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HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 1 Discussion

Describe your practicum setting. What project are you proposing to accomplish? What time management strategies will you use? Outline how a typical week will look for you moving forward. (While this does not have to be to the minute, it should be detailed enough to include family, work, and school responsibilities.)

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 2 Discussion

Discuss how the Triple Aim is related to health care quality. Why is high-impact leadership recommended to organizations trying to achieve the Triple Aim?

               

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 3 Discussion

Choose three change models to discuss. What are their similarities? What makes them different? Which model best fits your project? Provide your rationale.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 4 Discussion

Investigate to learn if your practicum project will affect or be affected by any organizational, state, or federal accreditations and standards. Which ones? Do these cause a barrier to your project? (Do not forget standards of practice for different professions.)

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 5 Discussion

Discuss how systems thinking can be used to promote a culture of safety. Provide an example from your practicum site.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 6 Discussion

Describe and discuss three evidence based patient safety tools (i.e., PDSA model). Provide examples of when each would be used. Which tool would be the most appropriate to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of your project?

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 7 Discussion

We live in a world of increased information technology. In health care, these advances are often designed to help us avoid errors. However, they often come with their own safety risks. Choose a type of information technology used by health care professionals (other than the electronic medical record) and discuss the safety risks that it poses.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 8 Discussion

The role of project manager can be informal or formal and is often dependent on the size of the project. Provide an example when a project management professional (PMP) might be necessary relative to quality improvement and patient safety. Use personal experience if applicable. What strategies would you expect to see from PMP while managing one or several projects? Discuss the role leadership plays in managing a team to successful project implementation.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 9 Discussion

Discuss how an effective leader would facilitate conflict resolution in an interprofessional team setting. Provide an example from your professional life.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 10 Discussion

Organizations tend to follow a preferred quality improvement process. Describe the plan for process improvement at your practicum organization. Discuss how one of the early pioneers of quality improvement has influenced the way quality improvement is viewed at your practicum site today.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 11 Discussion

What level of stakeholders must receive education and training when a quality improvement project is put into place? Explain your rationale and provide an example.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 12 Discussion

In the frame of your project, what will successful outcomes be? What measures are you putting into place to measure your outcomes? In other words, how will you know your project is successful?

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 13 Discussion

Describe how personal values and worldview influence ethical decision making. Provide professional examples.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 14 Discussion

Describe what tools would be best to analyze your project's data for effectiveness. What type of data would you be watching for to know if your project should be revised? What type of data or occurrence would make you consider halting your project?

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 15 Discussion

How does data-driven decision making affect quality improvement? Provide at least one example when you have seen this used in your professional life.

 

HQS640 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Practicum

Week 16 Discussion

Post your dissemination video for peer feedback. Be respectful and offer creative feedback (no more than two) to videos.