ImPower Learning Session Assignments

Nancy Fredericks

Modified on: Thu, 16 Jan, 2025 at 12:47 PM

Homework is assigned prior to each ImPower learning session. Participants are expected to do all the assignments prior to attending the learning sessions.

Pre-Program Training

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5

Session 6 Session 7 Session 8 Session 9 Session 10

Items listed in the Video, Article and Session Project Work columns should be completed prior to attending each associated Learning Session.
Session	Theme	Video(s) resource guides available	Article(s)	Session Project Work
Pre Program Training	Program Preparation	Program Overview (8:51)	Learning Network Syllabus Learning Session Overview QI Coach and Team Leader: Walk the Wall Overview	Assemble project team Work on completing Project Charter and Team Photo
9/18 Session 1	Starting Improvement	Life of an Improvement Project (6:58) Communicating Progress and Results (8:12) Introduction to A3 Thinking (9:43) Working in Teams (9:34)	Top 10 Problems of Quality Improvement Teams	Start project A3 Team Leader: Upload Project Charter and Team Photo
10/2 Session 2	Structured Problem Solving A3: Left Side	Evaluating the Current State (7:11) Measurement for Improvement (10:45) Project Goals (8:08) Making the Most of Meetings (9:48)	11 Steps to an Effective Gemba Walk Optional resource article: What is Gemba?	All teams: Document your process map Go observe the process GIG: Gather and enter baseline data into control chart template CT Dose Optimization: See Learning Session 1 follow-up email for more details Take pictures of your six weeks worth of scatter plots from the CT standardized dose index report (abdomen/pelvis with contrast only). Choose one week and select 30 data points. Then go look at those corresponding studies and then assign image quality scores of 1-5. Label those 30 data points with their corresponding image quality score. Team Leader or QI Coach: Upload A3 before Walk the Wall
10/16 Session 3	Understanding and Identifying Root Causes	Understanding Root Causes (10:47) Learning from the Best (9:24)	All Collaboratives Tuning in: Improving Your Listening Skills General Improvement Group Read pages 1 -3: Easy Access to Information and EHR Messaging Platform Reduce Discharge Delays CT Dose Optimization A Vision for Global CT Radiation Dose System for verifiable CT radiation dose optimization, Part 1-Optimization Model System for verifiable CT radiation dose optimization, Part 2-Process control system	Continue to evaluate your current state - Collaborative Current State Analysis Guides Identify a SMART goal Check-in with Sponsor to discuss baseline data and confirm SMART goal target Start cause and effect diagram
10/30 Session 4	Structured Problem Solving A3: Right Side	Key Drivers (9:21) Idea Generation (10:06) Prototyping and Testing (9:39)	No article this week	Create cause and effect diagram and pareto charts. Find all templates here. Go learn from the best (scan the literature, phone call, site visit) Start to identify root causes
11/13 Session 5	Visualizing Data & Responding to Variation	Collaborative Problem Solving (9:28) Statistical Process Control (8:52)	Pixar Chief: Protect Your 'Ugly Babies' (Your Unsightly Ideas)	Identify root causes Identify key drivers Check-in with Sponsor to discuss root causes
12/4 Session 6	Designing Processes & Systems	Managing Change (11:04) Processes (7:06) Systems Thinking (10:59)		Modify control chart where needed Annotate control chart to show when intervention(s) occurred Solidify key drivers Plan and test interventions
12/18 Session 7	Creating High Reliability Processes & Solutions	Reliability (9:45) Developing and Maintaining Skill (10:55)	No article this week	Continue testing interventions Annotate your control chart to show when interventions occurred
1/15 Session 8	Developing a Culture of Improvement	Sustaining Improvements (10:31)	No article this week	Assign reliability levels to interventions Ensure interventions are occurring for multiple key drivers Update your run chart to include annotations
1/29 Session 9	Closing Improvement Projects	Cedars-Sinai Graduation Presentation - Cohort 2, Lung Cancer Screening University of New Mexico Graduation Presentation - Cohort 2, Mammography Positioning	Why It's Important to Celebrate the Completion of a Project	Ensure interventions are occurring for multiple key drivers Start drafting a sustain plan
2/18 Session 10	Graduation