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ForwardWolff - Quality Education Series (QES) 9.18.24
Target Audience
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Pharmacy Technician
Physician
Physician Assistant
Psychologist
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Summarize quality improvement concepts
- Understand the Quality Review Submission process
- Understand a PICOT framework to formulate a specific clinical question
- Understand project basics and the phases of project management
- Identify and apply project management tools to make chosen project more successful
- Identify various methods of assessing the current state
- Implement a current state assessment
Additional Information
QES Session 1 Agenda:
QES Session 1 Agenda:
9:00 – 9:05 am Welcome and Announcements:
Stephanie Knoch, MS Ed, Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC
9:05 – 9:15 am Opening Remarks:
Paul Phrampus, MD, CPE, FSSH
Medical Director, Wolff Center at UPMC
Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC Health System Director, Winter
Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER) Professor,
Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology University of
Pittsburgh and UPMC
9:15 – 9:30 am Introduction to Quality Improvement Concepts
Stephanie Knoch
Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC
9:45 am - 10:15 am Conducting a Literature Review/QRC
Stefanie Dunn, PhD
Quality Data Analytics Expert, Wolff Center
10:15 - 10:25 am BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 am Project Management Tools
Rachel Troyan, MPA, PMP
11:00 – 11:55 am Assessing the Current State
Stephanie Rouch, PhD, OTR/L
Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC
11:55 – 12:00 pm Wrap up: Stephanie Knoch
Disclaimer Statement
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.
- Paul Phrampus, MD, CPE, FSSH, Medical Director, Wolff Center at UPMC Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC Health System Director, Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research (WISER) Professor, Departments of Emergency Medicine and Anesthesiology University of Pittsburgh and UPMC
- Maddie Chrisman, PT, DPT, Improvement Specialist
- Stefanie Altieri-Dunn, PhD, Quality Data Analytics Expert, Wolff Center
- Rachel Troyan, MPA, PMP, Wolff Center IS
- Stephanie Knoch, MS Ed, Improvement Specialist, Wolff Center at UPMC
Faculty Disclosure
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
Accreditation and credit designation
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh School designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.75 contact hours.
Physician Assistant (AAPA)
The University of Pittsburgh has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 2.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 2.75 AAPA Category I CME
- 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management
- 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management
- 2.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management
- 2.75 Attendance
- 2.75 Patient Safety/Risk Management