their QI knowledge and trying to initiate QI initiative/project. However not many people enrolled at the time makes difficult for getting assignments graded on time and you are at the mercy of other students hopefully reviewing multiple students to hopefully review your classwork. May require multiple attempts at different class sessions to be able to get all assignment graded and earn certificate. As I struggled to get my assignments graded by others, I reviewed other students assignments I noticed many students on the same predicament.
wonderful learning experience
Since I started this course it has helped me to change my thinking and the way I am trying to find the solution to improve the working enviroment of my working place and the people I am working with.
I can rate this a a successfull course for any one.
what I missed from this course is the interaction between the lecturer and the people who are learning the course.W e have missed the taste of coaching.
Thank you
Gabriel Paul Kissima
Karatu,Arusha, Tanzania
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