Program Goal
This hands-on, team approach to a problem-based project is an opportunity for residents to explore healthcare operations and improvement, which addresses the ACGME core competency of Systems-based Practice (SBP). In addition to SBP, this initiative focuses on other core competencies such as Interpersonal and Communication Skills as well as Professionalism. The goal is provide residents with the opportunity to promote their understanding of problem-solving concepts as well as to refine their problem-solving skills in respect to improvement of patient care by enacting change that positively helps all associated healthcare providers.
The Groups will consist of the members of each vertical resident team and a faculty advisor.
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With the active involvement in this longitudinal project the resident will:
- Define system-based healthcare problems.
- Identify relevant system-based healthcare problems that warrant investigation for possible improvement or “as is” acceptance.
- Identify and describe the interrelated nature of system-based healthcare problems during the process of generating a plan for improvement or “as is” acceptance.
- Develop an effective reasoning process including the skills of problem synthesis, hypothesis generation, critical appraisal of available information, data analysis, and decision making.
- Function effectively as an active participant within a group engaged in exploring healthcare operations and improvement.
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- SBP Program Handbook
- Structure for Quality Improvement Reports
- Squire Guidelines(this will be useful if you are interested in publishing your work)
The SQUIRE Guidelines help authors write excellent, usable articles about quality improvement in healthcare so that findings may be easily discovered and widely disseminated. The SQUIRE website supports high quality writing about improvement through listing available resources and discussions about the writing process.
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October: Assignments
- Provide teams with the program handbook, group assignments, and project. Discuss the problem-solving program and address questions that residents may have at the Resident Retreat
December 1: Preliminary Report
- Submit your SBP preliminary report to the Administrative Chiefs, Program Director, and Associate Director of Education. This report needs to include the faculty mentor for the group, a brief description of the problem/issue, and the proposed approach to manage/solve the issue.
March: Final Report
- By the time of the final presentation the group should have implemented the plan to address action item and perform trial run or disseminated information. The final report will be presented at the Friday Conference.
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Team Leader: Arbuckle
Medication/Order Issues
Team Leader: Brown
Improving MD and RN Communication, Slideshow
Team Leader: Hardeman
GYN Continuity Clinic Lab Follow-up, Slideshow
Team Leader: Roberts
IMPACT Issues, Slideshow
Team Leader: Parden / Polin
Personal and Professional Responsibilities, Slideshow
Team Leader: Walters
CREOG Review/Education
Team Leader: Zsebik
MEU Efficiency, Slideshow
Team Leader: Barner
Checkout Process
Team Leaders: Erickson / Nodler
New Duty Hour Standards; Report, Slideshow
Team Leader: Erwin
Vocera; Report, Slideshow
Team Leader: Frederick
Improving MD to RN Communication; Report, Slideshow
Team Leader: Paisley
Lab Follow-up; Report, Slideshow
Team Leader: Subramaniam
OBCC / GYN CC Follow-up; Report, Slideshow
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