Surgeons, care teams, and other surgical quality improvement staff are invited to take the online ACS Quality Improvement Course: The Basics, which is available to purchase on the ACS store.
The ACS Quality Improvement Course: The Basics is designed to ensure that stakeholders are well-educated on the basic principles of surgical quality and safety.
The course includes six modules:
- Introduction to Quality Improvement:Quality improvement concepts and the rationale for investing in quality
- The Quality Improvement Process:How quality improvement happens and how to begin a quality improvement project
- Data Measurement and Analysis:How data is used throughout a quality improvement project and some of the fundamental tools that can help to display and analyze data
- Change Management:How change happens and the factors that affect the change process, and how implementation science can be used throughout a quality improvement project
- Patient Safety:The role of culture in maintaining and improving patient safety, the characteristics of high-reliability organizations, and how to evaluate and improve your institution’s safety culture
- Leadership and Teamwork for QI: What defines effective leadership and teamwork and how to develop and evaluate teamwork and leadership skills.
Attendees of the course will receive a Certificate of Completion upon passing a 2-hour exam based on the objectives of the course. This course also offers CME and CNE credit. To receive CME or CNE credit, participants must both complete the course and pass the exam with a 70% percent or higher. The course qualifies for 20 hours of CME or CNE credit.
The ACS Quality Improvement Course: The Basics is intended for anyone working in a healthcare setting who is still learning the foundations of quality improvement, regardless of their role. After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the function of quality improvement projects within healthcare
- Describe the quality improvement process
- Identify and analyze data necessary for quality improvement projects
- Apply essential QI tools based on applicable use cases
- Implement QI projects and changes based on the results of those projects
- Develop strategies to ensure that changes are effective and do not adversely affect patient safety
- Promote a quality improvement culture in their workplace
- Identify strategies to overcome barriers to effective QI
Learn more and register today!
