QI TRAINING 1:1 TIME WITH A QI SPECIALIST
Many QI projects fail to achieve expected goals for a number of reasons. There are several factors to recognize when initiating a QI project such as involvement and engagement of your healthcare team and stakeholders1.
It’s imperative to start your QI project with leadership support, identify colleagues that should be on your team, identify workflows and gaps and use a QI process for data collection and ongoing re-assessment2.
One important QI barrier identified by a survey of acute care hospital senior managers responsible for QI is not having time and problems with staff prioritizing QI projects with other responsibilities3.
Having access to a QI specialist can help you with your preparation, planning and execution throughout your QI project to achieve your goals.
1. Silver SA, Harel Z, McQuillan R et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6; 11(5): 893–900. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4858490/
2. Zoutman DE & Ford BD. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2017 Feb 13;30(1):16-24. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28105882/
3. Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative https://malnutritionquality.org/starting-qi/
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Applicants must submit a completed application form and meet the eligibility criteria.
Are you ready to implement a QI project in your institution?
Do you need a QI expert’s guidance to take your project from getting started to completion?
Apply for 1:1 sessions with a Quality Improvement Specialist
The following criteria must be met to apply:
- Must be a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Registered Nurses, or practicing clinician in the United States
- Must be currently practicing in an acute care or post-acute care setting
- Participation in 4-Part live webinar series (Nov 3-Dec 15, 2022 OR listened to 4-Part webinar series recordings)
- Must provide a working email address
- Must have a minimum of three years’ experience
- Must work with enteral nutrition patients daily
- Must obtain manager or supervisor approval to apply.
Selected applicants are required to review and sign a written agreement with Nestlé Health Science.
It is required to have your manager or supervisor’s signature to confirm that you have support as 1:1 sessions will take place during work hours.
A CV is not required.
Applications will be reviewed by the 4-part webinar course instructor and representation from Nestlé Health Science’s Medical Affairs.
Incomplete applications or applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be considered by the panel.
The selected participants will be notified via email. Participants have one week to accept the invitation. If a participant does not accept the invitation within one week, they will be replaced with another applicant.
The evaluation process considers the following: number of years of clinical experience with enteral nutrition patients and application content.
Up to 15 applicants will be selected for 1:1 sessions with a Quality Improvement Specialist.
Limiting the number of participants facilitates a high level of involvement with the QI Specialist to help achieve QI project goals.
We will retain applications and consider for future offerings.
The selected participants will be notified no later than April 18, 2023 via email. Participants have one week to accept the invitation and sign a written agreement with Nestlé Health Science. If a participant does not accept the invitation and provide the signed written agreement within one week, they will be replaced with another applicant.
- AIM statement
- List of team members for your QI project
- Fishbone and/ or Stakeholder Analysis or Root Cause Analysis
- Identified type of data to capture / baseline data
- Implementation plan
- Communication plan
Each participant will receive up to three hours of individual time via phone with the QI Specialist between May 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. A 1:1 session can be as little as 15 minutes to a maximum of 1 hour based on the QI Specialist’s availability.