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Planning a Patient Safety or Quality Improvement Project (Patient Safety III)

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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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

200 reviews

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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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Healthcare Project Management

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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.

Module details

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

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 videosTotal 57 minutes

What is A3 Problem Solving?6 minutes
Building Your A36 minutes
Purpose and Methodology of Identifying Waste8 minutes
Structured Brainstorming8 minutes
Fault Tree Analysis5 minutes
Process Mapping5 minutes
Value Stream Mapping (VSM)7 minutes
Improving Physical Flow In Processes7 minutes
Use of Cascading A3 for Systemwide Improvement4 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Lesson 2 Quiz30 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

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.

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10 videos

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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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