This course is designed as an introduction to the fundamentals of quality improvement. This course aims to provide learners with a systematic framework to implementing improvement initiatives. It will provide learners with theories and concrete applications of how to best apply these concepts as they work through their QI project. It will teach participants the fundamentals of QI, how to assess their current state, tools to use to validate their key problem, and identify gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement. Participants will learn how to map their process, implement small tests of change cycles, apply human factors design, and collect and analyze baseline data to determine if their improvements are working.  After completion of these 14 virtual classes, participants can obtain a Fundamentals of QI Certificate of Completion (estimated time to complete - 6 hours)

If you are a UPMC Improvement Specialist, and this is required for onboarding, please print or save your Certificate of Completion by going back into your Dashboard. 

If you are a nurse using this coursework for your career ladder, please go to the WLA Center for Nursing Excellence to begin the Quality Improvement Fundamentals, that includes 4 live workshops.

The Fundamentals of QI Bundle includes the following courses: 

1. Principles of Quality and Safety
2. Lean Fundamentals
3. Assessing the Current State
4. Building the Right Team
5. Data for Quality Improvement
6. Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles
7. Human Factors Design
8. Sustaining Change
9. Storytelling: Making Your QI Presentation Your QI Story
10. Spreading Your Success: How to Effectively Present to Executive Leadership
11. Developing Effective Educational Modules
12. Developing Effective Questionnaires and Survey Procedures for Program Evaluation and Research
13. Overview of Research Methods and Publication
14. Elementary Statistical Concepts

CEU Attestation - Fundamentals of Quality Improvement Bundle