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Academic and Research Skills

Core Curriculum for Fellows

Medical Education

Quality Improvement/Patient Safety

Trainee
Session Type: Workshop

Improve Your Quality! a Basic Introduction to QI Methods for Anyone

Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00am – 11:30am HST
Location: Convention Center: 303
CE: 1.5

    Leader(s)

  • Alexandra Coria

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Global Health
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Brooklyn, New York, United States

    • Co-Leader(s)

  • MB

    Maria Bhatti, MD (she/her/hers)

    Pediatric Hospitalist, Pediatric Clerkship Director
    Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn
    Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • Jeremiah Cleveland, MD (he/him/his)

    Assistant Professor
    Maimonides Children's Hospital, SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
    Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • Mina Tahai, MD (she/her/hers)

    Assistant Clinical Professor
    University of California Davis
    Sacramento, California, United States

Disclosure(s):
Alexandra Coria: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Maria Bhatti, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Jeremiah T. Cleveland, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Mina Tahai, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Workshop Description: Have you always wondered what all this “planning” in a PDSA cycle is about? When someone says “fishbone,” do you think of last night’s salmon filet? Is a driver just someone you find in a ride share app? If so, this workshop is for you! Come learn how to approach any quality improvement (QI) project, in any setting, in an interactive, intro-level QI workshop.

First, through interactive games and polling, we'll go through basic definitions and principles in QI (including what it is, exactly) and demystify the Method for Improvement. Then, interspersed with brief didactics, you'll work in small groups to use a real problem as an example to become more comfortable with several common QI tools. During that segment, we'll focusing particularly on key driver diagrams. Finally, together we will choose a feasible change idea and briefly discuss the data you may need to collect to conduct your high-quality QI project.

You'll leave with a better understanding of QI tools, where to find them, and where to go to learn more!

Learning Objectives:

  • Compare and contrast QI methodologies and hypothesis-driven research.
  • Create a global aim and a SMART aim for a QI initiative.
  • Identify the uses of several QI tools, and be able to construct and use a key driver diagram.