course program

9 Mainpro+ Credits | 9.00 RCPSC Hours

by Completing all 3 sessions

Up to 34+ Credits for independent work
Extra Credits Possible as per CPSO

All session are in Eastern Time (E.T)

NOTE: In order to be eligible to receive your CME credits, you are required to view the LIVE stream of the virtual conference. Any session recordings you view after the conference will not be creditable.

*Agenda timeline may be adjusted based on Presenters and Facilitators preferences. 

Session 1

By the end of the session, the learner will be able to:

  1. Discuss the importance of practice improvement including fulfilling CPSO requirements, better outcomes for physicians and team, better outcomes and satisfaction of patients 
  2. Identify areas of practice that might benefit from a focus on improvement -Review principles of quality improvement using the Model for Improvement 
  3. Describe sources of data to help identify areas for practice improvement and the importance of data-driven practice improvement 
  4. Identify tools to help in identifying team partners for practice improvement and opportunities/ideas for change 
  5. Develop an approach to identifying areas of practice improvement

1PMWelcome + Introduction
1:05 -  2:20PM

Quality Improvement in Practice Didactics

 What’s in it for me?
What part of my practice can I improve?
Developing an approach to practice improvement
Work to identify your practice data 

Topics: 
Why are you doing QI? What’s in it for you and how will it impact your practice? 
What’s in it for your patients and the system in improving healthcare outcomes?
What are the areas of your practice that could be considered for an improvement
project that would qualify for the CPSO practice improvement program?
What is the Model  for Improvement and how does it apply to my practice?
How will I know a change is an improvement – the importance of looking at your
practice data to identify areas of improvement

2:20-
2:30 PM		Break
2:30 -
3:50 PM		Breakout Workshops
3:35 - 3:45PM Break
3:45 -4PMReflection + Homework: Identify Areas for Your Practice Improvement

Session 2


By the end of the session, the learner will be able to:

  1. Describe the elements of the Model for Improvement
  2. Develop SMART goals and an AIM statement for a practice improvement
  3. Identify tools to assist in focusing on exactly what can be improved including fishbone diagrams, 5 WHYS and the Pareto principle
  4. Define outcome, balancing and process measurements and how they are used in practice improvement
  5. Complete a CPSO practice improvement plan
  6. Develop an approach to identifying a change that will lead to an improvement

1PM Introduction + Homework Debrief
1:05 - 2:25PM

QI Framework, Writing SMART Goals and Using Tools

Topics: 
Review the Model for Improvement – where are we now?
What is a SMART goal + AIM statement (Note: CPSO requires 2 SMART goals for QI/QA)
What tools can I use to help me identify an area for improvement: Identify root cause, the 5 WHYS;
select area to address using Pareto. What measurements can
I use to follow to see if a change leads to an improvement: outcome, balancing and process measures. What are the elements of a QI plan?


2:25 - 2:35PMBreak
2:35 -
3:55 PM		Breakout Workshops
Apply Smart Goal writing, Identify Measures of Change.
How to formulate a SMART goal? What things might affect your SMART goal? 
Do you know how to measure your progress?
Does your current workflows support your SMART goal?
3:55 - 4:00PMHomework: Develop your draft practice improvement plan:
Write 2 SMART goals, who is involved, what change will be measured.

Session 3


By the end of the session, the learner will be able to:

  1. Describe the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle - Identify implementation strategies to assist you in realizing your practice improvement
  2. Implement ways to make your change sustainable for the future - Recognize other areas in practice that might benefit from a practice improvement approach
  3. Discuss ways to use practice improvement to attain MOC/MainPro+ credits

1PM Introduction + Homework Debrief
1:05 -
2:00PM   

What is a PDSA cycle 

Topics: 
Review the Model for Improvement – where we are now?
What is the PDSA cycle? More than one change may have to be tested: not every
change is an improvement but every improvement requires change once a change seems to work,how do I implement it in my practice? Any resources I can use? How do I sustain the change?
How can I identify other opportunities for change?

2:00 -
2:10PM		Break
2:10 -
3:20 PM		 Breakout Workshops: Apply the PDSA cycle 
What’s working and what’s not?
What things should we change? 
How do I interpret the date I have collected?
3:20 -
4PM		How to use QI to obtain credits & Debrief

Debrief + Feedback