"Hi everyone! Greetings from Huntington, WV! Everything is well on my end (not quite, but it's along story) and I'm trying to set myself up to do a little quality improvement work here. During the residency, I sometimes felt that DHMC wasn't conducive to improvement work, but now I realize that thingscould be worse. Barriers here abound! But then again,we all had doses of trench warfare training andadvanced diplomacy skills.
Now for my first question: I have started talking to one of the associate deans for allied health at the technical college and she's very interested inintroducing healthcare quality improvement strategies to her students. This is all exploratory, but I found myself stumped on where to begin. How do I start?Should I start with a journal club reviewing a QIarticle and deconstructing it into its parts? Should I talk about the IOM reports? Should I start with personal improvement projects?
Second, do you have any suggestions on the best way to approach the medicine residency program director to try to get him to support QI initiatives. Should I meet with him and ask him how the program is helping residents develop skills in systems-based practice?Should I ask if I can give a noon conference on QI? If he says to a noon conference, the next question is again where do I begin?
Hope to hear from you guys soon.
Hand hygiene saves lives, Mao"
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Monday, August 11, 2008
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