MODEL FOR IMPROVEMENT - SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
Session Description: Nolan and colleagues have devised a simple and elegant model for achieving changes that are improvements. Nolan's model comprises three basic questions and a fourth element that describes a cycle for testing innovations. 1) What are we trying to accomplish? 2) How will I know if a change leads to an improvement? 3) What changes could we make that we think will result in improvement? 4) The plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle describes, in essence, inductive learning - the growth of knowledge through making changes and then reflecting on the consequences of those changes. This group activity will build on work done in prior IF sessions and advance the work by identifying processes for improvement.
Location: See Small Group assignments
Time: 9am-10am
*Team A 13‐44
*Team B 13‐80
*Team C 13‐81
*Team D 13‐82
*Team E 13‐83
*Team F 13‐85
*Team G 13‐86
*Team H 13‐87
*Team I 13‐88
*Team J 13‐89
*Team K 12‐16
*Team L 12‐17
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the student learners will:
- Evaluate different approaches for process improvement
- Generate a fishbone diagram to understand the problem
- Apply The Model for Improvement to approaching this task
- Explore methods to design an intervention
Pre-Session Assignments: Model for Improvement Online Presentation (see Blackboard)