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

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