Intensive and Longitudinal 2 or 3-year Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Certificate Program

Overall Goal: To provide residents, fellows, faculty and staff a more concentrative Quality Improvement and Patient Safety experience and to earn a project based Yellow Belt certification.

To learn of Yellow Belt training dates or to register, access Healthstream.

Course Goals by Year:

Year 1: Provide a structured environment for trainees to gain a more in-depth understanding of process improvement and patient safety. Participants will complete the Basic QIPS Program during Year 1.

Year 2: Provide trainees an opportunity to use proven strategies, tools, and statistical methods to impact an area that requires improvement; submit work to the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville's annual Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day. Participants will complete the following in Year 2.

• Lean Approach to Improvement in Healthcare (4-hour Intro Course)
• Yellow Belt LEAN – Six Sigma Training, including capstone QI Project

Year 3: Provide an opportunity for trainees to complete additional cycles and publish a quality improvement project.

Participants will complete additional cycles and data collection in Year 3:

• Information will be on Canvas to help direct.
  • Deep Dive into Publishing QI Work
  • SQUIRE
  • Abstracts
  • Potential Journals
  • Submitting Guidelines
• Implement actions to insure long-term project success
  • Policy/procedure changes
  • Ongoing education needs
  • Routine monitoring of outcomes

Participants may choose to complete Green Belt in LEAN-Six Sigma. Registration is via Healthstream.