Planning a Patient Safety or Quality Improvement Project (Patient Safety III)
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Planning a Patient Safety or Quality Improvement Project (Patient Safety III)
This course is part of Patient Safety Specialization
Instructor: Bob Hody
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What you'll learn
Describe approaches for selecting and scoping a patient safety or quality improvement project.
Compare and contrast QI/PI approaches: A3 Thinking, Design Thinking, and Translating Research into Practice (TRiP).
Create a project charter or A3 using SMART goals.
Explain the usage of several root cause identification tools in the course of running a project.
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course provides students with a set of tools and methodologies to plan and initiate a Problem Solving or Quality Improvement project. The first module presents methods for selecting, scoping and structuring a project before it is even initiated. It also introduces the project classifications of implementation and discovery. The second module describes the A3 problem solving methodology and the tool itself. Further in that same module, the student is shown tools to identify problems in flow, defects, and waste and to discover causes, brainstorm, and prioritize interventions. Module 3 shows a methodology within the implementation class. These methods are designed to overcome emotional and organizational barriers to translating evidence-based interventions into practice. The fourth and last module looks at one more way to approach improvement projects in the discovery class. These tools are specifically for new, out-of-the-box design thinking.
In this module, you will see the process for defining, scoping, selecting and prioritizing improvement initiatives. Further, you will learn necessary team characteristics and organizational support structures.
What's included
7 videos1 assignment
7 videos•Total 67 minutes
- Selecting a Focus for Your Improvement Effort•8 minutes
- The Work Must Matter•8 minutes
- Scope•12 minutes
- So, What Is Your Problem?•11 minutes
- Key Metric•9 minutes
- Goal Setting•9 minutes
- Final Validation•11 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Lesson 1 Quiz•30 minutes
In this module, you will be introduced to the process and format of A3 problem solving. You will learn the key components of an A3 for to define and start an improvement project to maximize your chances of success. Additionally, a set of tools will be covered that are commonly used in the actual improvement project, which will identify underlying process issues and their root causes.
What's included
9 videos1 assignment
9 videos•Total 57 minutes
- What is A3 Problem Solving?•6 minutes
- Building Your A3•6 minutes
- Purpose and Methodology of Identifying Waste•8 minutes
- Structured Brainstorming•8 minutes
- Fault Tree Analysis•5 minutes
- Process Mapping•5 minutes
- Value Stream Mapping (VSM)•7 minutes
- Improving Physical Flow In Processes•7 minutes
- Use of Cascading A3 for Systemwide Improvement•4 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Lesson 2 Quiz•30 minutes
This module explains the Translating Research into Practice (TRiP) model. It is a methodology to facilitate the adoption and use of evidence-based therapies. This model itself uses a collaborative knowledge translation model for wider sharing of knowledge into practice.
What's included
7 videos1 peer review
7 videos•Total 56 minutes
- Translating Evidence Into Practice•6 minutes
- Summarizing the Evidence•9 minutes
- Identifying Local Barriers•6 minutes
- The Four E's•7 minutes
- Lessons Learned•12 minutes
- Getting the Science Right•5 minutes
- CUSP As Adaptive Work•11 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
- Patient Identification A3 Project•120 minutes
In this module, we will cover a process called Design Thinking. It is a human-centered design approach that fosters out-of the-box thinking to create innovative solutions. The process builds the design iteratively in a highly collaborative team approach. The five steps of design thinking will be covered: Learn, Define, Ideate, Protype, and Test.
What's included
10 videos
10 videos•Total 50 minutes
- Introduction to Design Thinking•12 minutes
- Learn Phase: Gaining Insight•3 minutes
- Advantages of Learn and Application•7 minutes
- Theory and Application of Define•4 minutes
- Ideate Phase•3 minutes
- Application of Brainstorming•5 minutes
- Prototyping Phase•4 minutes
- Test Phase•6 minutes
- Iteration Phase•2 minutes
- Design Thinking Wrap Up•4 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 18, 2020
This course is really helpful in planning the project. It will make you brainstorm yourself and you will eventually end up doing the project by yourself. It really boosted up my confidence.
Reviewed on Dec 17, 2021
very fun learning experience would recommend this course
Reviewed on Aug 6, 2020
Great course helped me a lot to learn how to start A3 project
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