Overall Goal: To provide faculty with campus-wide Quality Improvement and Patient Safety training opportunities. Facultyy are eligible to participate in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt and Green Belt Trainings for free.

Institutional QIPS Certificates

Yellow Belt (YB) Certificate

• YB Certificate awarded by the Quality and Performance Improvement office
• Look for YB training dates in Healthstream on the Bridge by typing the search "Lean"
• Yellow Belt Certificate and Completed QIPS Project
  • Goal is training and national presentation and/or peer reviewed publication, presentation at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville's annual Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day; documented interprofessional team and systems thinking

Green Belt (GB) Certificate

• GB Certificate awarded by the Quality and Performance Improvement office
• Look for GB training dates in Healthstream on the Bridge by typing the search "Lean"

Course Description and Educational Objectives:

1. Yellow Belt Training: Consists of 3 eight-hour training days over several months, plus the pre-requisite of the Lean Approach to Improvement in Healthcare Intro Course. Work on projects occur between the training dates. The course is designed to train participants using a small project that can be completed within 3-6 months. A goal for faculty is to present and publish projects, present at the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville's annual Celebration of Resident and Fellow Education and Research Day. Faculty can look for dates and sign-up via Healthstream. Measurement/Evaluation:
   • Course certificate, course evaluation, attendance
2. Lean Approach to Improvement in Healthcare: (4-hour Intro Course) This course provides an overview of the Lean Six Sigma approach to improvement in Healthcare. Lean-Six Sigma is a fact-based, data-driven philosophy of improvement that values defect prevention over defect detection. It drives customer satisfaction and bottom-line results by reducing variation, waste, and cycle time, while promoting the use of work standardization and flow, thereby creating a competitive advantage. The workshop focuses on familiarizing the audience with Lean Six Sigma terminology and tools used in this methodology. Additionally, we discuss Performance Improvement Teams (PIT) and when they can be helpful in improvement initiatives. Educational Objectives:
   1. Describe Lean Six Sigma approach to improvement in Healthcare.
   2. Describe basic tools used in Lean Methodology (Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Fish Bone Diagram, etc.).
   3. Explain the 5S approach to minimizing waste.
   4. Articulate each stage of DMAIC.
   5. Explains the roles of PI Team members.
   6. Evaluate whether an improvement initiative requires a PI Specialist facilitated by Performance Improvement Team (PIT) or is a “Just-Do-It” project.