Student High Value Care Nexus Course

Introduction to High Value Care

• How can we “bend the curve” of health care costs in the U.S.?
• Where to look for ideas for projects
• Organizations involved in HVC
• Review of a successful project: Lose The Tube initiative
• Initial brainstorm for this year’s projects

Introduction to Quality Improvement, Understanding Models for Improvement

• Steps of an effective QI project
• Recognizing potential barriers to change
• Create S.M.A.R.T. Goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely)
• Review of tools for measurement in high value care and quality improvement
• Introduction to process mapping
• Applying the concepts to our projects

Root Cause Analysis, PDSA Cycles and Designing Interventions

• The history and utility of Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Fishbone diagrams
• Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles
• Review common drivers of overuse
• Putting it into practice: identifying key stakeholders, applying fishbone diagrams, process maps, SMART goals, and PDSA cycles to your project

Run Charts, Control Charts, and How to Interpret Them

• How to request information to track your metric(s) of interest
• Data processing and results interpretation
• Run charts and control charts: what are they?
• How to identify and interpret trends in run charts and control charts

Preparing and Submitting Academic Work

• Discussion of major forums for submission of HVC and QI work including relevant conferences and journals
• How to format a successful abstract and paper
• Writing sample exercise for abstract/paper
• How to format a good poster
• Preparation of a good oral presentation