A Quality Improvement Toolkit: Integrating QI awareness, engagement, and concepts into teaching

Authors

Rebecca C. Jaffe, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Patient Safety Officer Thomas Jefferson University (TJU) & HospitalsFollow
Bracken Babula, MD, Instructor in Medicine, TJU Primary Care Physician, Jefferson Internal Medicine AssociatesFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Presentation Date

6-9-2015

Abstract

Principles of Quality Improvement (QI) and Patient Safety (PS) are often taught in the classroom, an arena far removed from the patients and care systems they are meant to impact. Didactic learning fails to reinforce the idea that QI and PS involve skills, which need to be practiced, not simply definitions that can be memorized and applied. Many educators feel uncomfortable with their own knowledge base in PS/QI, and lack a framework for incorporating these concepts into their daily practice. We plan to present a set of QI Tools, such as the 5-Whys, Root Cause Analysis, Fishbone diagrams, and Lean Principles, that the typical clinician educator can easily integrate into their daily teaching, whether at the bedside, in the ambulatory setting or in small groups.

Objectives:

After this session, participants should be able to:

1. Apply QI/PS Tools in a variety of educational settings

2. Teach simple QI/PS tools to a wide range of learners

3. Evaluate learners’ skills with the use of QI/PS tools

Presentation:57 minutes

(Note: audio cuts off, but entire PowerPoint slide set is available at bottom of page)

Recommended Citation

Jaffe, MD, Rebecca C. and Babula, MD, Bracken, "A Quality Improvement Toolkit: Integrating QI awareness, engagement, and concepts into teaching" (2015). Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Days. Paper 16.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/tjufacultydays/16