Materials by Session

    Session #1 - August 19, 2025

    TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
    • Objectives & Ground Rules
    • Introduction to CTP
    • Alumni Presentation: Denver Health Antimicrobial Stewardship
    • Leadership Defined
    • Team Norms
    N/A

      Session #2 - August 26, 2025

      TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
      • Value Defined
      • Introduction to Quality Improvement and the IHQSE Model for Change
      • Thriving as a Leadership Imperative
      • Coaching: Value Equation
      • No new assignments

        Session #3 - September 9, 2025

        TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
        • Investigate the Problem
        • Problem Statement
        • Voice of the Customer and Stakeholder Mapping
        • Stakeholder Analysis
        • Process Mapping
        • By October 28, 2025:
          • Complete voice of customer
          • Build stakeholder analysis
          • Develop a problem statement
        • By November 4, 2025
          • Complete a process map

          Session #4 - September 23, 2025

          TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
          • Data: Uses in QI & Finding It
          • Business Case
          • EMR & Process Data
          • Understanding Root Causes

            Session #5 - October 7, 2025

            TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
            • Leading Change
            • QI vs. Research
            • By October 24
              • Complete Myers-Briggs Assessment
            • By November 18
              • Complete Literature Review
              • Complete Program Evaluation/QI/Research Tool

              Session #6 - October 28, 2025

              TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
              • Leading Change: Vision
              • Work Redesign & Clinician Well-being
              • Leading Change: Sense of Urgency
              • By November 4
                • Process Map
                • Meet with Dr. Moksha Patel
              • By November 18
                • Draft Business Case
                • Complete Literature Review
                • Complete Program Evaluation/QI/Research Tool
              • By December 9
                • Affinity Diagram

                Session #7 - November 4, 2025

                TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                • Data to Understand Your Problem
                • Myers Briggs Assessment
                • By November 18
                  • Draft Business Case
                  • Complete Literature Review
                  • Complete Program Evaluation/QI/Research Tool
                • By December 9
                  • Affinity Diagram
                  • Well-being Analysis
                  • Finalize Sense of Urgency
                  • Develop and Utilize Vision Tying to Project
                • By December 16
                  • Create Data Collection Plan

                  Session #8 - November 18, 2025

                  TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                  • Honing & Designing the Intervention
                  • Understanding Business Drivers
                  • Negotiating for What you Need
                  • This Place Called Academia
                  • By December 9
                    • Affinity Diagram
                    • Wellbeing Analysis
                    • Finalize Sense of Urgency
                    • Develop/Utilize Current Vision Tying to Project
                  • By December 16
                    • Create Data Collection Plan

                    Session #9 - December 9, 2025

                    TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                    • Healthcare Disparities and Quality Improvement
                    • Design Thinking
                    • Positive Deviance
                    • By December 16
                      • Create Data Collection Plan
                    • By January 13
                      • Complete Health Disparities Analysis
                    • By January 27
                      • Complete Design Thinking Exercises
                      • Complete Positive Deviance Exercise
                      • Develop List of Potential Interventions

                      Session #10 - December 16, 2025

                      TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                      • Leading Change: Guiding Coalition
                      • Aim Statement
                      • Optimizing EMR Requests
                      • Leading Change: Overcoming Resistance
                      • Team Logo
                      • Stakeholder Engagement
                      • By January 13
                        • Health Disparities Analysis
                        • Complete Aim Statement
                        • Finalize Guiding Coalition
                      • By January 27
                        • Complete Design Thinking Exercises
                        • Complete Positive Deviance Exercise
                        • Develop List of Potential Interventions
                      • By February 10
                        • Finalize Logo

                        Session #11 - January 13, 2026

                        TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                        • Storytelling
                        • Leading Change: Awareness Campaign
                        • Mid-year Report Out Overview
                        • By January 13
                          • Health Disparities Analysis
                          • Complete Aim Statement
                          • Finalize Guiding coalition
                        • By January 27
                          • Draft Mid-year Report Out
                        • By February 10
                          • Finalize Logo
                        • By February 24
                          • Create and implement a communication plan

                          Session #12 - January 27, 2026

                          TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                          • Feedback to Improve Performance
                          • Pre-mortem Analysis
                          • Mid-year Report Practice
                          • By February 10
                            • Finalize logo
                            • Finalize mid-year report out (group 1)
                          • By February 24
                            • Create and implement a communication plan
                            • Finalize mid-year report out (group 2)
                            • Complete pre-mortem assessment

                            Session #13 - February 10, 2026

                            TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                            • Mid-year Report-outs
                            • Short-term Wins
                            • By February 24
                              • Create and implement a communications plan
                              • Finalize Mid-year Report-out (group 2)
                              • Complete pre-mortem assessment
                            • By March 10
                              • Create series of short-term wins
                              • Create plan for removing barriers to success


                              Session #14 - February 24, 2026

                              TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                              • Mid-year Report-outs
                              • Leading Change: Removing Barriers 
                              • By March 10
                                • Create series of short-term wins
                                • Create plan for removing barriers to success
                              • By March 24
                                • Outline pilot
                              • By April 28
                                • Update data plan to include current-state data

                               


                                Session #15 - March 10, 2026

                                TopicsAgenda & SlidesHandoutsAssignments
                                • Leadership Journey
                                • Intro to AI
                                • Strategic Planning
                                • By April 28
                                  • Update data plan to include current state data

                                 

                                 


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