Quality & Safety Academy

The Quality & Safety Academy equips participants with the foundations of
quality improvement & patient safety work in the clinical setting.

Program Overview

The Quality & Safety Academy (QSA) provides a series of workshops designed to build foundational knowledge in quality improvement and patient safety. Program content builds on itself to support progressive acquisition of competency, and program elements are targeted to specific stages of development across the spectrum of participants. The content is appropriate for those without prior training or those interested in building their knowledge and skills in order to lead or coach in quality/safety work. The core content areas are Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, and Healthcare Systems and Culture.

6 HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS

Mix and match single sessions or take all six.

LIVE, VIRTUAL SESSIONS

Learn from expert faculty, no matter where you are.

SMALL-GROUP DISCUSSIONS

Our maximum student-to-faculty ratio is 8:1.

CUSTOMIZABLE FOR GROUPS

We offer discounted rates, custom dates & tailored content.

Do you work on the Anschutz Campus? Click here for Campus QSA Registration

Workshop Sessions

Each session is approximately 3-hours long.

Session	Fall 2023 Dates & Times
Quality Improvement & Change Management	August 3: 1-4 p.m. MT September 6: 1-4 p.m. MT
Applied Patient Safety	August 9: 1-4 p.m. MT
Designing for Change NEW	August 23: 1-4 p.m. MT
Acquiring Data to Drive Change	September 14: 1-4 p.m. MT
Spreading Change Locally and Nationally	October 5: 1-4 p.m. MT
Coaching and Teaching Quality Improvement	October 11: 1-4 p.m. MT

*(ALL sessions will be held virtually on Zoom)

This session will focus on the basics of Quality Improvement, following a step-wise guide for implementing a successful QI project. The classic QI teaching is coupled with a practical Change Management framework which facilitates success and makes change more likely to stick.

Upcoming Dates:

All workshops take place virtually from 1-4 p.m. MT.

August 3, 2023 - Register Here

September 6, 2023 - Register Here

Note: This course is repeated twice each semester. Please register for only one of the dates.

This session will further enhance the concepts of Just Culture and discuss and guide the development and participation in a systems-based case review conference. Attendees will emerge being able to build, facilitate or better participate in these important patient safety tools at their institution. Finally, we will explore the second victim phenomenon and discuss how to support caregivers when errors occur.

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