Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Students at the Forum 2009

Schedule of Events

The National Forum will begin on Sunday, December 6, and continue through Wednesday, December 9.

Schedule of Student-Centered Events

Sunday, December 6, 2009

12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
2nd Annual IHI Open School Chapter Congress (for Chapter Leaders and their faculty advisors by invitation)

Monday, December 7, 2009

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Student Orientation & Reception

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
IHI Open School info lunch (New student/faculty? Learn about the IHI Open School!)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM
Check a box - save a life! Wake up early and join a breakfast session with leaders of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist Student Project. See how IHI Open School Chapter and AMSA Chapters are working together to save lives.

See page 10 of the Student Survival Guide for this schedule of events

Networking Opportunities:

Professional―In addition to the learning you’ll be exposed to and individuals you’ll meet during the sessions, National Forum mentors will facilitate a small group daily debrief to help students reflect on their experiences.
Social―Attend receptions and other student-centered National Forum events to establish connections with other attendees.
Virtual―During and after the Forum, IHI’s Open School for Health Professions initiative and Facebook Community can help you stay connected.

Moderate a National Forum session, which involves introducing the speaker and managing time and Q&A.

"Student Track" of Sessions

For students new to quality improvement or new to the National Forum, we’ve selected sessions that will accelerate your capacity for quality improvement.

Full session descriptions are coming soon. Meanwhile, here's a sneak preview of the sessions in the student track.

*We recommend that you take all the IHI Open School courses before attending the Forum. They're free, and they'll give you a foundation in basic improvement concepts.

Sunday, December 6
Pre-Conference Day 1: Learning Labs

L19: Achieving Equity: Utilizing Language Services, Indirect Estimates of Race and Ethnicity to Evaluate Clinical Quality
L23: Great Experiences Through Patient/Family Partnerships

Monday, December 7
Pre-Conference Day 2: Minicourses

M7: Using Social Media to Improve Health: Techniques and Applications
M24: Extreme Honesty: A Principled Approach to Adverse Events

Tuesday, December 8, and Wednesday, December 9
General Conference Workshops

A2/B2: Consistently Achieving Zero Events of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Five Years and Counting
A5/B5: Seven Steps to System-wide Transformation: The Toyota Philosophy and Methodology for Continuous Improvement
A10/B10: Transformation: A Hospital, A County, and A Country
A16/B16: Back to Basics: The Fundamentals of Improvement
C1: Great Care from a Physician and Patient Perspective: It’s Not How Much You Know, But How Much You Care
C7: The Quality Movement: Past, Present, and Future
C20: Aiming for Perfection: Family-Centered ICU Care
D8/E8: Engaging the Next Generation of Health Care Professionals in Improving Care for Patients
D11/E11: Using Social Media to Pursue Quality and Safety
D22/E22: Coordinating Care for Patients with Complex Diseases
D23/E23: Measuring Harm: IHI Trigger Tools

Detailed Conference Agenda

Sunday, December 6: Learning Lab Day

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM International Attendee Meeting

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM National Forum Orientation

1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Learning Labs

Monday, December 7: Minicourse Day

7:00 AM – 8:00 PM National Forum Orientation,
Continental Breakfast (Minicourse Attendees)

7:00 AM – 6:30 PM Registration

8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Minicourses (lunch provided) and Scientific Symposium

3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Welcome Reception in Exhibition Hall

Tuesday, December 8: General Conference Day One

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, National Forum Orientation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Keynote: Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP

9:45 AM – 2:30 PM Extended Workshop Sessions
(takes place during workshop sessions A, B, C)

9:30 AM – 10:45 PM Workshop Session A

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Workshop Session B (repeated from A)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Workshop Session C

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM Keynote: Sekou Andrews

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Posterboard Reception in Exhibition Hall

Wednesday, December 9: General Conference Day Two

7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

7:00 AM – 7:45 AM Special Interest Breakfasts

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Keynote: Marshall Ganz

9:30 AM – 10:45 AM Workshop Session D

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Workshop Session E (repeated from D)

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Keynote: Uwe Reinhardt