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Introduction to Quality Improvement in Healthcare
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2 Weeks
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
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| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
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The Syllabus
Videos
- QIH.M01 Welcome
- QIH.1.09b Quality Improvement and Translational Research
- QIH.1.09c Improvement in Practice: The Complexity of Improving Care
- QIH.1.09d Making Improvements in Complex Systems: the SHIFT-Evidence Framework
Readings
- About Imperial College London
- How to be successful in this course?
- Introduction to Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Meet The Team
- Formative assessments
- Grading Policy
- Glossary
- QIH.1.01Why is Quality Improvement in Healthcare Important?
- QIH.1.02b Why Should We Focus on Quality in Healthcare: Examples
- QIH.1.04 Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage (WHO 2018)
- QIH.1.05 The Global Implications of Poor Quality Healthcare
- QIH.1.06 Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage (WHO 2018)
- QIH.1.09a The Michigan Keystone Intensive Care Unit Project
- QIH.1.12 - Quality Improvement: from Origins to Modern Practice
- QIH.1.10 Approaches to Quality Improvement
Assignments
- QIH 1.04a Delivering Quality Health Services: A Global Imperative for Universal Health Coverage (WHO 2018)
- QIH.1.11M
Discussion Prompts
- QIH.1.07M Reflecting on Quality of Healthcare Internationally
- QIH.1.02a - Why Should We Focus on Quality in Healthcare
Plugins
- QIH.1.05 The Global Implications of Poor Quality Healthcare
- QIH.1.08 Evidence into Practice: Lost in Translation?
Videos
- QIH.2.02: Learning from People's Experiences of Healthcare
- QIH.2.04: Learning from the Experiences of Community Organisers
- QIH.2.08 Leadership and Improvement: Empowering People to Change
- QIH.2.09a: Programme Theory in Quality Improvement
- QIH.2.09b: Programme Theory in Practice: Improving Flu Vaccine rates
Readings
- QIH 2.01 Introduction to Engaging and Empowering Stakeholders
- QIH.2.05 Community Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons for Healthcare Quality Improvement
- QIH.2.06 Stakeholder Engagement
- QIH.2.07 Actively Engaging those Responsible for and Affected by Change
- QIH.2.11The Action-Effect Method: Programme Theory as a Collaborative Endeavour
- QIH.2.12 The Human Side of Change
Assignments
- QIH.2.07a Actively Engaging those Responsible for and Affected by Change
- QIH.2.08M: Stakeholder Engagement
- QIH.2.10M: Action Effect Diagrams and Programme Theory
Peer Review
- QIH.2.03 Applying the 4PI National Involvement Standards
Plugins
- QIH.2.10a Understanding Action Effect Diagrams (I)
- QIH.2.10b Understanding Action Effect Diagrams (II)
Videos
- QIH.3.04a: Process Mapping in Healthcare Quality Improvement Initiatives
- QIH.3.04b: Process mapping in Practice: Improving Hand and Wrist Fracture Clinic Services
- QIH.3.05a: The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle: a Scientific Approach to Improvement
- QIH.3.05b: The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle: Improvement in Action
Readings
- QIH.3.03: What are the Benefits of Process Mapping, and How Can Improvement Teams Realise These Benefits?
- QIH.3.06 The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle: a Worked Example
- QIH 3.08: Using Data to Drive Improvement in Healthcare
Assignments
- QIH.3.09M: Process Mapping
- QIH.3.10M: The PDSA Cycle
Peer Review
- QIH.3.07M Summative: The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle: a Worked Example
Discussion Prompt
- QIH 3.03b Process Mapping Experiences and Reflections
Videos
- QIH.4.03: Reflecting Upon Long Term Success to Sustain Improvements in Healthcare
- Video QIH.4.04d: Improving Obstetric Care in Low-Resource Settings: Implementing of Accompaniment to Women for Facility-Based Maternity Care in Rural Guatemala
- QIH.5.03: Fidelity of Use of Quality Improvement Methods
- QIH.M02 Course summary
Readings
- QIH.4.01Case study - Rapid Implementation of Virtual Clinics due to COVID-19: Report and Early Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Initiative
- QIH.4.04M Planning for Long Term Success: the Long Term Success Tool
- QIH 4.04b Case Study: A new Typology for Understanding Context: Qualitative Exploration of the Model for Understanding Success in Quality
- QIH.4.04c Analysing Context Using MUSIQ v2.0
- QIH.5.01 Quality Improvement: Evidence for Effectiveness
Assignments
- QIH.4.05M: Long Term Success and the Role of Context
- QIH.4.10M Bringing it all together
Discussion Prompt
- QIH.4.04M Planning for Long Term Success: the Long Term Success Tool
- QIH 5.02b Implications of the Challenges and Limitations in Quality Improvement
Plugins
- QI Improvement Initiative Share Space
- QIH.5.02a Fidelity of use of PDSA cycles
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