Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative
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Quality Improvement Methods
Quality Improvement Training for Perinatal Professionals
Commitment: Attendance by an inter-professional team (min. 3 team members) on 5 one-hour virtual educational sessions, held over a 10-week period of time.
Training Session Topics:
- Identifying the problem
- Developing process maps
- Creating key driver diagrams
- Understanding types of data and determining measures
- Prioritization matrices
- Generating solutions and sustaining change
- Understanding variation and creating PDSA cycles
Participant Requirements: Must attend in project teams of at least 3 people per site, and must complete training session pre-work, commit to attend all 5 virtual sessions, and complete homework. Trainers will be available after each virtual session to assist teams, and can provide technical assistance between sessions.
Pre-Work: Identify any small scope (~6 month) QI problem statement. We recommend your project be a sub-section of a larger QI project (for example, 1 piece of the MORE, PROVIDE, PAIRED, or other QI project).
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Trainers:
Maya Balakrishnan, MD, CSSBB. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, USF. Director of Quality and Safety, USF GME. Associate Director of Clinical and Quality Management, FPQC.
Karen Fugate MSN, RNC-NIC CPHQ. Performance Improvement Specialist, Tampa General Hospital
Feedback from past attendees:
- “[They] made sure we understood each piece of the process—if there was any question, we would work it out as a total group which helped all learn.”
- “The trainers were extremely knowledgeable, willing to assist with individual projects, and provided a safe environment to learn.”
- “The training is particularly useful when it is based on an actual issue or project in the team’s unit. After two days, they come out with a well-defined and constructed QI project to work on to improve their unit.”
- "[Provided] informative and in-depth information for creating and participating in QI projects."